Time to clear up some confusion!

Hello Everyone...

White Rose Meet
If you are swimming in the White Rose Team meet on Sat 11th September you NEED to be at training on Monday night for relay take-over practice, the session time is as normal, it is very important you attend as all the competitors will be practicing together.
The swimmers from our group are as follows:

A Team- 13.30 for a 14.00 Warm Up
Joseph
Euan
Toby
Jacob
John
Liam
Phebe
Chantel
Rachel P
Megan
Maisie
Abigail J
Ellie J
Rebecca F

B Team- 16.00 for a 16.30 Warm Up
William
Kit
Billy
Shaheen
Amelia
Hannah
Abigail B
Elle P
Layla B

New Swimmers, you should of been informed by you're previous coach if you are swimming.

The information about who is swimming in which events will be on the noticeboard on Monday night ONLY.

Yorskhire Entries & Leeds Open Meet Entries 
These must be entered on Monday 6th Sept (The Monday coming).
All swims for both meets must have swum the events they are entering in a competition with electronic timing, or the TT for the Yorkshires at the end of last season.
Please get the entry sheets ready for me and Kevin to sign before Monday night.

Any questions drop me a text or email me.

Ryan.

New Season, New Team...

Hi Team!!!

Welcome back. Hope you have all had an excellent break full of fun and are looking forward to the new season as much as me and Ryan. You will slowly be eased back into training and hopefully be quick in getting your fitness levels back up to where they were before you left for your summer breaks.

There will be two teams for the White Rose Gala on the 11th September with the events that swimmers are doing. The teams have been picked as per the clubs policy from the rankings as of June 2010.

The teams will be going on the the City of Leeds Notice Board board on Monday night for the swimmers to view on Monday night only.

There will also be relay takeover practice on Monday 6th September 6.30pm - 7pm. We need all swimmers to attend please.


Kevin

Reminders!

Hello!

Just thought I better put a post before I set off in half an hour to spend 6 days in a tent surrounded by some very good music.
Me and Kevin will be back a week today! (Wednesday).
Training Cover...
Elysha/Nathan on Wed and Thur...
Lyn on Fri...
NO TRAINING ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY BECAUSE OF BANK HOLIDAY!
Also, no mornings for a few weeks.

I hope you all enjoyed the break, please welcome the new swimmers with open arms, with the great C Central Spirit we have!

See you all in a week,

Ryan.

The last post deleted...

Hello
I hope you managed to read that last post I text you all about yesterday. It was just aimed to wish everyone well who is moving next season. It somehow deleted itself!
From now on you will only see the recent posts on this page, ones from the 2010-11 season. But are still available in the archive below.

Also you will of probably noticed our new squad mascot above.... its amazing what you can find in the loft..

Anything you need gimme a shout,

Yours,

Ryan.

TT Results!

100 Frontcrawl

Maise Boyes                         1.24.76

Abby O Brien                         1.27.73

Amelia Clynes                       1.19.88

Kit Lawless Coombes          1.19.98

Emily Braginton                    1.30.86

Hannah White                       1.19.2

100 Backcrawl

Zoe Kitching                         1.31.86

Jordan Perkins                     1.27.25

Abby O Brien                                   

Amelia Clynes                      1.30.10

Amber Mason                        1.36.91

100 Breaststroke

Maisie Boyes                          1.45.48

Eloise Boyes                         1.43.08

Emily Braginton                   1.51.50

Amber Mason                       1.48.35

 Amelia Clynes                      1.44.64

Joseph Gray                         1.13.36

Kit Lawless Coombes         1.49.00                                  

Zoe Kitching                         1.37.62

Hannah White                      1.44.14

100 Butterfly

James Hole                           1.43.02

Maisie Boyes                       1.45.60

Anna Bellwood                    1.43.86

Jordan Perkins                     1.34.33

Abby O Brien                        1.40.0

Megan Bannon                    1.41.1

Amber Mason

Layla Black                           1.38.59

Zoe Kitching                         1.29.28                                              

Elysha Cuthbert                    1.38.1

Above is the TT results from last night. I am not sure why we have a couple of times missing, but I  will try find out for you.

