Important Dates

Back on Track: After New Years Day we will return to normal practice schedule. Here is the practice schedule for this week.
Thursday Jan. 2, 2003: Novas & Wahoos- 5:00-6:00 PM Dolphins 6:00-7:00 PM CANDLER
Friday Jan. 3, 2003: Minnows, Novas, & Wahoos- 5:00-6:00 PM CANDLER Dolphins- 6:00-7:00 PM CANDLER
Saturday Jan. 4, 2003: Minnows, Novas, & Wahoos: 10:30-11:30 AM PULLEN Dolphins- 10:30-noon PULLEN

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year. It is now time to get back in the swing of things so come to practice ready to work hard.

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.

REMINDER RE-Reindeer Scratch Deadline: If you have not done this yet please do it as soon as possible. There are only a few days left until the 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!

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. Please make sure that you bring a regular VHS tape to practice labeled with your name on it. Try to get the VHS tape to me as soon as possible. It needs to be kept in a warm place so condensation does not build up on the tape. Sometimes you really do not know what you are doing wrong unless you see yourself doing it in the water!

WINTER CLEANING: We have had the bubble up for several months now, and the pool deck is really starting to get dirty. We are in need of a parent or parents that has a power washer to come in and power wash the deck. If there are any parents that would be willing to do this please let me know what day and what time would be convienient. This is something we really need done soon.

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.


HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Coach Brian