Junior League Tickets

All tickets for junior league are now sold out. Sorry Guys!

Ryan.

National Junior League Final!!!!

The Club has agreed to put on a coach for any parents wishing to go support their swimmers in the Junior League Final.  There will be no cost to travel on the coach, but seats are limited.  If you would like a place on the coach please email or text Alex on the contact details below letting him know how many seats you require.

Kevin 

National Arena League - North East Region Round 2

The following swimmers from our squad are needed to swim on Saturday 13th November at John Charles.

Arrive 13.45

W/up 14.15

Start 14.45

Euan Cowan

Liam Birell

William Finn

John Cooper

Jacob Butterfield

Brannon Pearson

Phebe Robinson

Amelia Clynes

Please can you confirm your availability to Alex by email at alex.gray@leeds.gov.uk or text to 07515254245

Kevin

New documents online.. I want you all to read them please!

Following Files now Online!
         Preventing Illness - Interesting Information & Reading for Swimmers/ Parents
         50 Things You Can Do To Help Your Child Achieve In Sport - Documents for Parents
         Yorkshire Winters 2010- Results 2010-2011
         New Yorkshire Times 2011 - Qualifying Times for Future Meets

Please read them!

Cheers,

Ryan.

Harrogate Success

Another excellent weekend of swimming team!  As a group you achieved 73 PB's out of 89 swims, 24 more North Eastern times, 6 Golds, 5 Silvers and 2 Bronzes.  Very impressed guys, Well Done!!

This week will be HELL WEEK.  Every session will be hard as it is the school holidays and we have the North Eastern's in sight, rise to the challenge, try your hardest, don't back off and the results will be rewarding.  

I also had a request for a team breakfast after morning training on Thursday like we did on the last school holidays.  I know some parents have to rush off to work but it would be great to have as many swimmers stay behind for breakfast as possible.

I have also come across 3 new documents for the blog which you maybe interested in and will be uploaded soon.  They are Fuelling for Performance, Preventing Illness and 50 Things You 

Kevin 

Harrogate Junior Open Meet

Race Warm Up

1 x 300 FC/ BK (50's) 

1 x 200 IM (drill on Fly)

6 x 50 Race Stroke  1 fast/ easy (25's), 1 easy/ fast (25's)

Rest 20 sec after each

Please remember to be on poolside between 7.30 and 7.40 am for blood flow exercises

Session One

Saturday Warm Up 8am Start 9am

Girls 9/10 years 200m Backstroke

Boys 9/10 years 200m Backstroke

Girls 11/13 years 50m Breaststroke

Boys 11/14 years 50m Breaststroke

Girls 9/10 years 400m Freestyle

Boys 9/10 years 400m Freestyle

Girls 11/13 years 200m Butterfly

Boys 11/14 years 200m Butterfly

Girls 9/10 years 50m Butterfly

Boys 9/10 years 50m Butterfly

Girls 11/13 years 200m Freestyle

Boys 11/14 years 200m Freestyle

Session Two

Saturday Warm Up 1pm Start 2pm

Girls 9/10 years 200m Breaststroke

Boys 9/10 years 200m Breaststroke

Girls 11/13 years 400m I.M.

Boys 11/14 years 400m I.M.

Girls 9/10 years 50m Backstroke

Boys 9/10 years 50m Backstroke

Girls 11/13 years 50m Butterfly

Boys 11/14 years 50m Butterfly

Girls 9/10 years 200m I.M.

Boys 9/10 years 200m I.M.

Girls 10 & over 100m Freestyle

Boys 11 & over 100m Freestyle

Session Three

Sunday Warm Up 8am Start 9am

Girls 11/13 years 400m Freestyle

Boys 11/14 years 400m Freestyle

Girls 9/10 years 200m Butterfly

Boys 9/10 years 200m Butterfly

Girls 11/13 years 50m Freestyle

Boys 11/14 years 50m Freestyle

Girls 9/10 years 50m Freestyle

Boys 9/10 years 50m Freestyle

Girls 11/13 years 200m Backstroke

Boys 11/14 years 200m Backstroke

Session Four

Sunday Warm Up 1pm Start 2pm

Girls 11/13 years 200m I.M.

Boys 11/14 years 200m I.M.

Girls 9/10 years 200m Freestyle

Boys 9/10 years 200m Freestyle

Girls 11/13 years 50m Backstroke

Boys 11/14 years 50m Backstroke

Girls 9/10 years 400m I.M.

Boys 9/10 years 400m I.M.

Girls 11/13 years 200m Breaststroke

Boys 11/14 years 200m Breaststroke

Girls 9/10 years 50m Breaststroke

Boys 9/10 years 50m Breaststroke

I am looking forward to watching you all race this weekend, lets make it a good one.  See you all there.

