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A Demographic Shift: Ages of U.S. Olympic Swimmers 1/14/2013 By Matt Barbini//National Team High Performance Consultant Recently, I have written two articles about the path our 2012 Olympic athletes and medalists took to London . This article is going to continue to expand upon that research and look at the progression of our Olympic rosters as a whole over the last few Olympic cycles, in particular the age of our Olympic qualifying athletes . It is no secret that the landscape of swimming in the United States has changed over...
A Word on the Developmental Process in Sports From News for Swim Parents Published by The American Swimming Coaches Association One of the most frequently asked questions in swimming is "how come I'm not as fast as "those guys?" Sometimes this can come from child to parent, or child to coach. Occasionally, and unfortunately, it can come from Parent to child (pretty destructive, though unintentionally so.) Living in the USA, there are as many ways of training young athletes as there are coaching devising the training. Most are based on...
It's March, and for many of our swimmers (Red, Blue, Advanced Blue), short course season has just concluded. Long course season (where we will swim meets in 50 meter pools, rather than 25 yard pools), officially gets started on April 2. What does all that mean? It's Stroke Clinic time! Basically, right now we are in our intersession phase – the few weeks between short course and long course season. As such, during this time, we run a three week “stroke clinic.” This week is backstroke, the next week is...
Florida Gold Coast South – Developmental Championships March 2-3, 2013 Click here to see results for all MCDA swimmers Wow – what a showing by MCDA swimmers at Developmental Champs! For the last six months, these athletes have been practicing hard, developing new skills and learning how to race. This meet, for most of our swimmers, was the short course season finale – and a chance to show how far they’ve come since September. MCDA swimmers rose to the challenge, and in 141 races, we achieved 70.5% best times! The...
MCDA PARENTS AND SWIMMERS We had a great showing at the MCDA Intrasquad Meet. I hope everyone had a great time and enjoyed some very fast swimming. Please review the results below and let Coach Zook know if you have any questions. A BIG thank you to the parents who helped us time and organize the meet. We could not do this without you and greatly appreciate your support! Please click here to view the MCDA Meet Results GO MCDA!!
INTRASQUAD MEET AWARDS Intrasquad meet ribbons (1st-6th places) will be given out during practice on Thursday. Swimmers should plan to attend and collect their awards! Also, extra special kudos to the following swimmers who achieved 100% best times at the intrasquad meet: Harry Florin Alexis Goya Davis Lubetsky Natalya Neal Click here to view the MCDA Meet Results
Due to home water polo games this week, please note the following schedule changes: Wednesday, Feb 27 Pathways - no practice Red/Blue - 3:15pm-4:30pm practice will still be held as usual; no 4:30pm-5:45pm practice Advanced Blue/Gold - 5:30pm-8:00pm Friday, March 1 Pathways - no practice Red/Blue - 2:45pm-4:00pm practice will still be held as usual; no 4:00pm-5:15pm practice Advanced Blue Gold - 6:00am-7:30am practice only; no PM practice Please check with your swimmer's group coach if you have any questions! Thanks, Coach Pittman
MCDA SWIMMERS AND PARENTS- THERE WILL BE NO PRACTICE ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18 IN HONOR OF PRESIDENTS' DAY. PLEASE VIEW THE CALENDAR FOR PRACTICE TIMES EACH WEEK. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 PRACTICE WILL BE HELD AT REGULARLY SCHEDULED TIME.
We had a great meet this past weekend, with numerous best times and some great racing. Please find the results listed here- If you have any questions about the results, please contact Coach Zook. GO MCDA!!! PANTHER INVITE MEET RESULTS
