Monday, 26 September 2011

Junior League and Leeds Open Meet

Training Changes
Due to nearly all the squad competing over the weekend there will be no training at Kirkstall on Sunday 2nd October. Friday night training will finish between 8:30 and 8:40pm this week.

Leeds Open Meet (Sat 2nd & Sun 3rd Oct)

Sat - Poolside 8:00 am (Session 1 w/u - 08:30am, Start - 09:30am, Finish - 11.45am)
Sat - Poolside 12:30 pm (Session 2 w/u - 13:00pm, Start - 14:00pm, Finish - 16:45pm)
Sun - Poolside 8:00am (Session 3 w/u - 08:30am, Start - 09:30am, Finish - 12:00pm)
Sun - Poolside 12:30pm (Session 4 w/u - 13:00pm, Start - 14:00pm, Finish - 16:15pm)

I will be at the Gala on Saturday. Any swimmers competing on Sunday are to see Paul Cave before and after their races for tips and feedback.

Junior League Northern Final (Sun 3rd Oct)

Please arrive at John Charles for 9:00am. The coach is due back at John Charles around 7:00pm ish. Unfortunately the order of T Shirts for the final will not be ready for this weekend, so the Team Manager has suggested that the swimmers wear Yellow T Shirts on the coach and Blue T Shirts on poolside.

Good Luck to everyone competing. Remember what you have worked on in training and transfer this into your racing. GO FOR IT!!!!

Kevin & Ryan

Kevin Schofield

High Performance - Assistant Coach (Swimming)

Competition Squad Central Lead Coach

Leeds City Council Swim Training Scheme

Aquatics Centre, John Charles Centre for Sport,

LS11 5DJ

Mobile: 07706 288 909

Land Training!!!

I have just had a message from Helen who takes land training. She was attacked by a dog Saturday on her arm and is still receiving treatment for the injury in hospital. Unfortunately there will be no Land training tonight. Sorry for the short notice.

Kevin & Ryan

Thursday, 22 September 2011

Junior League Northern Final Supporters

For those parents travelling to the Northern Final next Sunday it would be great to see you all join in the fun and dress in Leeds colours, not only does it motivate the swimmers but also makes us stand out as a Club. It would be great to go to the final with the best swimmers and the best supporters behind the team. Some of the other clubs will be dressing up. Get planning now! There is plenty of time to come up with some chants for our team. I want to see drums, dressing up, banners, flags, tambourines, horns, wigs and face paints. The more noise you make the faster the swimmers will swim.

Emma (Ellie Jones Mum) is buying some yellow and blue cowboy hats for the final. If you would like to purchace one for the small charge of £2 let her know ASAP.

Kevin & Ryan

Monday, 19 September 2011

Blog Updates!

I have finally got round to putting the background on the blog again, after is vanished. I have also added the competition calendar for the squad, please follow this when entering meets.

Regards,

Ryan

Sunday, 18 September 2011

Harrogate Junior Open Meet

Entries for Harrogate Junior Open Meet are being taken tomorrow. Link to the entry form below

http://www.swimleeds.org.uk/meets/harrogate-junior-open-meet-2011-leeds-entry-form.pdf

www.swimleeds.org.uk

Kevin & Ryan

Thursday, 15 September 2011

National Arena League

North East Region Round 1 (South)
Saturday 8th October 2011

Venue: Sheffield Ponds Forge
Arrive: 18:00
W/Up: 18:30
Start: 19:00

Can the following swimmers please confirm your availability to Richard by email at richard.denigan@leeds.gov.uk by Friday 30th September 2011

Liam, Euan, Jacob, Harry, Brannan, John, Shaheen, Billy, Kit, Ellie, Layla, Zoe, Sophie, Anna, Helena, Hannah

Thanks
Kevin & Ryan

National Junior League White Rose Gala - Regional Final

Please can the following swimmers confirm your availability to swim on Sunday 2nd October at Tynemouth Pool to Richard Denigan and Elysha Wallis (richard.denigan@leeds.gov.uk and elysha@btinternet.com)

Euan

Jacob

Helena

Liam

Billy

Thomas

Jake

Huzayfa

Ellie

Sophie

Rebecca

Rachel

Amelia

Leah

Tickets to the Regional Final will cost £4.00 each and will be available to purchase from Greig Birrell. There may be the possibility of some seats available on the coach at an additional charge but this is still to be confirmed.

Kevin & Ryan

Video Feedback

Over the past week I have used a camera to film some of the swimmers technical faults and play it back to them on poolside. I think it is a great tool to use as the swimmers can visualise what they are doing wrong in the water and see how they need to correct their technique. I am going to carry on using the video now and again during training sessions and may include some of the footage on my Level 3 Coaches course. If anyone does not want the camera to be used with their child please send me an email.

Kevin & Ryan

Sunday, 4 September 2011

White Rose League

Arrival Time for all Team Members is 1300 on Saturday 10th September 2011.