Kevin 

A few notes...

Hello,

Training will finish at 8.30 tonight because of the gala, and we will be race warm-up, and starts/turns/finishes practice.
I think Kevin may be posting some information today about the gala this weekend.

Please not Alex's email address has now changed in line with the name he uses, so from now on he is contactable on  alex.gray@leeds.gov.uk

Cheers!

Ryan

Attendance...

Hello Everyone.

For those of you that don't know, the scheme are taking Attendance very seriously this season, and I am tasked with monitoring it. I have a spreadsheet that tells me exactly who is attending the correct number of sessions every week for their age.
Below is a reminder for the minimum sessions required each week Dependant upon age.

Age	8	9	10	11	12
Sessions	5	5	6	6	6

This means that when you are 10, you need to be doing at least one morning a week, but we still like to see the younger swimmers experiencing morning training from a young age. Attendance is a massive part of what the senior coaches look at for moves.
This is why I cannot stress the importance of reporting absence before the session wherever possible, so we have a reason for the absence.
The way Kevin and myself plan the training is based upon the LTAD (long term athlete development), so when sessions are missed, the swimmers then miss a particular part of what we cover every week. For example, Sunday nights are most likely sprint sets, so if Sunday nights are regularly missed, the swimmer will struggle to develop as a sprinter.

We do not want people  having to move out of our squad on the basis of attendance only, so please attempt your minimum number of sessions a week.

Any questions, speak to me after a session or contact me by email.

Yours,

Ryan.

Monday Nights

Hello guys,

I have now been informed that as of this Monday, I will no longer be in Land Training because of the increase in size of D East, I will now be helping on that squad. Elysha will continue to take land training for C Central.

Yours,

Ryan

The weekend!

Hello Guys!

Well what can I say?
What a really really good weekend!
Such a shame we couldn't be there, but I have seen the results and they are fantastic. Some really good PB's, some fantastic podium positions and top 8's. We looked really good and you did what I asked, and thats to show Yorkshire what C Central are all about.
I do not have any figures yet, but all I know is that we had a very high PB rate.
Well done guys!

Lets now move onwards and upwards, we now have a good platform to build on for the NER's and the rest of the season.

Yours.

Ryan.

Friday nights session..

Training will finish at 8.30pm tonight because of the Yorkshires.
We would like you all to be there please, important things to go through before the weekend.

Ryan.

Winter Yorkshire's & Arena League at Sheffield

Yorkshire Winter Meet 9/10 Oct

Saturday 9^th & Sunday 10^th October 2010

Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield

Short Course – 25 metre.

Saturday 9^th October 2010

Session One – Warm Up 8am – Start 9am

Session Two – Warm Up 1pm – Start 2pm

Sunday 10^th October 2010

Session Three – Warm Up 8am – Start 9am

Session Four – Warm Up 1pm – Start 2pm

Programme of events can be found using the following link

http://www.yorkshireswimming.org/winter_competition_2010.htm

Arena League at Sheffield 9th Oct

Warm-up 18:00, start 18:30

Please remember to be on poolside 30 minutes before warm up.

Kevin 

C Central Cover

I will be leaving you all for 10 days after Thursdays session.  Some of you may know I won 2 Golds with my team (Leeds Pheonix) in the the National Speed Championships in March this year and I qualified to compete in the World Lifesaving Championships held in Alexandria, Egypt.  There will be 16 swimmers competing from Leeds Pheonix, in my team there is me Matt Jagger, Richard Jagger and Tom Jagger who some of you may know as they also swim for the City of Leeds Swimming Club in Regional Senior Squad.  I have arranged cover and written the sessions for the coaches taking you in my absence.  

Fri 8th Oct - Ryan/ Lyn 

Sun 10th Oct - Ryan/ Lyn

Monday 11th Oct - Nathan (Am)

                 - Ryan/ Alan Hutchinson (Pm)

Wednesday 13th Oct - Ryan/ Nathan/ Beth

Thursday 14th Oct - Ryan (Am)

                           - Ryan/ Nathan (Pm)

Friday 15th Oct - Ryan/ Lyn

Sunday 17th Oct - Ryan/ Lyn

Monday 18th Oct - James (Am)

Make sure you all behave, listen to the coaches and train hard whilst I am away.  Good luck to you all at the Yorkshire's this weekend, apologies for missing you all race.  You all swum really well at the Junior Open meet with some fantastic PB's, lets see if you can do the same again.  Remember fast turns, fast leg kicks off all walls and when you feel yourself tiring think technique.  

