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Swimnetwork.com will be covering the Santa Clara Grand Prix begining June 11. Click here for races as well as interviews from some of your favorite swimmers! Psych Sheet
More than 20 U.S. Olympians, including Olympic gold medalists Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) and Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Calif.), will compete at the Swimnetwork.com Santa Clara International Grand Prix, June 11-14 in Santa Clara, Calif. The meet is the final stop of the USA Swimming Grand Prix Series and the last major U.S. meet before the 2009 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships next month.
Parents & Swimmers, Starting Monday, June 8th after morning practice, the PST Booster Club will be paying for a dryland trainer for the summer, for Monday – Wednesday – Friday from June 8, to July 17. Eileen Posgay is a personal trainer certified by the American Council of Exercise. She is certified in CPR, Spin, the Power Plate, TRX, and is a Respiratory Therapist. Eileen will be working with the swimmers in Coach Terrell’s, Coach Dolores’s and Coach Tom’s 5 p.m. groups. All swimmers in those groups are encouraged to...
PST ENTRIES PSYCH SHEET TIME LINE Events 1-12 Friday June 5th Warm Up at 2:30pm Events 13-36 Saturday June 6th Warm Up at 7am Events 37-58 Saturday June 6th Warm Up at 10:30am Events 59-82 Sunday June 7th Warm Up at 7am Events 83-104 Sunday June 7th Warm Up at 10:30am Directions to Florida Atlantic University: I-95 or Turnpike north to Glades Rd, and go east. Turn left into the first FAU entrance. Follow the road to the left and the pool will be on the left.
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.
