Grande Prairie

Just to let you know we will not be attending the Grande Prairie meet November 3rd and 4th. If you booked a hotel room it would be my recommendation you cancel it asap....that being said perhaps you might want to get away from the hustle and bustle of living in the world's largest hamlet, in which case by all means keep your hotel reservation. Who am I to judge?

Trash Talking

You know who's the worst? Coach Chelby. You may ask why I would dare say such slanderous things but if you will direct yourself to her blog http://silvertide-chelby.blogspot.com/ you will find no posts. A call goes out to any member of the Silver Tide Swim Club to harrass her until she picks it up. That is all.

10 & Under Series #1

This sunday, October 21st is the first swim meet of the year. It's at fountain park pool in St. Albert. If you're not sure where that is please give yourself lots of time to find it. I would like everyone to be there at 1:45 which will give plenty of time to get settled before warm-up. It becomes very stressful for myself and the other coaches if you are late because we are asked to submit scratches by 2:00, so please do your best to make sure you are there with 15 minutes to spare. Thanks a lot!

Upcoming Meets

Our first swim meets of the season are coming up fast and I would like to remind everyone of the swim meet cancellation policy. If you are unfamiliar with the cancellation policy you have to scratch out of the meet before the cacellation deadline by letting the Head Coach know. An email was sent out regarding this, and if you didn't get it just let myself or any of the other coaches know and we will get that information for you.

At this stage in the season our main focus has been on proper body position and streamlines, with not a lot of emphasis on really hard work. At these upcoming meets I feel it is most important to demonstrate these skills rather than worrying about going fast. By doing your proper skills and your best technique your times will get faster regardless, and it is more important right now to make your good skills a habit.

If you have any questions about the meets and our schedule feel free to let me know. Have a great long weekend!

Something worth checking out

I know I have shown this video to some of you before but I think it's worth taking a look at again. This boy with no arms demonstrates the proper body position that you would want when doing the drill Ogopogo. If this body position is learned correctly it will make your butterfly more efficient, easier and faster.



More importantly I wanted an excuse to test out whether or not I could post videos.

NO Swimming Monday

This weekend is Thanksgiving which leads us to a wonderful monday holiday. It gives us a chance to be thankful for all the great things we have....for example I am thankful I don't have to coach the Elite Development punks on the 8th. Have a great time off and remember dryland training starts Wednesday, October 10th at 5:30 behind the hot tub. All you need is shorts, a shirt and a smile.

Dryland and all that fun stuff....

In my first official post on my very own blog I would like to bring attention to our dryland schedule. On monday and friday we swim from 4-5:30, and our dryland will follow immediately afterwards (behind the hot tub) until 6. Our dryland on wednesdays will also be 5:30 until 6 right before practice starts. We'll start off fairly light but by the end of this season I fully expect everyone to be able to wrestle down a bull with their bare hands....