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Parents and swimmers, our summer schedule will be as follows, beginning June 8th. With the chances of afternoon thunderstorms developing during the summer months, please make an attempt to make the AM workouts your primary practice. All 3:45pm groups will remain at 3:45pm. Age Group 1&2 (Coach Terrell and Coach Dolores’s groups @ 5pm) Monday - Saturday 7:30am-9:30am Monday - Thursday 5pm-6:30pm Please note that there is no Friday PM practice. Animal and Sprint Groups ( Coach Dave and Coach Tom’s groups @ 5pm) Monday - Saturday 7:30am-10am Monday -...
In this interview from Floswimming.com, Coach Nate Boyle discusses the "pool rat" lifestyle that he grew up with and how playing and enjoying his time in the water, outside of swim practice, helped him develop into a national level swimmer. Coach Boyle is the Head Coach at Tide Swim Team in Virginia Beach, VA.
F is for Fear BY AIMEE KIMBALL, PhD//Special Correspondent One of the worst four-letter words in an athletes’ everyday vocabulary is “fear.” It is an emotion that most athletes don’t admit to, yet when experienced, is constantly influencing their behaviors. This article will focus on rational and irrational fears, how to accept them and keep them from influencing your performance. E is for Emotion Control BY AIMEE KIMBALL, PhD//Special Correspondent Whether it’s yelling at a parent, kicking a bleacher, or letting an expletive fly, most people have lost their “cool”...
Here is an article from USA Swimming about Adam Hewko, a highly recruited swimmer and water polo player. In the articile, Hewko discusses how he is being forced to make a decision of whether to play water polo, or swim in college. In a nutshell, the article discusses how the two sports have had a rocky relationship, and coaches have been against athletes doing both. It is our belief that swimming and water polo do not hurt each other, but enhance the training that both sports can provide. So if...
Congratulations to the following PST swimmers who were selected to the 2009 FGC Zone Team. Click here for the full list. Esteban Velazquez 11-12 Boys Alt. Jessica Randolph 13-14 Girls Cheriesse Campbell 15-18 Girls Courtney Randolph 15-18 Girls Dylan Marsolek 15-18 Boys Said Mosquera 15-18 Boys Alec Wathen 15-18 Boys Alt.
The Scholastic All-American Applications are now availible. They must be completed and mailed into USA Swimming by August 1, 2009. The requirements include: 1. High School student athlete with USA Swimming membership 2. Completed grades 10, 11, or 12 3. 3.5 GPA for current academic year in academic subjects only 4. Individual qualifying time in the USA Times database Achieved qualifying time between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009
Thank you to all the officials, volunteers, swimmers, parents and coaches who help made the Plantation Long Course Invitational a great success! We will see you at the FGC Long Course Jr. Olympics in July. Thank you, Jimmy Parmenter - Head Coach Plantation Plantation Long Course Invitational Results Click here for FULL RESULTS REVISED Click here for TM RESULTS REVISED
NEW - To help make the meet run efficiently the following changes: Saturday Afternoon - Please be advised that all 200 IM’s for the 14 & unders is now a posititive check-in event. Friday p.m.: Same Saturday a.m.: Same Saturday p.m.: The 400 Freestyles will start at 11:20 a.m.; positive check-in will close at 10:20 a.m. The remainder of the session will start at 1:00 p.m. Sunday a.m.: Same Sunday p.m.: The 400 IMs will start at 11:00 a.m., positive check-in will close at 10 a.m. NEW START TIME: The...
There will be no practice for all 3:45pm groups Friday, May 15th due to the swim meet here at Central Park. If you are intrested in volunteering, please email PST Booster Club President Colleen Abad at [email protected].
