Regional Age Group - Notice Board: February 2011

Sunday, 27 February 2011

Yorkshire's Summary

Over the full 2 weekends a lot of great racing has taken place and with some fantastic results. Here is how you have all swum as a group over the 2 meets.

As a group you achieved 92 PB's out of 107 Swims, 9 Gold Medals, 13 Silver Medals, 14 Bronze Medals, 24 more North Eastern Times and 1 National time.

Yorkshire Champions (4) - Golds (9)

Leah (3), Billy (4), Euan (1), Jake (1)

Silver Medallists (7) - Silvers (13)

Liam (2), Jacob (1), Euan (3), Sophie (3), Oliver (2), Abigail B (1), Jake (1)

Bronze Medallists (11) - Bronzes (14)

Maisie (1), Liam (1), Shaheen (1), Brannon (1), Phebe (2), Sophie (1), Abigail B (1), Jake (1), Leah (1), Jacob (2), Oliver (2)

Well Done!!!!!!!

I know some of you missed North Eastern times by a small amount, keep working hard over the next month and hopefully you will achieve these at your next meet.

Don't forget to check the ASA Speed Awards to see if you have achieved the next level and if you have you can purchase your badge from the Club Shop on Monday nights.

We were thinking of updating the blog picture, so if swimmers who achieved medals, cups or flags over the 2 weekends at the Yorkshire's could bring them in along with their Leeds kit we will have a photo after training on Wednesday night, along with the rest of the squad in their team kit.

Friday, 25 February 2011

Yorkshire Championships (2nd Weekend)

Last weekend was a really good meet with fantastic swims. It would be great if you can do the same again this weekend smashing your PB's again. Stick together and work as a team in the warm up and swim down. Take a drink with you to the warm up and swim down pool to keep hydrated.

Phebe & Abigail B Rest of Group

1 x 400 Fc/ Bk (50's) 1 x 300 Fc/ Bk (50's)

1 x 200 IM (drill on Fly) 1 x 200 Im (drill on Fly)

10 x 50 odds Fast/ Easy (25's) 6 x 50 odds Fast/ Easy (25's)

evens Easy/ Fast (25's) evens Easy/ Fast (25's)

(Race Stroke of session on fast bits) (Race Stroke of session on fast bits)

Starts into race stroke to test goggles

Saturday & Sunday am 7.30am Poolside (Blood Flow Exercises)

Saturday & Sunday pm 12.30pm Poolside (Blood Flow Exercises)

Remember:

'Your body is capable of anything, it is the mind that plays tricks on you'

Good Luck!

C Central Coaching Team

Sunday, 20 February 2011

Attendance

Most of you attend the required amount of sessions to be in C Central, however with promotions on the way I would like to remind you all how many sessions, minimum a week you should all be attending. We appreciate you all have holidays, illness and after school activities now and again, which is fine but when not away swimmers should be attending on average the minimum number of sessions below for their age to give them the best chance of success. These number of sessions follows the Long Term Athlete Development plan for Competitive Swimming.

9 yrs = 5 sessions per week minimum

10 yrs = 6/7 sessions per week minimum

11 yrs = 6/7 sessions per week minimum

11/12 yrs = 7 sessions per week minimum

Our squads swimming week starts on a Sunday night and finishes on a Friday night. If swimmers have competed on a Sunday they will be given their attendance mark for Sunday nights session. If a session is missed swimmers should try and make it up in the following week by attending an additional work out.

Below is the attendance since the start of 2011 so you can all check if you are meeting the correct standards. (H = Holiday)

Shaheen 2 6 4 5 5 6 4

Megan 3 6 6 6 6 5 4

Anna 3 6 6 H 5 5 7

Oliver 4 6 6 6 6 6 6

Liam 3 6 6 6 4 4 3

Layla 4 6 5 6 6 6 7

Matthew B 3 5 3 0 0 3 4

Maisie 3 6 5 6 5 3 6

Emily B 2 6 5 5 5 4 6

Abigail B 4 7 6 7 7 3 7

Jacob B 4 7 7 6 5 6 4

Amelia 4 2 4 7 7 5 6

Thomas 2 4 3 3 4 3 4

John 3 3 6 6 6 6 4

Euan 3 5 6 5 3 5 5

Leah 3 5 5 5 5 6 4

William 3 6 6 6 6 6 6

Rebecca 1 5 5 5 4 5 5

Sophie 3 6 5 5 6 6 6

James 4 6 0 0 3 3 3

Abigail J 4 7 7 4 3 7 7

Ellie 2 5 4 4 4 5 4

Huzayfa 3 5 4 5 4 5 5

Jake 3 5 5 4 5 5 5

Kit 3 6 5 5 6 6 6

Matthew 3 6 6 5 4 5 6

Amber 3 6 2 6 5 H 4

Rachel M 0 5 5 5 5 6 4

Brannan 3 6 6 5 5 4 5

Rachel P 1 5 4 6 5 6 5

Emily R 3 6 5 4 3 5 5

Phebe 4 7 7 6 7 7 7

Aimee 3 5 2 5 5 5 5

Billy 4 5 3 4 5 5 5

Hannah 4 6 6 5 3 4 7

Zoe - - - - - - -1 5

Olympic Champion

"It was not the 10 workouts I did every week for four years that allowed me to overcome my competitors, it was the ones that they missed"

Speed Awards Reminder

If you are a collector of the Speed Awards, please don't forget to check your new PB's against the Award times. If you have achieved a new Speed Award, take a copy of the results with your new time to the Club Shop and you can by your badge and certificate for £2.

