Important Dates

Next Meet: RSA RE-Reindeer Invitational
The next meet for RSA is the RE-Reindeer Invitational. This is the make-up meet from the Reindeer meet that was to be held in Hillsborough at the Sportsplex on Dec. 7-8. Now the meet has been rescheduled for Jan. 11,12,&13th at the Pullen Aquatic Center. This meet is open to all 12 & Unders. This means it is open to B/C and BB and above swimmers. This will be the only meet for us in the month of Jan. so it is important to attend. Here is the meet info:

DATE: Friday January 10, 2003, Saturday, January 11, 2003 and Sunday, January  10, 2003
TIMES: Friday PM  Warm Up, 11 & Older 5:00, Meet Starts 6:00 PM
10 and under -Sat & Sun warm-up 6:45 AM, meets starts at 8:00 AM.
11 and Older- Sat & Sun warm-up 12:45 PM, meet starts at 2:00 PM

The order of events can be down loaded off the RSA Webpage. Please take a look at them.

RE-Reindeer Scratch Deadline: The Scratch deadline for the meet is Jan. 2, 2003. You will be entered in the events that you had been entered for in in the cancelled Reindeer Meet unless you let Coach Brian know. If you would like to go for another day and you were entered please let Coach Brian know through email. If you are a BB and above swimmer, you will be entered unless you let Coach Brian know you will not be attending the meet. Email coach Brian by Jan. 2, 2003, if you will not be going to the meet at bgill@swimrsa.org.

Volunteers for RE-Reindeer:
Because of the reschedule for the Reindeer Meet, many of the volunteers that we had for the meet in Dec.cannot not do the same jobs. Margret Bell has decided to take the job as volunteer coordinator for this meet. Please contact her at rbell18@nc.rr.com. There will be a sign-up sheet in the Candler lobby for the jobs that are still available. Please sign-up to volunteer at the meet. WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP RSA PARENTS!

RSA CHRISTMAS FUN A SUCCESS!
I hope that every one enjoyed our Christmas fun day on Friday, Dec. 20th. The kids had a great time exchanging gifts, and playing games. Thank you to the parents who helped out at the event. A special thanks to all those parents who brought cookies and drinks for the kids. I hope that everyone has a safe and happy holiday! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Video Taping
Video taping for the Minnow, Nova, Wahoo, and Dolphin practice groups will take place on Jan. 2 &3, 2003. This will be during the swimmers normal practice times. Parents we will need your help running the cameras, so please come to practice with your children ready to help out. I think this will be a great tool for the swimmers. Sometimes you really do not know what you are doing wrong unless you see yourself doing it in the water!

Technique for the Week

I noticed in practice last week that we really need to continue to focus on starts, turns, and finishes. We must do turns on every single wall. If you are doing freestyle, do a freestyle turn, if you are doing backstroke do a backstroke turn, etc. The only way you will improve on turns is to do them every single time you come to a wall at practice. The more you repeat these the better you will get at them. This way you do not have to worry about them when you get to the meets. We are getting a little sloppy when it comes to starts, turns, and STREAMLINING! Lets try and work on this.

If you are in town over the Christmas break please try to come to practice. It will be very helpful for you if you are going to the next swim meet!

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Coach Brian