Regional Age Group - Notice Board: February 2014

Friday 28 February 2014

Yorkshire Team Championships 2014

Hi All,

Please can the following swimmers confirm their availability to Craig Robinson (craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk) by 8.00pm Wednesday 5th March.

Sunday 16th March

Arrive: 07.30

Warm Up: 08.00

Start: 09.00

Regional 1

Nathan

George

David

Matthew W

Zak

Molly

Tiegan

Chloe

Huzayfa

Regional 2

Jacob

Akal

Eve

Niamh Mi

Niamh C

Niamh Mo

Jenna M

Akshima

Sunday 16th March

Arrive: 12.30

Warm Up: 13.00

Start: 14.00

Regional 1

Joanna

Faith

Ella

Hannah

Eve

Mia

Ciara

Angelo

Tom

Oliver

Barney

Maxim

Matthew Y

Regional 2

Jenna M

Alicia

Phoebe

Jenna S

Jess

Sadie

Steph

Jonny

Liam

Robbie

Jospeh

Henry

Aimee

Thanks

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Thursday 27 February 2014

Harrogate Entries

Hi All,

Please remember it is entries for the Harrogate Meet on Monday 3rd March.

We will be available for signing entry forms on Friday and Sunday night. Please do not bring entry forms for signing on Monday night as we will be coaching from 4.30pm onwards.

Harrogate Spa town A/ B Graded Meet

Details

Entry Form

Entry Times

Thanks

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Hi All,

Just a reminder that all Club and ASA memberships must be renewed by Monday 3rd March.

Any swimmers who have not paid by this date will deleted from the ASA database and will be unable to train or compete. There will be a £25 reinstatement fee in addition to full annual fees to pay if the swimmer wishes to continue training/ competing as advised in the renewal letter.

Thanks

John Clayton
Registration & Membership Secretary

Friday 21 February 2014

Entry Dates

Hi All,

Below are the links for the meets we will be competing at in April. Please remember you only have to enter two out of the three meets.

Sports Aid Meet (Entries taken on Mon 24/02/14)

12th & 13th April (JCC)

Entry Form

National Qualifier Meet (Entries Taken on Mon 17/03/14)

(Older Swimmers Only + any North Eastern Qualifiers)

19th & 20th April (JCC)

Details & Qualifying Times

Entry Form

Harrogate Spa town A/ B Graded Meet (Entries Taken on Mon 03/03/14)

26th & 27th April (Harrogate Hydro)

Details

Entry Form

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Yorkshires 2nd Weekend & Training Changes

Just a reminder of the arrival times at John Charles this weekend. A fantastic weekend of racing last week, now lets finish it off in style.

Am Sessions

Arrive: 07:30

Warm Up: 08:00

Start: 09:00

Pm Sessions

Arrive: 12:30

Warm Up: 13:00

Start: 02:00

The programme of events for the weekend can be viewed by clicking the following link:

Programme of Events

Draft Programme

Please remember that there is no training on Sunday and everyone has got Monday am off to have a lie in after two weekends back to back hard racing.

Good Luck Everyone!!

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Wednesday 12 February 2014

Yorkshire Championships & Training Changes

Hi All,

We are looking forward to seeing some fast racing this weekend. The turns are looking great at the moment, make sure you transfer them into your race. Remember use the walls to pick up speed not loose speed, every millisecond counts. I know some of you have got close to your pb's in training over the last few weeks which suggests you are ready to smash the Yorkshires.

Just a reminder of the arrival times at John Charles this weekend.

Am Sessions

Arrive: 07:30

Warm Up: 08:00

Start: 09:00

Pm Sessions

Arrive: 12:30

Warm Up: 13:00

Start: 02:00

The programme of events for the weekend can be viewed by clicking the following link:

Programme of Events

Yorkshire Championships Draft Programme

Below is also a great guide for recovery snacks to take with you at the weekend:

Recovery Snacks

Hopefully you all now have a copy of the North Eastern times which I printed out for you, if not they can be found on the right hand side of the blog under qualifying times. Get chasing those times!!!

