This is such an exciting time of year to be swimming! Starting last weekend and ending in March, there are championship meets being held around the regional and around the country. Swimmers from all kinds of programs and in all parts of the United States are gearing up to swim their best at the end of the short course season!! What is GMA doing to get ready to race?
First, we are celebrating the successes that we have already experienced this season. We had an excellent New England Regional Meet with almost all of our swimmers achieving at least one personal best time at the meet. The excitement from winning personal best prizes and from racing well as a team is fueling the efforts of our Age Group and Speedo Championship swimmers. This weekend, our qualified 12 and younger swimmers will compete at the NEW Upper Valley Aquatic Center at the New England 12 and Under Championship Meet. They will spend the week in training, preparing physically and mentally to race their best! Let's go GMA!
Next, as we begin the championship meet season, we are renewing our focus on the fundamentals 0f swimming - stroke technique, streamline, efficiency. After a great visit last Monday (1/9/09) from USA Swimming Sports Performance Consultant, Rick Bishop, our Senior, Sectional and National swimmers have some valuable teachings about the importance of streamline, dolphin kicking and attitude in their racing. We are hopeful that our athletes will take these teachings to heart; implement the teachings in their training; and prepare to race their best at championships.
Finally, since some of our athletes have completed the short course competition season, we think that it is important for our teammates to stay in the water until the end of March. This is an important time to share in the joys of the team during championships and to focus in the water on stroke improvements that will help ALL of our atheltes qualify for championships in the future. Remembering that the the team goal is to win the National Championships in swimming, we know that we will need EVERY athlete to swim their best in order to achieve this massive goal. The preparation for this goal happens EVERY day at practice.
We'll see you at the pool soon!
Sincerely,
Laura Matuszak
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