Please email me if you qualified for any of the Yorkshire 100's because of last night. 

Yours, 

Ryan. 

End of an Era...

I am now on Holiday from Mon 26th July Pm - Tue 3rd Aug and Sat 7th Aug - Sat 28th Aug. All the sessions have been written by myself and passed on to the coaches who will be covering in my absence which is listed below. I have had a great time taking the group up to the end of the season and I wish you all the very best in the Welsh Nationals if you are competing. I look forward to seeing how well you have all done on my return.

Promotion letters are going to be sent out Monday 26th July so you should know this week where you are moving to. All the best in your new groups. Don't forget to take the skills you have learnt in C Central with you and work as hard as you have done for me and Ryan. All swimmers will start in their new groups on the 23rd August. We will be having 8 new swimmers in C Central so please make them feel welcome as they settle in. Remember how you felt when you first moved in - they maybe a little nervous.

Enjoy your summer break and come back fit ready to work hard in the new season. Stay safe!! lets have no broken legs, arms etc.

If you do need to contact me I will reply to any emails on my return. Ryan has the sessions from me and will look after things for the last week of training and in Wales, so I'm sure if there is anything urgent he will help you out.


Kevin

So Kevin can enjoy his holiday please feel free to ask me all the questions etc. I will reply to all emails so please send them all my way.

Remember we break up on Sunday!

If you are away at all next week please let me know for the register.

Yours,

Ryan.

New Quote! + Coaches Cover Etc...

"In training everyone focuses on 90% physical and 10% mental, but in the races its 90% mental because there's very little that separates us physically at the elite level".
Elka Graham
Above is this 'weeks' quote. I would like you to think about that. It is very very important to get the mental side of the swim right to succeed at a young age ready for the long term. It is something that we will be working on next season.

Because Kevin is on Holiday as of Monday PM and will not be back until the second week after the break, and I go away august bank holiday for a few days, the sessions are as follows...

Mon 26th July - Kevin/James (AM)
Mon 26th July - Ryan/James (PM)
Wed 28th July - Ryan/Nathan
Thur 29th July - Ryan /Nathan (AM)
Thur 29th July - Ryan /Nathan (PM)
Fri 30th July    - Ryan/Lyn
Sun 1st Aug    - Ryan/Lyn (Last Session, watch this space for fun session arrangements)

No AM training for the first couple of weeks back at the start of the season.
Mon 23rd Aug- Ryan/James
Wed 25th Aug- Nathan/Elysha
Wed 26th Aug- Nathan/Elysha
 Fri 27th Aug  - Lyn/Beth
Sun 29th Aug - No swim, Bank Holiday.
Mon 30th Aug- No swim, Bank Holiday.
Wed 1st Sep - Both Kevin/Ryan back, still no morning training this week.

All sessions are what we would of swam anyway and have been written by Kevin. A register will be taken.

Yours,

Ryan.

The TT, PB's, NER Qualifiers etc.....

Hello Everyone,

PB Stuff!
Jacobs mum, has spent a lot of time updating the PB sheet for us, which has being a massive help.
Then Kevin had the pleasure of sitting down for about 6 hours and working out who was got what NER qualifiers and by what percentage, or by what percentage the swimmers are short of.
I must now say that the number of people that have actually achieved NER times is quite staggering, from what I believe we now have 15 swimmers going to the NER's, with a total of 30 times, which is fantastic, as it has being done in just over a few months.
So now all the sheets are now online and updated, the PB Sheet, % off NER 100m and % off NER 200m.