'If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from' Ian Thorpe, Australian swimmer, five-time Olympic gold medalist (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004)

Please remember Training Changes for Regional 1 & 2 due to the Yorkshires:

Friday 14th February 2014 - 6.30 - 7.30 pm (Just 1 hour due to Yorkshires)

Sunday 16th February 2014 - Training Cancelled due to Yorkshire Championships

Monday 17th February 2014 - No Am Training (Recovery after Yorkshires)

Thursday 20th February 2014 - No Am Training (Everyone has a morning off to rest for Yorkshires)

Friday 21st February 2014 - 6.30 - 7.30 pm (Just 1 hour due to Yorkshires)

Sunday 23rd February 2014- Training Cancelled due to Yorkshire Championships

Monday 24th February 2014 - No Am Training (Recovery After Yorkshires)

Best of luck to you all

Kevin, Tom, Josh, Scott & Tom B

200m Max Kick Test Results February 2014

Regional Angelo	1 03:24.48
Jake	03:30.76
George	03:38.31
Joanna	03:38.56
Tiegan	03:38.56
Mia	03:38.73
Ella	03:49.76
Chloe	03:53.63
Hannah	03:53.84
Huzayfa	04:00.09
Imani	04:01.44
Faith	04:03.63
Matthew	04:05.14
Ciara	04:05.80
Molly	04:07.28
Barnaby	04:07.28
Eve	04:12.06
Matthew	04:15.84
David	04:23.66
Tom	04:29.06
Oliver	04:37.94
Nathan	04:42.91
Zak	04:46.78
Jack	Sick
Maxim	Sick

Regional Aimee	2 03:24.81
Jake	03:24.81
Niamh	03:29.34
Niamh	03:30.44
Jonathan	03:32.07
Liam	03:33.94
Jessica	03:39.13
Akshima	03:39.13
Eve	03:42.66
Alicia	03:45.51
Jenna	03:45.67
Jacob	03:49.17
Joseph	03:51.60
Phoebe	03:51.95
Niamh	03:53.10
Stephanie	03:53.42
Jenna	03:54.38
Robert	03:56.74
Henry	Absent
Akal	Absent
Sadie	Absent

Thursday 6 February 2014

April Meets

Hi All,

With the Yorkshire Championships in February and March, the focus going forward for Regional swimmers will be attaining as many NER and Welsh National qualifying times as possible.

There are 3 meets in April which we have identified for Regional Squads to
compete in:

12th & 13th April - Sports Aid (Tom & Kevin)
19th & 20th April - Leeds National Qualifier (Tom)
26th & 27th April - Harrogate Spa Town A/B Graded Meet (Kevin)

Swimmers should be entered into a maximum of 2 of the 3 above competitions in April. It is recommended that anyone that meets the qualifying times for the National Qualifier Meet include it as one of their selected competitions, as it features heat and finals and will be a good experience for NER Champs and Welsh Nationals.

For some swimmers (10 year old boys) the National Qualifier will be the only opportunity in April to swim the 100m events.

Any 9 year olds within Regional Squads will only be able to compete in the Harrogate Spa Town Meet so should enter this meet only.

12th & 13th April - Sports Aid
Events: 50s, 100s & 200s all strokes, 400 FC, 200 & 400 IM (Note: no 100s for 10yrs Boys)

Event information and qualifying times can be found on the Sports Aid website:
Sports Aid Website

19th & 20th April - Leeds National Qualifier
Events: 100s & 200s all strokes, 400, 800 & 1500 FC, 200 & 400 IM (All events 10yrs to Open Age Group)

Event information and qualifying times can be found on the City of Leeds
website.
City of Leeds Website

26th & 27th April - Harrogate Spa Town A/B Graded Meet
Events: 9 - 15 & over - 50 & 200 all stroke plus 400 FC, 200 & 400 IM
Girls 11-15 & over and Boys 12-15 & over - 100 all strokes

Upper & lower entry times are in force at this meet, so swimmers should have achieve a time between the two. These are available on the Harrogate SC website.
Harrogate Website

General competition entry advise
When entering events please ensure times that are entered are official times swum in competition and on the British Swimming Rankings. Please do not make up times to meet the qualifying standards for competitions, if a swimmer's times for an event are outdated or a swimmer has never swum an event before please speak to the coaching staff as we will use the standard times formula to work out an entry time.