On arrival please report to the Team Managers:

'A' Team

Elysha Wallis

'B' Team

Lyn Hughes / Greig Birrell

Coaching Staff

'A' Team

Paul Cave
Kevin Schofield
Marcin Pilinski

'B' Team

Ryan Mortimer
Alan Miller
Ashley and/or Sharon

The team sheets will not be shown to swimmers until Saturday to allow for any last minute changes.

Kevin & Ryan

Welcome Back

Welcome back to training everyone and welcome new swimmers to C Central. Hope you have had a great summer break and are ready to get stuck into some hard work to prepare for the upcoming meets.

Leeds City Council are hosting the Dutch National Swim Team week commencing Monday 5^th September 2011.

This week the pool will be in Long Course configuration each session. Some sessions may be a squeeze as we will only have 2 lanes but I am sure we will cope just for this week. There are a few last minute changes with lanes due to the press coming. Please try to be on poolside 15 minutes before the session starts to loosen off.

Monday 5th September

Am = No Training

Pm = No Land Training

We will train at the later time of 7.30 - 8.30pm in Lanes 0 & 1

Wednesday 7th September

Pm = Normal time 6:30 - 7:30 (Lanes 5 & 6)

Thursday 8th September

Am = Normal

Pm = We will train at the earlier time of 6:30 - 8:00 in Lanes 5 & 6

Please remember entries for the Early Bird meet will be taken on Monday 5th September. There is no form available on line to print off, so write the times down on paper and one of us will sign it.

Kevin & Ryan

Monday 5th September

Please note that the lane allocations have changed for the Dutch Visit on Monday night. We are now in Lanes 0 & 1. Land Training is cancelled as we cannot reschedule this.

Regards,

Ryan.

Saturday, 13 August 2011

Wales Trip & New Season

Well done to everyone who attended the Wales meet. The trip was a brilliant success with lots of fast swimming and a great experience for the swimmers who's first time it was away from home by themselves. Our group achieved 55 PB's out of 69 Swims, 4 Finalists and 3 Bronze Medals over the week. Lizzie Coombes took lots of pictures of the team in Wales and hopefully we should be able to upload some onto the blog soon.

Hope you are all having a fantastic break. Just a reminder below when training restarts.

First Session Back

Monday 22nd August (PM)

August Bank Holiday

Sunday 28th August 2011 No Training

Monday 29th August 2011 No Training

Morning Training

Morning Training will recommence on Thursday 8th September 2011.

Kevin & Ryan

Thursday, 28 July 2011

Welsh Summer Nationals

Anyone who is swimming in the Welsh Summer Nationals will only be training for one hour on Thursday night.

Please make sure the Emergency Contact Number is saved in your phones; 07504 411 157

Swimmers are to travel in City of Leeds Tracksuits and wear the White Shirt that was given out in the meeting last Monday.
Remeber to label any medicine and give to the Team Manager.
Swimmers will need a packed lunch or money to be able to get lunch on the journey down and will need money for lunch on the return.

Travel Itinerary

Meet at JCCS Aquatics Centre 29th July: 09:00

Coach Departs: 09:30

Arrive in Swansea: 15:00 (approximately)

Depart Swansea 5th August: 11:00 (approximately)

Arrive at the JCCS Aquatics Centre 17:00 (approximately)

There is a last minute advice sheet I will be giving out tonight. The sheet will also be available to print out under the Swim Meets section of the Blog called Gala Preparation when ryan has uploaded it.

Hopefully the trip will be a great success. Anyone who is not swimming have a great Summer !

Kevin & Ryan

Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Breakfast Club & Turn Practice

Hope you are all looking forward to the Summer Break or Wales. This Thursday is the last morning training for C Central until Thursday 8th September. It would be good if we can get as many swimmers to attend as possible and have a team Breakfast after the session before we break up for the Summer.

The pool will be free before our session starts on Wednesday and Thursday this week as the older swimmers are away at the Nationals in Sheffield. Any swimmers who wish to come in and practice turns from half an hour before our session starts are welcome to do so.

Kevin & Ryan

Monday, 18 July 2011

Couple of Reminders

Land Training

This will be on as normal tonight as Helen will be back from her Iron Man Challenge

Entries

Entries for Winter Yorkshire will be taken tonight and next Monday

Wales Meeting

Just a reminder that the meeting for all parents and swimmers attending the Welsh Summer Nationals will be at 19.30 in the Grandstand Suite which is in the Stadium. Swimmers who are going to Wales will be finishing training at 7.15pm so they can get changed in time for the meeting.

Kevin & Ryan

1500m Time Trial

Don't worry too much about the times it was more of a mental test to achieve 1500m without stopping, even though surprisingly some of you achieved a North Eastern time in training which is excellent. In C Central swimmers normally cover between 1500 - 4500 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. Well done to everyone who finished the 1500m. There are also some 1500m times below from previous time trials and there is a huge improvement showing that you are all fitter, and stronger. We will attempt the 1500m again in the year.