Time Trials 
These swimmers have being entered for the TT in the following events, please let me know if we have made any mistakes.
James Hole - 100 Fly
Maisie Boyes - 100 BR/ 100 Fly
Eloise Boyes - 100 BR
Emily Braginton - 100 BR/ 100 FLY
Anna Bellwood - 100 Fly
Jordan Perkins - 100 Fly/ 100 Bk
Abby O Brien - 100 Free/ 100 BK/ 100 Fly
Megan Bannon - 100 Fly
Amber Mason - 100 BR/ 100 BK
Amelia Clynes - 100 Fly/ 100 BK/ 100 BR/ 100 FC (less than 2 secs on all 4)
Joseph Gray - 100 BR
Kit Lawless Coombes - 100 BR/ 100 FC
Layla Black - 100 BR/ 100 Fly
Zoe Kitching - 100 Fly/ 100 BK/ 100 BR

End of the Season....
We will soon be having information on the blog about what the arrangements are for the last couple of weeks before the end of the season, and the first week back, because Kevin is going away and I will be missing a few sessions bank Holiday weekend due to Leeds Festival, but we will list on here exactly who you will be having and when. Also I will be posting some information about Wales.

Yours,

Ryan.

Bits and Bobs all in one Post...

Results - Leeds B Grade

7 Speeding Tickets
12 Golds
8 Silvers
6 Bronze
54 PB's out of 107 Swims (Great to say most of you had just PB'd 2 weeks before)

Well Done!!


Something to think about... 
Train the way you want to race.
If you execute sloppy dives every day in training – you get sloppy dives at meets.
If you do slow turns every day in workouts – you get killed in the turns when you race.
If you stop a few yards short every repeat at training – you will lose most tight finishes in competition.

Updated files
We have added a swimming terms glossary to help all those swimmers and parents that don't know the difference between shortcourse and Longcourse, a PB and a DQ.... Well, not literally but you get the idea.

Also the results from the B Grade are now online.


Be Patient....
Thanks to Jacobs mum, she has now taken a weight load of work off Kevin as she is now doing most of the data  processing for the PB sheet, so you may get this pretty accurately and quickly from now on.

Yours,

Ryan and Kevin.

Winter Yorkshire's Time Trials

There will be an official time trial(TT) on Mon 26th July between 6.30-7.30pm,(This may disturb our session but it depends which lanes the TT are held in, all swimmers will have a session if they are not involved in the TT, but in another pool).
This is for anyone who needs a 100m time for the Winter Yorkshires in October.
Swimmers are only allowed to do 2 swims at the TT, and should only do so if they are within 4 seconds of the qualifying time for that particular event. The times can be found on the right of the blog under Winter Yorkshires 2010. Please also take into consideration that swimmers can use a 100m Split time from a 200m race to enter the Yorkshires if it was achieved in a pool with electronic timing and meets the qualifying times.
Please email or text Kevin by Wed 14th July at the latest with the events you want to enter.

Thanks,

Kev and Ryan.

An Interesting Link that I have come accross...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/picturegalleries/7878540/British-Swimming-on-road-to-London-2012-Olympics-in-pics.html

Its a guy I have followed on Facebook for a while. He has done some good work.

Thought I would share it with you, seen as though I have lacked updates on the blog recently.

Yours,

Ryan.

1500m Time Trial- The much awaited results are in!

Sunday 4th July C Central attempted a 1500m time trial. The times are now available. I am not bothered too much about the times it was more of a mental test to achieve 1500m without stopping. Some of the times maybe wrong due to the people counting not counting correctly, but we have a plan in place for next time we do this to make sure everyone swims the correct distance. In C Central swimmers normally cover between 3000 - 5000 metres per session, but to swim 1500 metres without breaks is a test of fitness, mental concentration, gets swimmers to focus on keeping going when their bodies are finding the event tough and helps swimmers overcome the fear of swimming longer distances in races. It also gives me an idea who is ready to move up in the near future. So well done to everyone who finished the 1500m.

Kevin

The times are listed below, also we will be doing it again at some point! I may even be regular for next season.