Swimmers make sue you see Lyn or Alex before and after your swims for race tips and feedback.

The race warm up for this weekend is

1 x 300 Fc/ Bk

1 x 200 IM (drill on Fly)

8 x 50 Race Stroke (odds- fast/easy, evens- easy/ fast) 

Get out fast on the first length, hold the second length, work the 3rd length, switch the legs on as fast as you can on the last length.  Try and aim to put a little bit more effort in on each length and don't slow down into the turns.

GOOD LUCK!, SWIM FAST 

Kevin 

Wednesday training

Wednesday Nights Training!

All swimmers who are competing in the National Junior League final on November 28th will train as a group with me and Alex on Wednesday nights from 6.30 - 8.00pm.  Swimmers will be developing speed and sprint skills, practising turns, dives and takeovers etc so they go to the final with the best possible chance of winning.  This will also give the swimmers practice at racing in their selected teams before the actual event.  

Kevin

File Updates..

New Files on the right,

• Results from the weekend under 'Results 2010-11'
• Entry Dates Calendar under the 'Swim Meets' section

Cheers

Ryan.

New look Blog....

Hello Guys.

The blog has has a bit of a facelift, please email me with feedback. I was getting bored of the old design.
I am aware the text at the top clashing colour making it unreadable! For some reason I cant get a background fill on that section.... Sure I will find a solution!

Yours,

Ryan.

We are Leeds, Leeds, Leeds!

What a fantastic and exciting day of racing in Lincoln.  I would like to congratulate all of you on your behaviour, cheering, team spirit, swimming and most importantly winning the National Junior League Northern Final.  You were all ace.  Back to hard training now ready to kick ass in the national final on November the 28th in Liverpool.

Well done to all swimmers who competed at the Junior Open Meet.  From what I have heard from Lyn and Ryan, more NER times and medals were achieved by the group which is brilliant.

One week of training now before we have to focus on our next two big events, the Yorkshire's and the Arena League at the weekend in Sheffield.  Keep listening and training hard and the pb's will keep coming.  Warning to swimmers who are close to winter north eastern times, this will be your last chance to achieve them as the entries will take place on Monday 11th October.

Parents Message

I am sure some of you will now will be suffering from banging headaches and very sore throats.  It was great to see you all having so much fun on the balcony as you cheered for your team, hope you all had fun. Thank you for all the support you gave.  Lets see if when we go to the final we can go with not just the best swimmers, but the best supporters aswell.  Some of the other clubs looked amazing.  Lets stand out, 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.

 
Well Done TEAM!!

Kevin 

Great Start To The New Season!!

Saturday's Meet (02/10/10)

I was very very pleased by the quality of racing today. To say we have just started the season, the amount of new pb's achieved was excellent.

62 Pb's out of 82 Swims
5 Golds
4 Silvers
4 Bronzes
10 more NER qualifying times

Please remember the North Eastern's (NER) in November are short course, so any times NER times achieved today need to be converted to short course by using the converter to the right below when entering the meet. Anyone who was a second away from an NER, please check your time using the converter as there is a good chance that when converted from long course to short course you will be in the qualifying time.

General areas for improvement
- underwater kicking off turns
- rolling shoulders on backstroke
- holding the same breathing pattern all the way through races on Fc and Fly
- clean entry (no splash) on Fc and Bk

A strong start to the season everyone, I'm impressed. Keep up the hard work. I was also pleased to see the attendance was high at our first morning training back after the break. Well done C Central!


Kevin

More Reading for you...

This updating the blog business is becoming a bit of an addiction recently....

We have provided you with 3 new files for you to look at...

Nutritional Information for Swimmers
Six Steps to Sucess
Race Nerves

Also, Google has decided to change the way I have to upload files now, which has created me tons more work.... If any of you struggle to view anything then let me know please and I will come up with a solution.

Yours,

Ryan.

Important Info about this weekend....

Anyone who is competing in the teams event on Sunday must arrive at John Charles for 9:15 am.  The coach will be leaving at approximately 9:30 am and should arrive back at JCC around 6:15 pm.  Swimmers must bring a packed lunch which they will eat before going onto poolside.  No food will be allowed on poolside and all drinks must be in a drinks bottles (not the powerade bottles with caps on), as these are banned at the Lincoln Sports Centre.

Anyone who is not competing at Lincoln or JCC on Sunday, training will be on as normal with Ryan and Lyn until I get there.

Open Meet.
Warm ups are at 8.30am on Sat and Sun Morning, 1.00pm on Sat and Sun Afternoon.
Please make sure you are on poolside 30 mins before start of warm up.

Lets have a great weekend of racing!!!  

Kevin and Ryan.