Great Swimming!

A fantastic weekend at the Yorkshire's in Sheffield with some amazing racing going on from you guys.

As a group you achieved 38 PB's out of 51 Swims, 6 Gold Medals, 5 Silver Medals, 8 Bronze Medals, 5 more North Eastern Times and 1 National time.

Yorkshire Champions (3) - Golds (6)

Leah (3), Billy (2), Euan (1)

Silver Medallists (5) - Silvers (5)

Liam (1), Jacob (1), Euan (1), Sophie (1), Oliver (1)

Bronze Medallists - Bronzes (8)

Maisie (1), Liam (1), Shaheen (1), Brannon (1), Phebe (1), Sophie (1), Abigail B (1), Jake (1)

Well done to Liam who achieved his 11 year old National time on his 200m Butterfly, the fist ever National time for C Central.

A brilliant weekend, you should all be very proud. I was very impressed with how professional you all are at organising your warm ups and swim downs and also how you all work together as a team. This is good to see, keep it up.

Bring on next weekend!!

Kevin

Friday, 18 February 2011

Yorkshire's

Club Policy is 7.30am on Poolside

The race warm up for our group will be

1 x 300 Fc/ Bk

1 x 200 IM (drill on Fly)

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

Dive Practice in to Race Stroke

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. Remember it is natural to be nervous, If you do get nervous just think what everybody else on the on the blocks must be feeling. Go in pool and enjoy your race.

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's to a result you will be happy with!'Send

Lets Chase those North Eastern Times!!!

Best of Luck

GALA 1 – Saturday 19^th & Sunday 20^th February 2011						GALA 2 – Saturday 26^th & Sunday 27^th February 2011
Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield – 50m						John Charles Centre for Sport, Leeds – 50m
Saturday am.			Sunday am.			Saturday am			Sunday am
B	11-13 yrs	200m I.M.	G	11-15 yrs	200m Backstroke	B	11-13 yrs	200m Butterfly	G	9/10 yrs	200m I.M. H.D.W.
B	14-16 yrs	200m Freestyle	B	14-16 yrs	200m Breaststroke	G	11-15 yrs	200m Freestyle	B	14-16 yrs	200m I.M.
G	9/10 yrs	200m Butterfly HDW	G	9/10 yrs	200m Backstroke HDW	M	Open	200m Freestyle	G	11-15 yrs	200m Butterfly
B	9/10 yrs	200m Butterfly HDW	B	12-16 yrs	100m Butterfly	G	11-15 yrs	200m Breaststroke	B	9/10 yrs	200m Freestyle HDW
B	12-16 yrs	100m Breaststroke	G	11-15 yrs	100m Freestyle	W	Open	200m Backstroke	B	11-13 yrs	200m Breaststroke
W	Open	200m Breaststroke	M	Open	200m Backstroke	M	Open	100m Backstroke	W	Open	200m Freestyle
M	Open	200m Butterfly	W	Open	200m Butterfly	B	10 & over	400m I.M. H.D.W.	M	Open	100m Butterfly
W	Open	200m I.M.	B	11-13 yrs	200m Freestyle				G	11-15 yrs	100m Breaststroke
G	10&Over	400m Freestyle HDW	W	Open	100m Breaststroke				B	12-16 yrs	100m Backstroke
			M	Open	200m I.M.				W	Open	100m Backstroke
									M	Open	100m Freestyle
		Finals of the above			Finals of the above			Finals of the above			Finals of the above
Saturday pm.			Sunday pm.			Saturday pm			Sunday pm
G	11-15 yrs	200m I.M.	B	9/10 yrs	200m I.M. H.D.W.	B	12-16 yrs	100m Freestyle	G	9/10 yrs	200m Breast H.D.W.
B	14-16 yrs	200m Backstroke	G	9/10 yrs	200m Freestyle H.D.W.	B	9/10 yrs	200m Backstroke HDW	B	9/10 yrs	200m Breast HDW
G	11-15 yrs	100m Backstroke	G	11 & over	800m Freestyle H.D.W.	G	11-15 yrs	100m Butterfly	B	11 & over	1500m Free H.D.W.
M	Open	200m Breaststroke				B	14-16 yrs	200m Butterfly
W	Open	100m Butterfly				B	11-13 yrs	200m Backstroke
B	10& over	400m Freestyle HDW				W	Open	100m Freestyle
						M	Open	100m Breaststroke
						G	10 & over	400m I.M. H.D.W.
		Finals of the above						Finals of the above

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."