Ryan

Forename1500m Time
Shaheen 26.06.35
Megan 24.58.68
Anna 27.23.73
Liam 24.05.73
Layla 25.54.36
Matthew DNC
Eloise 25.53.32
Maisie 24.54.16
Emily B 26.58.74
Abigail B 26.41.60
Jacob 23.59.56
Amelia 25.11.27
John 23.15.51
Euan 22.36.81
Billy 27.00.51
Elysia  
William 25.19.45
Rebecca DNC
Joseph 21.11.41
James H 23.38.97
Abigail J 24.28.83
Ellie  24.54.16
Toby DNC
Zoe DNC
Charley 25.28.53
Wei-Lam 26.42.55
Kit 25.50.44
Aisling 26.35.55
Chantelle DNC
Amber 26.54.53
Abby DNC
Brannon
Jordan 22.24.39
Elle DNC
Rachel DNC
Emily R DNC
Phebe DNC
Aimee DNC
Hannah DNC
Rebecca DN

Attendance

Hello.
Part of my job is to review and monitor attendance of the swimmers in our squad.
It has become apparent to me that we have a few swimmers who are not meeting the minimum requirement of sessions for their age.
The minimum sessions are as follows:

• 10 years & under = 5 Sessions
• 11 years & over= 6 Sessions Minimum

Unless agreed otherwise by either me or Kevin, then this is the minimum you are expected to do in C Central.
Even though this does not apply to the majority of swimmers, you all need to be aware with our squad is that we are more than full, and when it comes to the moves at the end of the season, attendance plays a massive factor in which squad you/ your child will be in next season. Unless you are meeting the minimum number of sessions a week then your place in the squad is in jeopardy.
Also, if you know you are going to miss a session for any reason, then please tell us! Because then we can mark on the register the reason for the absence, this then makes an individuals attendance much more clear. Even if you are feeling ill, a text explaining this will help us to understand more.
You can do this by e-mail or text, both mine and Kevin’s details are at the top of this page.
Sorry for the harsh approach to this issue, but I’m sure you can understand the reasons.

 If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask.

Yours,

 Ryan.

Wales Meeting!

Hello Everyone.

For all of those lucky enough to be spending your week in Wales in August with me this summer, we are holding a meeting for ALL swimmers, at 7.15 pm on Monday 19th July. This meeting is compulsory for all swimmers attending the meet, and nearer the time me and Kevin will make a decision about the clash with training.

Yours,

Ryan.

Updated!

Hello to all you keen followers out in the wilderness.
I'm sure you will be glad to see my second post of the day, the first at 4.30 this morning before training, now thats dedication!
A few updates for you, all the results from the recent galas are now in the relevant section on the right, along with the new qualifying times for the Yorkshires this year.
The PB sheet is still in progress I hear from the Kev, he has to convert nearly 190 times because of all the PB's we got over the weekend.

That is all!
See you tonight,

Ryan.

P.S, if anyone comes across any inspirational quotes along the way send me them in an email!

Dev Gala!

Swimmers who have just moved up into C Central and are competing on Saturday in the Development Gala please report to your old coaches at the meet, as they will be looking after you. Please be on poolside for 8.00am ready to be in the warm up for 8.15am. The gala will start at 9.00am and usually finishes around 12.30/1 ish. Best of luck to all who are competing!

Kevin

P.S, A big shout out to the regular viewers of the blog as requested, thanks for the views!

Ryan

Harrogate Report by Kevin

A great two days at Harrogate team!!!!! 

YOU WERE ALL AWESOME! - We certainly kicked Ass!

I thoroughly enjoyed spending two long days watching you at the gala as there was some really fantastic swims achieving PB's by 30 seconds or more by some swimmers.  Me and  Ryan are very proud of you all, it shows all the hard work and practicing skills perfectly in training is paying off .  

I was pleased to see a lot more of the skills we are practicing in training transfered in to your races and this is having excellent results when swimming fast.  I would like to say I was very impressed with the way you all behaved over the weekend and how you worked as a team when organising yourselves into groups to take part in the poolside warm up.  The Leeds team spirit was great and it was really good to see you all shouting each other on and looking after one another when a swimmers race may not have gone to plan!

Swimmers all this good racing has created a lot of time converting and updating for me, I will try my best to get it done soon along side my job, so we can have all the C Central's improved times back on the blog.

C Central
118 PB's from 139 Swims
Mostly the swims which weren't pb's the swimmers were just outside by point zero of a second.
2 more Ner times

Saturday
20 Speeding Tickets
5 Golds
6 Silvers
8 Bronze

Sunday 
Not sure on these medals from Sunday as I only have a copy of the website results and this does not show speeding tickets.

