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Year-End Pool Report |
June 12, 2008 |
| Happy June :) 10 & Under Series #4 Congratulations to everyone who swam at this meet. We saw some really great improvements in dives, turns and swimming strokes. I was really impressed with all the swimmers who did great kicking during their races. One really great skill was the streamlines at the start of the races, we had a number of swimmers start in the lead because of the streamline. (It is way better to start in front if you can!) Here are some assorted Highlights Allison - 8 seconds off in 25 breastroke McKenna - 7 seconds off in 50 free Carly - 4 seconds off in 50 free Dylan - 4 seconds off in 50 back Connor - 2 seconds off in 25 breast Danny - awesome first meet going 44 seconds in 50 free Shae - 4 seconds off in 50 fly Nic - 35.35 seconds in 50 free Sarah - 9 seconds off in 50 free, 20 off in fly & 7 off in breastroke (quite the meet Sarah!) Bryanne - 6 seconds in 50 fly & 11 seconds in 50 breastroke Emma - had a best time in 50 back and finished all races with correct technique Kelsey - dropped 5 seconds in her 50 fly Holly - raced tough and took off 5 seconds in her 50 free Morgan - dropped 10 seconds in her 50 free, 9 in fly and 12 in breastroke Jessica - took off 4 seconds in 50 free Jason - awesome first meet, raced with all skills, way to go Wyatt - dropped 3 seconds in 50 back and broke 1 minute for breastroke Blue vs. White - June 21 I look forward to seeing everyone there. Note - no practice on this day Practice notes For the last two weeks we will have a couple challenges each day to prepare for next year. Tips for summer (to get a head start on next year) #1 stay active - do something active everyday - it does not have to be swimming to stay in shape #2 watch the Olympic swimming events - This year is shaping up to be the fastest olympics ever - it will be very exciting - set the VCR or PVR to record events if you are going to be away - it will be worth it! #3 go to a swim camp - there is a local one at U of A that runs for one week - this is a great way to learn from other coaches and meet other swimmers from other clubs I have really enjoyed coaching all of you this year! cheers, KD |
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April Pool Report |
May 6, 2008 |
| Happy May :) Over the next month or two I sure lots of swimmers and parents will be wondering "What group am I going to be swimming with next year?" I will strive to speak to all of you individually. If you would like to arrange a time, please email me to meet me after a Saturday morning practice. kdennis@shaw.ca Penguins #3 Congratulations to Dylan, Sarah, Morgan, Shae, Lily, Emma, Aiden & Nic who all attended this meet. We saw some great streamlines, lots of best times, and some swimmers swimming some new distances for the first time. Congratulations to all who attended. Skills Coach Course We had 12 swimmers volunteer to attend a 2 hour practice at NAIT instead of the usual 1 hour practice in St. ALbert on April 26th. Thank you to all the swimmers. The coaches in the course had great things to say about the group!! Way to go... Swim-A-Thon This event is a great learning experience for swimmers to challenge themselves to swim a little farther than they thought they could. Our goal is to offer a positive environment and support the swimmer to do as much as they can. If the swimmers can find pledges that are offering a value per lap then usually will try to do a bit more. This will also be a great opportunity to meet some older swimmers. I hope to see you all there. TURN VIDEO Here is a nice breaststroke pull-out video so you can learn how to get past the 2nd post!!! http://www.goswim.tv/entries/5249/breaststroke---pullout-fine-tuning.html KD |
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Important Practice Change Notice |
April 18, 2008 |
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of April 26th I will be running a Level 1 coaching course at NAIT. Regular practice will be cancelled. I am inviting all swimmers to attend a special practice at NAIT from 8AM - 10AM on Saturday. The practice will be stroke technique and will give the swimmers a good opportunity to receive 1 on 1 feedback from other coaches. Please confirm if you can attend as I require at least 12 swimmers to run the session successfully. cheers, Kevin Dennis kdennis@shaw.ca |
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March Pool Report |
April 10, 2008 |
| Howdy All, A couple things for this month. SWIM MEETS Congratulations to all who competed in February. I was very impressed with the number of swimmers who showed what great streamlining practice we have had. I counted at least 7 races at both meets where the JOW swimmer had the fastest start & Streamline. Remember that it is easier to start from ahead! Way to Go! TURN VIDEO Since January we have talked a bunch about doing guitar hero butterfly. Here is a nice video that shows someone doing the 1 arm guitar hero. Look how her arm finishes strong past her hips and how she kicks twice per arm pull. http://www.goswim.tv/drilloftheweek_comments.php?id=4800_0_20_0_C NUTRITION The basics of nutrition for this level of activity are all outlined in the Canada Food Guide. See this printer friendly version if you want a copy http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/alt_formats/hpfb-dgpsa/pdf/food-guide-aliment/print_eatwell_bienmang_e.pdf For more general information check out the main page http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/order-commander/index_e.html KD |
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February Swim Meet Highlights |
March 3, 2008 |
| This past month
we had two meets. Here are a couple of the highlights from the
swimmers who attended. Swimmers - when we race with our 2-2-2 we should see even better racing! 