Super Families: Secrets of Raising Successful Children Nine families raised children who all went on to extraordinary success. Here’s what they have in common Every night for 20 years, Gino Rodriguez knelt beside his three daughters’ beds and whispered an incantation. As rats the size of footballs skittered along the floor of the basement apartment on the South Side of Chicago, he repeated the same five words into each girl’s ear as she slept: “I can and I will.” The message was always the same, and the audience was always...

Pre-comp will be split into two groups starting Monday, August 22nd at 5 pm and 5:30 pm. Please see the following times for your swimmers below and attend the times assigned so we can best serve all of our swimmers. 5 PM-5:30 PM PRE-COMP GROUP Daniela Barbosa Caitlyn Britto Ceaser Davis Caileigh Grow Joshua Kennedy Jr. Emily Ledbetter Joaquin Molano Anthony Schuhmann Madeline Sobol Conor Sobol Alyssa Vincze 5:30 PM - 6 PM PRE-COMP GROUP Christian Arbelo Crystal Diaz Yusuf Faruqui Matthew Furlong Andrew Gore Jackson Haller Salmon Herrera Brennan...

"In order to Succeed we must first believe that we can." - Nikos Kazantzakis Nikos Kazantzakis was a greek writer who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in nine different years.

Starting next Monday, August 22nd, we will be returning to our school schedule & Pre-Comp will be assigned to either the 5 pm or 5:30 pm timeslot. Morning Practices: Returning to 5-6:30 AM Monday, Wednesday and Friday beginning August 22nd. Afternoon practices are as usual: Age Group 1 (4 pm - Coach John): 4 pm - 5:30 pm Monday thru Friday, plus Saturday practices when announced Age Group 2 (5 pm - Coach Pete): 5 pm - 6:30 pm, plus Saturday practices when announced Senior Group: 4:30 pm - 7...

Thank you to all of our SwimFast families for making last week Coach Appreciation week. We look forward to having an excellent short course season! All the best, Your SwimFast Coaches

"The SwimFast staff appreciates and draws the attention of our team members to the highly professional lifeguard staff at Pine Island Pool, under the long leadership of Pool Manager Rochelle Kelvos, who daily help protect our Children. Please thank the pool staff when you see them". - John Leonard

"To improve your self-image, do something for someone else." - Zig Ziglar

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE TEAM. By John Leonard We are a Character Based Team. Anyone not interested in that, belongs in another place. It’s the only reason we coach. Every day, we do all we can to help parents raise great children and great citizens. EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY. It takes a team, for every child. Great People will swim to their personal potential as well because this exhibits great character. As well as STUDY to their personal potential, RESPECT their families to their personal potential, and Treat others with...

“Persist Without Exception” John Leonard I am writing this to the 5% of our team who want to be GOOD at swimming. And perhaps it will be a lesson for the 25% who want to be GOOD at life. Not existing, not participating, but GOOD. Swimming is good for everyone. It teaches tons of wonderful life lessons, regardless of commitment or interest level. And deciding to “just participate” is a valid choice as much as “I want to be a great swimmer.” There are HUGE differences between the two. So...

What Levels of Training Result in National Team Level Performance? One of the vital pieces of data that coaches need to know is a simple one. How much work is required to excel….specifically to the level of being a successful NATIONAL TEAM ATHLETE for the USA? We put two simple measures of that to our National Team Coaches. 41 Coaches Responded. We asked for the number of hours per week required and then the number of weeks per year. The AVERAGE of the responses were: 25 Hours Per Week of...