We are nearly at the end of the season so keep up the hard work and effort for a few more weeks and then you can have a well deserved 2 week break.

Kevin

Harrogate!

Harrogate

I have checked the website and the warm up for the Harrogate meet is now at 9am and session will start at 10am - not as originally advertised. This means swimmers should be arriving on poolside just after 8.30am. I was told it is now City of Leeds Club Policy that all swimmers must arrive 30min prior to the pool warm up for dynamic poolside stretching and failing to do so will result in the team manager pulling swimmers out of their race for the full session. This happened to 2 swimmers at the NEC's last week.

Lets see the hard work in training pay off this weekend. Medals, PB's here we come!!!! C Central Kick some Ass!!

Any information you may need can be found on the following link:

http://www.swimharrogate.org/2010_graded_meet_(series).htm

Kevin

White Rose!

A bit more info for you to digest here...
At the John Charles Centre, on the 11th September 2010, Leeds are taking part in a team event, and the following people will be taking part in it from our Squad....

A Team- 13.30 for a 14.00 Warm Up
Joseph
Euan
Toby
Jacob
John
Liam
Phebe
Chantel
Rachel P
Megan
Maisie
Abigail J
Ellie J
Rebecca F

B Team- 16.00 for a 16.30 Warm Up
William
Kit
Billy
Shaheen
Amelia
Hannah
Rebecca W
Aisling
Abigail B
Elle P
Layla B
 
 You MUST email david.gray@leeds.gov.uk(Alex, new Age Group Coach) to confirm your place, also if you are not able to attend.
When you do this, please Cc me into the email so I can keep a record!
One more thing, me and Kevin are really proud of the amount of swimmers selected, so well done!

Email either Me or Alex if you need anything.

 Yours,

Ryan.

Summer Break #2

The dates posted on the blog earlier are now wrong about when we go back to mornings next season. As far as we are now aware, our first morning session back will be Thursday 30th September! All other dates have not changed to our knowledge.
Sorry for the confusion.

Ryan.

England!

Hello Everyone!

First of all, I hope you all like the England logo on the blog, even them amongst us that are not England supporters!

Here is the sweepstake list! Come see me tonight if you still don't have a team! We only have a few left and not enough to go round the whole squad so come see me ASAP if you still want to take part...

Country	Swimmer
Australia	Layla
Japan	Abigail P
Korea DPR	Toby
Korea Republic	Ellie J
Algeria
Cameroon	Jordan
Cote d'lvoire
Ghana
Nigeria	John
South Africa	Zoe
Honduras	William
Mexico	Rebecca F
United States	Jacob
Argentina	Ryan
Brazil	Emily B
Chile	Emily R
Paraguay	Elysia
Uraguay	Kit
New Zealand	Abigail J
Denmark	Beth
England	Shannon
France	Ellie J
Germany	Hanah
Greece	Joseph
Italy	Kevin
Netherlands
Portugal	Amber
Serbia	Rachel
Slovakia	Rebecca
Slovenia	Phebe
Spain
Switzerland	Liam

Remember, I have got a prize for the person with the winning team so it is worth entering... Good Luck!


Ryan.

World Cup Hits C Central!

Hello!

As of tonight, I will be holding a free Sweep Stake for the world cup, Countries will get pulled out the hat tonight, but seen as though it starts tomorrow, all teams must go tonight!
 Plus we don't have enough to go round the whole squad, Sorry!
A Prize will be awarded for the person with the wining team.

Also, because the world cup fever has hit the rest of the country, why not take a look this weeks quote!

Yours,


Ryan.

Summer Break!

I now have the confirmed dates for C Central's Summer Break;

Our last session will be Sunday 1st August

Our first session back will be Monday 23rd August (Pm)

We will not be training August Bank Holiday(Sat 28th-Monday 30th), we will return to training as normal on Tuesday 31st August

Mornings will not start for our group until Thursday 30th September.


Kevin & Ryan

Some Wise Words from Our Lead Coach....

Back to basics...

