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This weeks Speedo Tip of the Week from USA Swimming discusses bilateral breathing in freestyle.

Thank you to all that participated in the 1st Annual New Year’s Masters Invitational. Please keep your eyes peeled for future masters meets hosted by Plantation Swim Team. Complete Results Results also available on Flswimming.com FLA Dominates Opening Night Action At New Year’s Masters Invitational By Sharon Robb On a chilly night, distance swimmer Matt Hooper of Fort Lauderdale Aquatics was among winners to highlight action on the first day of the inaugural New Year’s Masters Invitational Friday at the Plantation Aquatic Complex. To read full story, go to flswimming.com....

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the pool will be closing at 4pm on Monday January 19th. We will be offering practice from 8am-9:30am for all 5pm groups. Animal group will practice from 7:30am-10am. There will be no 3:45pm practice

From USA Swimming: Sharon Weiss, head coach of the Lakeridge Swim Team and Doctoral Candidate in Counseling and Educational Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno, is looking for swimmers to participate in her doctoral dissertation study. If you are interested in participating, please read this letter from Coach Weiss.

This weekend's Grand Prix meet in Long Beach, California will feature multiple 2008 Olympians in their first competion since the Bejing Games. Ryan Lochte will join fellow Olympians Matt Grevers, Chloe Sutton and Lacy Nymeyer, as well as numerous members of the National Team. USA Swimming as well as Swimnetwork.com will be covering the meet with up to date results and video.

In this article from USA Swimming, Tom Slear discusses how swimming and good grades often go hand in hand. Swimming teaches student-athletes how to manage their time in a way that many other sports seem to have a hard time with.

Practice on Monday January 19th (Martin Luther King, Jr Day) will be as follows: Animal Group- 7:30am-10am Sprint- 8am-10am Age Group 1, 2, Junior Olympic- 8-9:30 There will be NO practice for all 3:45 groups

Please bring your RSVP’s for the PST Awards Banquet to the swim team office, and put them in the PST Booster Club Box. The RSVP’s are located on the back of the news letter you recieved with your bill. You can also click on the link above to print one out. We will be handing out coppies in the next few days to the swimmers as well. The banquet will be held on Sunday January 25 at 12:30pm at the Crown Plaza Hotel. (13400 W Sunrise Blvd.) Swimmers are free,...

The All Levels meet January 30th-February 1st has been moved from Pine Crest to St. Andrews. Warm Up times for 12 & Unders will be at 8am. 13 & Overs will warm up at 12 noon. Directions to St. Andrews can be found by clicking on the meet in the Events Section. Online sign up is availible untill next Tuesday.

This months parent tip from USA Swimming discuses the pros and cons of young athletes specializing in one sport. It comes from Dr. Daniel Gould from Michigan State University.