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Seven Easy Power Breakfasts for Athletes Check out the complete article HERE. To all the breakfast avoiders out there, if you last ate at 6 or 7 p.m. the previous evening, waiting to eat until lunchtime is more than 12 hours of "fasting ." This depleted state slows down your metabolism and has you working off fumes . You can't expect your body to perform at its peak if it's running on empty . Endurance athletes function at their best when their bodies are fueled by a combination of calories...
Great job to all Spartan Swimmers in today's double dual meet versus Westminster Christian and South Florida Heat! Check out full meet results HERE And, if you missed, the meet, check out the livestream event HERE TEAM SCORE TEAM SCORE OUTCOME MCDS JV Boys 154 Westminster Christian JV Boys 44 won MCDS Varsity Boys 96 Westminster Christian Varsity Boys 74 won MCDS Varsity Boys 100 South Florida Heat Varsity Boys 65 won MCDS JV Girls 47 Westminster Christian JV Girls 146 lost MCDS Varsity Girls 92 Westminster Christian Varsity Girls...
Spartan Swimming is hosting home interscholastic home meets on Thursday 9/12 and next Wednesday 9/18. There will be no practices for Pathways, Red, Blue, Advanced Blue, Gold or Senior on these afternoons. Link to schedules: http://www.teamunify.com/SubTabGeneric.jsp?team=flmcdsa&_stabid_=65991 All swimmers and families are encouraged to come and cheer on our Spartan Varsity and Junior Varsity swimmers. Home meets begin at 5:30pm. Please contact your group coach if you have any questions.
Great job to our Spartan Swimmers who competed in last weekend's 1st Annual Gulliver Relay Invite! Results from Gulliver Relay Invite, Sept 7 Girls Varsity – placed 3rd overall out of 10 teams · 200 Free Relay – 1st · 4 x 100 IM Relay – 2nd · 200 Medley Relay – 3rd · 400 Free Relay – 3rd A Relay team: Amelia Gregorio, Olivia Katcher, Madisyn Jones, Eva Sher Boys Varsity – placed 4th overall out of 8 teams · 400 Free Relay – 3rd A Relay team: Alexis...
Tonight, Thursday, August 29, the Parents’ Association and Athletic Booster Club will be hosting a BBQ, beginning at 6pm – in conjunction with our first football game at 7pm. Please join “Sammy the Spartan” and wear your Spartan attire with pride as you, your family, and friends come out to support our Spartan teams. Also, to stay up to date on all Spartan happenings, please follow our Spartan action on Facebook at “MCDS Athletics” and on Instagram at “TheFightingSpartan.”
HOW TO STAY HYDRATED DURING PRACTICE By Jill Castle, MS, RDN Dear Splash, My coach had a lecture for us about drinking things like soda and Gatorade during practice . He asked us to send a letter to the editor asking this question, "What should we drink during a swimming practice and how often ?" Drinking fluids during practice is very important, yet many swimmers save drinking for after practice . And, there can be barriers . My own daughter has complained stating, There isn’t enough time, Mom . Nobody...
What Parents Should Say as Their Kids Perform August 16, 2013 In my work at Growing Leaders, we enjoy the privilege of serving numerous NCAA and professional sports teams each year. After meeting with hundreds of coaches and athletes, I noticed an issue kept surfacing in our conversations. Both the student-athlete and the coach were trying to solve the same problem. What was that problem? The parents of the student-athletes. You may or may not believe this, but even in Division One athletics, parents stay engaged with their child’s sport,...
The Awesome 8 Year Old From News for Swim Parents Published by The American Swimming Coaches Association 5101 NW 21 Ave., Suite 200 Fort Lauderdale FL 33309 By Guy Edson, ASCA Staff I have never met a coach who didn’t want all their athletes to be the best they can be. I have never met a parent who didn’t want their child to be the best they can be. So why do we have so many conflicts between coaches and parents? The simple answer is that each sees a different...