You may have all noticed last weeks training volume decreased and was a lot easier.  This was so you could spend a whole week reminding yourselves of the basic technique we need on all 4 strokes to be a better swimmers.  Some of you may ask why me and Ryan have done this? And how are you going to be faster swimmers if you don't swim fast all the time in training?

There is nothing wrong with us spending a whole week on short distances working on getting everything right with our strokes, as when we transfer our perfect technique's into our swimming it should prove to be very beneficial in the long term making you faster swimmers in the years to come.  This is the time to get stroke techniques right, when you are young.  Changing stroke techniques to be good after years of swimming bad technique can be almost impossible this is because you will have trained your body to perform bad movements over many years.

Me and Ryan are very impressed with the way last weeks training went as everyone looked technically good in the water and everyone improved on something.  Alex was impressed and commented on how he may need to borrow swimmers from our group to show his group how to swim.  As we start to increase the intensity and volume of training again it is important that all the little practices you did last week (most of you could list at least 10 points to think about on each stroke) get put into your full strokes when swimming faster.  e.g. caterpillar on fly, triangle on breaststroke ect........

Attendance

Well done to Abigail Jack who managed 100% attendance for May, this is an amazing achievement and shows great commitment. Well done Abigail. 

A few things......

People have told me great things about the swimming from our group at the Hull gala with some swimmers achieving PB's by over 15 seconds, this is ACE!!!!.  I am looking forward to watching you all at Harrogate in a few weeks.  I will be updating the times this week, but please be patient as I am at John Charles teaching for most of the week. 

One thing I have noticed is the distance you are all hitting before you come up off the wall out of the turns is increasing, this shows all the underwater work we have done is starting to pay off. 

I thought I would also pass the message on to you from Head Coach Dave Calleja.  He has said how impressed he is with the amount of swimmers that are turning up to morning training and the high level of team spirit in the group at the moment.  Keep it up guys!!

C Central target for this month:

TRANSFER SKILLS AND TECHNIQUE INTO LONGER DISTANCES AND MAINTAIN WHEN SWIMMING FASTER!

Something for you to think about. 

'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 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 started to skip days, I would realise my attitude was not right and it was time for me to finish. - Olympic Champion

Kevin.

P.S, can all the parents read the previous post about phone numbers and respond accordingly.

Numbers...

Hello...

I would like you all to send me a text with your name and your childs name in a text message to my number please, this way I then have all your numbers, because then I have your number then if I need them. I also may send reminders out about training, and gala enteries etc!

Thanks,

Ryan.

This Weekend and other bits!

First things first...

Training is on as normal all weekend, except if you are swimming in a competition this weekend you  may be getting out earlier tonight to try help you get a decent nights sleep.

Kevin is going to be at the NEC's, and Lyn will be looking after you if you go to the York meet.

"I read back through the post and found these words of wisdom from Kevin.....
Think how many lengths you swim in training without having rest! A race is a tiny fraction of what we practice in training. Don't be scared of going out fast on your races at the weekend. Don't save yourself for the last part of the race as you may have more energy left than you think. You should feel like you have nothing left to give when you climb out of the pool after your swims. When you feel like you are tiering in your race, think about holding good technique, it is this good practice that will get you to the end.
Go out fast!
Hold the second 50m
Work the third 50m
Use what ever energy you have left on the last 50m (No breathing last 5m)
Don't slow down into the walls on turns and remember as soon as your feet leave, BANG BANG BANG with fly legs!!!!!"

Some words from my experience....Take this into consideration and remember that you MUST not get yourself worked up about a swim. Just because you don't PB doesn't mean you have swam bad. No swim is a bad swim. Every swim you can learn something from to help you develop as a swimmer. Relax, go out and ENJOY the swim. Do not get worked up about it, as it can have a negative effect.

Yours in Swimming,

Ryan

Training, Breakfast Club and Toby with his extremely Huge Lungs!

Message from Kevin....

Training
After finishing last week's training on a low, due to poor skills and starting the warm up 27 times I am pleased to say I think we are back on a high. The swimming and skills in last night and this mornings sessions was excellent and back how it should be, resulting in other coaches commenting on how good the technique of our squad looked. Lets keep it up!