NER Times

11yrs = 20:45.00

12yrs = 19:54.00

13yrs = 19:30 .00

Sunday 17th July 2010

Matthew 19:42.11

Euan 20:00.50

Brannan 21:03.47

Liam 21:01.81

Leah 21:10.79

Jacob 20:06.95

Shaheen 21:27.82

Maisie 23:35.26

Layla 22:43.53

Abigail 23:22.34

Megan 23:34.24

Hannah 22:08.32

Oliver 23:46.91

Sophie 24:10.84

Ellie 23:54.80

John 22:32.30

Kit 22:26.42

Amber 23:56.37

Emily DNF

Ayesha 23:40.74

Rebecca 26:27.76

Huzayfa 23:40.68

Billy 23:40.97

Helena 24:45.58

Harry 25:45.58

Rachel 24:42.08

Vikoria 25:42.68

Tide 24:45.38

Sunday 7th November 2010

Liam 22.21.94

Maisie 22.58.16

Emily 25.09.43

William 23.16.39

Shaheen 27.22.89

Huzayfa 24.34.49

Billy 27.04.49

Sunday 4th July 2010

Shaheen 26.06.35
Megan 24.58.68
Anna 27.23.73
Liam 24.05.73
Layla 25.54.36
Maisie 24.54.16
Emily B 26.58.74
Jacob 23.59.56
John 23.15.51
Euan 22.36.81
Billy 27.00.51
William 25.19.45
Abigail J 24.28.83
Ellie 24.54.16
Kit 25.50.44
Amber 26.54.53
Brannon DNF

Kevin & Ryan

Friday, 15 July 2011

National Junior League

Date: 10th September 2011

Venue: John Charles

Time: 13:00

Warm Up: 13:30

Please can the following swimmers confirm your availability to swim to Alex Gray and Richard Denigan at:
alex.gray@leeds.gov.uk and richard.denigan@leeds.gov.uk

White Rose Gala (A Team)

William Euan

Jacob Harry

Layla Liam

Billy Thomas

Jake Ellie

Sophie Leah

Rachel M

White Rose Gala (B Team)

Hannah Kit

John Brannan

Shaheen Zoe

Anna Helena

Abigail Oliver

Huzayfa Tide

Viktoria Rebecca

Kevin & Ryan

Training Changes (Week of Monday 5th Sept)

Leeds City Council are hosting the Dutch National Swim Team week commencing Monday 5^th September 2011.

This week the pool will be in Long Course configuration each session. Some sessions may be a squeeze as we will only have 2 lanes but I am sure we will cope just for this week.

Monday 5th September

Am = Normal

Pm = No Land Training

7:30 - 8:30 (7:30 - 8:00 = Lanes 5 & 6, 8:00 - 8:30 = Lanes 4, 5 & 6)

Wednesday 7th September

Pm = 6:30 - 7:30 (Lanes 5 & 6)

Thursday 8th September

Am = Normal

Pm = 6:30 - 8:00 (Lanes 5 & 6)

Kevin & Ryan

Welsh Summer Nationals

There will be a meeting for all parents and swimmers attending the Welsh Summer Nationals on Monday 18^th July at 19.30 in the Grandstand Suite which is in the Stadium.

Swimmers who are going to Wales will need to finish training 15 minutes early at 7.15pm so they can get changed in time for the meeting.

Kevin & Ryan

Monday, 11 July 2011

A Great Ending To The B Grade Series

C Central achieved 115 PB's out of 122 Swims, 10 Speeding Tickets, 7 Gold Medals, 8 Silver Medals and 12 Bronze Medals this weekend. Another fantastic meet and a great end to the season.

Results Summary

Speeding Ticket Winners (5)

Abbie H (3), Rebecca (3), Viktoria (1), Matthew B (2), Harry (1)

Gold Medallists (5)

Tide (1), John (1), Matthew B (2), Rebecca (1), Billy (1), Sophie (1)

Silver Medallists (5)

John (1), Tide (2), Viktoria (1), Kit (2), Maisie (1), Hannah (1)

Bronze Medallists (9)

Thomas (1), John (2), Tide (1), Viktoria (2), Abigail (2), Helena (1), Kit (1), Maisie (1), Amber (1)

Reminder

There is no land training tonight (Mon 11th July) as Helen is still away. Land Training will be back to normal next Monday.

Chocolate Bar Challenge

Well Done to Zoe who won the Chocolate Bar Challenge on Friday night. This is a test of turn speed where swimmers push off the wall turn at the flags, sprint to the wall, turn and sprint back to the flags. The fastest swimmer wins a chocolate bar. It was a very close final but Zoe just managed to scrape top place.

Keep chasing those times!!!

'Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.'

Well Done Everyone!

Kevin & Ryan

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."