Personal Best Records are held by British Swimming and are updated after each ASA registered meet. These can be found by entering swimmer surname or ASA number in the following webpage:
http://www.swimmingresults.org/individualbest/

Long course and short course times should also be kept separate where possible. So, long course PB's entered for long course competitions and visa versa. Conversions can be used to meet qualifying times however we discourage the use of converted times as they do not accurately reflect each childs ability to change from LC-SC or SC-LC.

There are a number of websites which convert swimming times for you, one in particular we use is http://www.swimcalc.com/cgi-bin/convert.cgi/default

If you require any further information about the competitions in April please do not hesitate to speak to the coaching staff before or after training sessions.

Thanks

Kevin, Tom, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Attendance

Hi All,

May I please remind you all of the expected attendance for swimmers in the Regional Squads;

9 yrs = 5/6 sessions,

10 yrs = 6 sessions

11/ 12 years = 6/7 sessions

This follows the Long Term Athlete development plan for swimming and will give you the greatest chance of successes in the future if followed.

It has come to our attention that there are a lot of swimmers not attending the required amount of sessions to keep their place in the squad. When the register is taken the amount of sessions attended by each swimmer is recorded in a spreadsheet and this information is looked at when we review swimmers places in the group. Please make staff aware if your child is ill as this will go down on the register.

If a swimmer can not attend a session for whatever reason, this should be made up where possible in the same week or in the following week by attending a different session.

Kevin, Tom, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Land Training Behavior

Hi All,

Just a reminder that misbehaviour during land training will not be tolerated. Land training is part of the Monday nights session and is their to aid all your performances and develop you all further as athletes. Most of the exercises you are asked to perform require a high amount of concentration and skill. If the gym staff feel like you are not giving your best effort and you are misbehaving you will be asked to leave the gym and you will not be welcome into the pool session afterwards.

This rule was applied back in 2010 with the old C Central. Up until now with Regional squad we haven't had to use it, but there are a few members of the squad letting the rest of the team down. This rule will be back in force from Monday. Please work hard in the gym and get the most out of it. Do not let the Regional Squad down.

Kevin, Tom, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Arena League Final

Arena League Final (Sunday 27th April 2014)

Can the following swimmers please confirm their availability to Craig Robinson craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk) no later than March 3rd.

Regioanl 1
Angelo

Regional 2
Robbie

Thanks

Kevin, Tom, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Quote Bank!

"Kevin!, On the whole I think C Central have swum absolutely fantastic this year". Jacob Butterfield - C Central.

"Winners are not people who never fail, but people who never quit"

"I wouldn't say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it". Michael Phelps.

"Train insane, or remain the same".

"Dream. Believe. Achieve".

"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get". Michael Phelps.

"I can definitely take more off my world record - a lot more. I have no doubt about that. I'm by no means putting pressure on myself, it's just the belief I have in myself ..... I'm not going to limit myself by nominating times or anything like that. I never thought I'd do 14:34 and I did. I thought I'd maybe do 14:38 or 14:39 that day, and I went nearly five seconds quicker so I don't want to limit the possibilities". Grant Hackett.

"In training everyone focuses on 90% physical and 10% mental, but in the races it's 90% mental because there's very little that seperates us physically at the elite level". Elka Graham.

"The hardest thing about climbing the ladder of success is getting through the crowd at the bottom".

"We need to create a way of working, and that's why I felt the need to set some rules. For example, we will all eat together, leave the table together - it is all about respecting each other. And being punctual is key". Fabio Capello.

"Unleash the Inner Beast!".

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing". Muhammad Ali.

"Many people say you are as only good as your last race, but we know we are only as good as our next race!".