Breakfast club
Thank you to all swimmers who came to breakfast after the session this morning. It turned out to be a great success and I think we should make it a regular club during school holidays as it is great for team building and getting to know everyone.

Big Achievement
The set this morning required swimmers to dive in and kick butterfly in the streamlined position (without fins) as far as they could under the water without breathing. Me and Ryan decided if anyone makes the full 50m the whole group could get out (not thinking that anyone would). However Toby managed to set a C Central record by achieving the full 50 metres, resulting in us finishing 10 minutes early and him getting a free breakfast. A fantastic achievement as some swimmers in the top group would struggle to do the full 50 metres. Well Done!!!

From Kevin

C Central Team Breakfast (Thu 3rd June)

Message from Kevin.....

As discussed at previous morning training sessions we thought it would be nice, seen as it is school holidays, if after the session swimmers would like join and have a team breakfast in the John Charles cafe when we have finished the session.
Bring a couple of quid and See you there!

Kev & Ryan

Oh and here is a link for the programme for the NEC's for you all......

http://www.swimnortheast.org.uk/results/2010/asanerbagcat2010/webpages/2010bagcaentry.pdf

A few little Reminders....

Hello,

A few things over the last couple of weeks that me and Kevin would like to remind you about are listed below:

• Our sessions start at least 10 minutes before we get in the pool. This is vital to loosen yourself off before you get in to swim, so please make sure you are here for 10 minutes before the session wherever possible.
• Water bottles, Please make sure they end up in the bin when you finished at the end of a session, and do not leave them on the side of the pool. We have had a complaint about the mess we have left at the end of a session, and it is the swimmers responsibility to move the bottles.
• I have also noticed a lot of swimmers not paying attention when me and Kevin are talking, this sounds pathetic and a little bit picky, but when you have to repeat yourself 4 times to the people that didn't listen this gets a little annoying, and is a waste of time.

Please note this does by all means not apply to the majority of swimmers, but if you can make them aware of these points above we would greatly appreciate it.

Keep up the hard work and remember, ’Practice doesn't make perfect, Perfect Practice does'.

Yours,

Ryan.

Ryan's Level One!

Just thought some of you might like to know that I passed my 'Level One Teaching Aquatics' course, you now have a qualified assistant working on the group, which I'm sure is lovely to know.

Thanks for the support,

Ryan.

Training this weekend!

Hello There!


As far as me and Kevin know, training is not on both Sunday and Monday.


We will let you know if anything changes.


Thanks,


Ryan.

Armley!

As of this Friday night, we are back at the new Armley pool. Its all posh and fancy, I went for a sneak peak.
Here is its address and a map for those of you who asked for directions...

Carr Croft
Armley
Leeds
LS12 3HB



View Larger Map
Click the see larger map link to get directions from wherever you are in the world the pool.

Any questions, I will try help with directions, I live 5 mins away.
Yours,
Ryan.

This weeks quote of the week is a special one!

Hello Everyone,
Hope everyone has continued to push themselves in training whilst I have been away, I will see you all tonight.

This weeks quote of the week is my favorite quote by Muhammad Ali...

"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."

So I decided to go all out and test my ICT skills at the same time, and pop this video in here, hope you like this weeks quote!

Info Regarding Training

Hello Everyone.

This coming Saturday it will be Lyn who will be taking training, because Kevin is swimming in a competition, and  I am getting my head down for some much overdue revision, a register will be taken.

Please remember that it is the Harrogate entries the coming Monday, please do not forget, as there is no other entry night.

Thanks,

Ryan.

Exams....

Hello All....

I would just like to inform you that due to my A level exam commitments, I will be missing a few sessions over the next 2 weeks. I am sure that you understand and respect that my education comes first. Kevin is trying to arrange cover for the sessions that I will be missing, so that we can maintain progress we seem to be making as a squad.

The sessions I will not be attending are listed below:

• Thursday 13th (AM only)
• Saturday 15th
• Sunday 16th
• Monday 17th
• Thursday 20th
• Thursday 27th
• 
  

Please still feel free to contact me if you wish.
Thanks for Understanding,

Ryan.