10 & Under #3 - Lily attended her first swim meet and helped with the heat sheets - THANKS LILY - Allison showed improved streamlines and back stroke starts and had a best time in the 25 free. - Dylan flew in the fly swimming two seconds faster. - McKenna had huge improvements topping it off with taking off 11 seconds in the 50 back (remember Mckenna + Backstroke = FUN!). - Carly had amazing fast streamlines on her dives and also took off 7 seconds in her back race. - Connor showed flying dives in all races and raced to a new breaststroke time by 6 seconds. - Aidan raced very well taking off 3 seconds in his backstroke with his new flying starts. Sarah had a great meet having huge drops in her butterfly (-14 seconds) and her freestyle (-11 seconds). - Shae raced like mad and chopped off 6 seconds in both his breaststroke and freestyle. - Dominic torched the pool by smoking off 21 seconds in his fly and 24 seconds in his breaststroke. - Jessica kicked amazing and swam faster than ever with -11 in her butterfly and taking off time in all races. - Morgan showed what great kick she has and did great during her first meet this year. - Kyle pushed his limits in all races came away with -8 in the fly as well as -7 in the back. - Wyatt had awesome races and flying starts with his biggest drop coming in the butterfly with a big -9 racing in the fastest heat. Penguins Novice #2 - Shae raced tough and had some good relay takeovers in the relays - Sarah had some great streamlines at the start of her races as well doing very well in her first 100IM - Morgan swam fast in all her races with great kicking - Aidan swam great on two relays filling in for a teammate - thanks Aidan - Carly great racing leading off heats with the fastest streamline and dive - Dominic raced very well in his first 100 IM race almost breaking the 2 minutes - Connor went a big best time in his 50 free and showed his new speed of diving - Thanks to volunteer assistant coach Katrina for helping with getting times at the meet KD |
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February Pool Report |
February 10, 2008 |
| Hey Kids! Check out this little breaststroke video: http://www.goswim.tv/drilloftheweek_comments.php?id=5022_0_20_0_C Please watch the video and watch 3 things... One Gold Star for whoever tells me about the breaststroke video first! #1 Remember the streamline thing? Notice how the hands always go back to streamline with a streamlined head. #2 Also notice how his hands stay in front of his body. (and no, you may not use paddles yet until you are big like him) #3 Notice how hands go forward fast to streamline. It looks like he wants to get to his streamline quickly. Good Luck at your swim meets over the next couple weeks KD |
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JOW Seasonal Outline & Goals |
January 28, 2008 |
| Please check out the link above titled 'JOW Seasonal Outline' to view a generalized plan for JOW this season. | |
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January Pool Report |
January 28, 2008 |
| Happy 2008!!! Welcome to all the new swimmers who have joined JOW to start this year. I am seeing very good swimming so far. Over the past couple months we have spent lots of time learning to streamline, reading the clock and learning to do some basic swimming skills. Our next focus will be to learn to do some skills for our swimming strokes. Remember you cannot forget to STREAMLINE! Check out this little freestyle video and try to swim like these swimmers during practice. http://www.goswim.tv/drilloftheweek_comments.php?id=5058_0_20_0_C |
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Have a Merry Christmas! |
December 1, 2007 |
| Hey Kids, Only a couple practices left before the Christmas break - remember the last practice will be on December 13th. I know - I know. Lets try not to cry, we will have lots more swimming next year. Next Saturday our practice will be from 10-12 - we are going to do something FUN with the OW group called the Mini-Olympics. This FUN event will be good practice for the 10 & Under series meet the next day. The video this month is a short one but is a very good picture of an open turn (tuck turn) You would do this turn during butterfly, breaststroke and during IM swimming so you might as well learn to do it well! You have to select the watch the video option from the page for this video. http://www.goswim.tv/drilloftheweek_comments.php?id=1003_0_20_0_C# I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. |
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Penguin Novice Series #1 - Highlights |
November 16, 2007 |
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of the individual highlights from the Novice Series #1 Meet: Jamie Smallhorn-West had great back and breastroke races for best times and also completed his first IM race. Holly Kirk showed her power off the blocks to start every race very fast. Dylan Wells had a flying start on his butterfly and did great cheering on his teammate in the relay. Conner Guy awesome start in the 50 free and raced with great attack. Tatjana Gonsalves had impressive streamlines every race and had a very good 50 back with a good turn. Kyle McKay did very good streamlines on his dives and on his turn in 50 free. Shae Kelly had really strong efforts in every race and showed how his streamlining has improved. Kelsey Boos had great streamlines and also did awesome learning how to race with a backstroke turn. Wyatt Katerenchuk really launched himself off the blocks to give him flying starts every race. Jessica Katerenchuk showed good streamlining efforts and showed how fast kicking = fast racing. Carly Cutler had one of the furthest streamlines every race she did and had an excellent turn in her 50 back. Keep up the good stuff and lets keep cheering on our teammates and streamlining farther by the next meet. GO OSC!!! |
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Fountain Park JOW training calendar posted |
November 13, 2007 |
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Welcome to November |
October 18, 2007 |
| Wow - Is it
November already? I am happy to see the improvements everyone is making in the pool and as we learn a few more of the basics we are getting ready to do some even more fun stuff. (surprises ahead?) While I am not going to say the word Streamline 100 times in this note I still may - It is important. The attached video shows what you are trying to build up to. The easiest of skills saves you the most time in the pool. http://www.goswim.tv/drill_pop.php?id=4042_0_20_0_M I will see everyone at the pool - Cheers! |
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JOW Swimmers & Parents |
October 18, 2007 |
| Hello OW
Swimmers and Parents, I just wanted to let you know about a change to next Saturday morning practice, it will be from 10-12pm. As everyone is aware, the first 10 & Under Series swim meet is on Sunday, October 21, 2007 and Madison, Maciek and I have decided to run a "practice swim meet" during Saturday's workout. This will give everyone an opportunity to be comfortable with the swim meet environment. There will be 3 groups participating, JAG, OW and JOW and we ask everyone to be there from 10-12pm. If anyone is unable to make it, please inform me prior to Saturday. Thanks, Kevin |
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| Hello all JOW swimmers! |
October 2, 2007 |
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I am looking forward to a really fun season with all
of you. Fast swimming is fun! |
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Welcome to the new Fountain Park JOW Webpage |
August 18, 2007 |
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