"It was not the 10 work outs I did every week for four years that allowed me to overcome my competitors, it was the ones that they missed". Graeme Smith (1996).

"It's how you prepare months before in the training pool that will determine your performance at the main event. Your ruthless attendance, quality and consistency of your training will serge you forward to a result you will be happy with!"

"Winning the Gold Medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career, mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience". Frank Shorter (American Athlete, Olympic Gold Medalist) (Munich 1972).

"Go into the sport because you have fun doing it, not because of 'what if's' and dreams of gold medals. That way, no matter what happens, you win". Shannon Miller (American Gymnast, two time Olympic Gold Medalist) (Atlanta 1996).

"As the years go by I train physically harder and I am always trying to go faster, further and higher. I train seven days a week and at the end of the day, I'm pretty tired but I never wish I was anyone else. If I miss a days training I feel guilty and I know I should have done it. I'm conscientious and unless I have a very good reason to, I never miss a session. It seems unfair to train for years and miss days just for the hell of it, and if I ever start to skip days, I would realise my attitude was not right and it was time for me to finish". Olympic Champion.

"Have a clear goal in your head of where you want to be and never give up!".

"Remember what doesn't challenge you, doesn't change you!"

"Not a day goes past where I don't go to bed with aching limbs ..... I have lost friends over it ..... I have lost girlfriends because of it ..... My family hates it ..... The only person that understands it wants to beat me ..... But I love it more than anything in the world!"

"Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning". Robert Kiyosaki.

'Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday'. William Rudolph (American Athlete, three-time Olympic Gold medalist) (Rome 1960).

"It's been told that swimming is a wimp sport, but I don't see it. We don't get timeouts in the middle of a race; we can's stop and catch our breath; and we can't ask for a substitution".

"We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can".

"In 2004 , I won a bronze. This is a silver. Maybe in 2012, it will be a gold. Slowly, slowly". Eliud Kipchoge (Kenyan Athelete, Olympic silver medalist) (Beijing 2008).

"I came out here to beat everybody in sight and that is exactly what I'm going to do. Sure, I can do anything". Mildred 'Babe' Didrikson (American Athlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist) (Los Angeles 1932).

"Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualisation. And I think that that helped me to get a feel of what it was going to be like when I got there. I knew that I had done everything that I could to get ready for that meet, both physically and mentally". Michael Phelps. (6 Gold Medals, 2004 Olympic Games).

"Success comes with determination to get up the morning after the hardest practice of your life and do it all over again!"

"There is nothing like the smell of chlorine in the morning, and nothing like the smell of victory in the evening"

"Enjoy the journey, enjoy every moment and quit worrying bout winning and losing". Matt Biondi. (American Swimmer, eight-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992).

"You only get one shot, go out there and do your best". Chad le Clos (200m Butterfly Champion).

"No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them". Danny Harris. (American Athlete, Olympic Silver Medallist. Los Angeles 1984).

"When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to beat myself, basically. People find that hard to believe because we've had such a bias to always strive to win things. If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work hard for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from". Ian Thorpe.

"I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let other swimmers think about me, not me about them". Amanda Beard.

"An athlete cannot race with money in his pockets. He must race with hope in his heart and dreams in his head". Emil Zatopek. (Four Time Olympic Gold Medallist).

"If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from". Ian Thorpe. (Australian swimmer, five-time Olympic gold medallist. Sydney 2000, Athens 2004).

"No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, show up and never give up!".

"Push harder than yesterday if you want a different tomorrow".

"Champions train, losers complain".

"Success isn't overnight. It's when everyday you get a little better than the day before. It all adds up." Dwayne Johnson.

"Life is full of disappointments, failures and setbacks. None of those things can permanently stop you. You have the power to overcome anything that life throws at you. There is nothing as powerful as a made up mind. Surround yourself with people who remind you that you matter, and support you in the ways that matter most to you. No person, situation, or circumstance can define who you are. Don't give up. cave in, or stop believing that it's possible. It's not over until you win."