Important info for Monday night! Please read so you can be prepared!

We would appreciate it if you can get all the entries and other info ready for me and Kevin to sign etc before you come to the pool using the PB sheet on the blog. It will save us a lot of time we don't have on a Monday night, especially with the Wales meeting on, thanks for understanding.

From Kevin.... 

PB sheets are now updated. New swimmers you will be on the PB sheets very soon, I am waiting on some information before I can do this.

MONDAY NIGHT

Welsh Nationals
 11yrs+ Boys/ 10 Yrs + Girls wanting to enter Welsh Nationals and has the qualifying times on the City of Leeds notice Board there is a parents meeting at 7.15pm on Monday 9th May. Room not allocated yet, please check notice board.

North Eastern Counties Entries
Anyone who's time is highlighted green on the PB sheet should enter that event as you have achieved your qualification time for this meet.


Harrogate B Grade Entries
Harrogate B Grade on 19th & 20th June
Events include: 9/10 years, 50m Breast & Fly only, 200m All strokes, 100m I.M.
11/12, 13/14, 15 & over years, 50m All strokes, 100m Back, Breast & Fly, 200m All strokes, 100m I.M.
Entry times must not be faster than the times listed in the document to the right under swim meets.
If you are unsure what to enter in this Gala please look at the Gala entry advice sheet under the Swim Meet section to the right of the Blog.

Kevin

Just so you all know, I have just updated the following documents on the panel to your right.... 
New Pb's
% 100's Pb's
% 200 Pb's
Sports Aid Results Sheet
Harrogate Entry Times (Must Not Be Faster Than)

Thanks, Ryan.

                     C Central Coaching Team. 

 

Start of Sessions

Hello Everyone.

We would like to just back up the fact that we do expect all swimmers on poolside 10 minutes before the session in most circumstances ready to stretch. Research and our experience has shown that you get a lot more out of a session, and the capability of the swimmers body is much higher if you 'loosen off' before training. This will then, in turn, aid the long term athlete development of a child.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Ryan & Kev.

Information about the weekend, PB's etc....

Hello Everyone!

Kevin has finally managed to update all the times from Harrogate and the % off NER sheets are now UPDATED. So click the usual links and it will be the updated info. I am working on a spreadsheet that is a lot more efficient and beings all the data together, so that should be good.

Kevin wants to remind you that training is on as normal over the weekend and if you are swimming at the gala on the day of training do not come but you will still get your mark.

Hope that clears things up.

Yours,

Ryan and Kev.

The Long awaited....

Hello.
Here is the Sports Aid Programme for the weekend, Kevin finally managed to get hold of it.
Good luck for the weekend everyone, please look at the previous posts in the Gala's section for what we expect for the weekend.

Sports Aid Open Meet 2010 

Thanks,

Ryan.

Welsh Nationals

Hello Everyone,

Kevin received a message from Paul today asking him to pass a message on to all the parents that there will be a meeting on this Monday night at 7.15pm, the room is yet to be arranged and will be posted on the noticeboard at the pool on Monday night. The meeting is for the parents of the children who put their names down for the Welsh Nationals only.

I went away with the club in 2008 to this meet and I must say, if you are given the opportunity to go it really is a fantastic meet, I throughly enjoyed myself and it was my most successful meet in my career. I will also be going this year as a coach so I really want to push our squad to attend the meet, as I think the swimmers will gain alot out of it on many levels, team building, national event experience, and some fantastic swims hopefully.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Yours,

Ryan.

New Swimmers!

New Swimmers!

Welcome to C Central.  Congratulations on your promotion into this squad.  Some of you may be a little nervous and may find the training a little harder than what you are used to in D Group.  It may take a few weeks for your bodies to get used to all those extra lengths, but don't worry you will all be fine.

Just want to say thank you for all the kind presents and cards me and Ryan have received over the last few days from the swimmers who have moved to their new squads.  It really does make the coaching worthwhile.

Kevin & Ryan