Michiana Marlins Swim Club Weekly Announcements for Week of 11/03-11/09

John VanDriessche

Dear Marlin Families.

Practice Schedule

Penn High School

Splash 1 & 2: Monday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30

Splash 3: Monday 6:00-7:30, Tuesday 5:30-7:30, Wednesday 6:00-7:30, & Thursday 5:30-7:30

Fins Flex: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 5:30-7:30

Fins Compete: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday, 5:30-7:30

Elite AM: Wednesday & Friday 5:30-7:30

Elite PM: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 5:15-7:30,

New Prairie High School

Splash: Monday and Wednesday 5:00-6:30 CST

Fins: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:00-7:00 CST

Elite: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:00-7:15 CST

Knollwood CC

Splash 1 and 2:

Monday and Wednesday 4:30-5:30 or 5:30-6:30

Tuesday and Thursday 3:30-4:30 or 4:30-5:30

Practice Notes:

No practice at Penn on Friday due to a home football game.

New Prairie families continue to use door N18 to enter the building. Penn families use door D. If you arrive at Penn and the gallery door is locked, please feel free to get my attention on deck to let me know. Here is the link for this week’s practices. Please share these with your athletes

CON Skypoint Invite/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Nov. 1-3

You can view our entry by clicking here. I (574-276-6057) will be the primary coach on deck today. If you are running late or will be unable to make it please send me a text.

Here are the pertinent times for today's sessions.

Sunday

Session 6 (Prelims for 13/14 and 15 & Overs)

Warm-ups 7:00-7:50 – our athletes should be on deck by 6:45

Meet Starts at 8:00

Session 7 (Prelims 11/12, Timed finals 10 & Under)

Warm-ups 10:45-11:30 – our athletes should be on deck by 10:30

Meet Starts 11:40

Session 8 (Finals 11/12, 13/14 and 15 & Overs)

Warm-ups 3:30-4:20– our athletes need to be on deck by 3:30

Meet Starts 4:30

GSI Goshen Rays Veterans Day Meet/Goshen Aquatic Center/Nov 9

Here is our entry as of this morning. Here are the pertinent times for Saturday’s meet. If you are running late or will be unable to make it please contact Kelly Ball (574-514-6593) or Kelly Laneman (574-339-6076)

10 and under session

Doors Open 7:30 – our athletes should be at the doors when they open

Warm-ups 7:45-8:45

Meet Starts 9:00

11 and over session

Warm-ups 12:00-1:00 – our athletes should be on deck by 11:45

Meet Starts 1:15

IA Tim Welsh Invite/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Jan.3-5

The deadline for committing to this meet is tonight. However, the meet information is not yet available. We will keep our meet commitment section open until that information is posted.

ELK Rudolph Romp/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Dec. 6-8

The deadline for committing to this meet is one week from today, Sunday November 10

Coaches Corner

A topic that was brought up in the survey was asking about intensity levels of practice. I think that could be summed up with an explanation of my general training philosophy for each group. This week I will cover the Fins Group

Fins Group

This is the group we introduce what most consider traditional training. There is still a heavy emphasis on instruction and correct stroke mechanics but done at much higher speeds than the Splash Group. My underlying philosophy for all groups is teach first, train second. We spend part of every practice devoted to turn instruction and try to have at least one practice per week working on starts.

We also introduce the concept of race pace training. I firmly believe race pace training is an important part of development. However, I also believe this age group of swimmers should be spending more time developing a strong aerobic base. The exposure to race pace training for our Fins group will range from 7.5-12.5 minutes per practice depending on the time of the season.

This group will also begin basic dryland training. All of our groups start practice with dynamic stretching. Simply put this is movement based light activity to warm-up the joints and muscles of the body. We also teach the basic movement patterns of squatting, hinging, pushing, pulling, and bracing. As the season progresses we will also be doing very light plyometric work and shoulder prehab.

The bulk of the work done with this group, for all of our exercise physiologists out there, would fall into the anaerobic threshold category. The current nomenclature calls this Zone 4. But in reality it falls somewhere between Zones 3 and 4. Essentially we are trying to build as much aerobic capacity as possible.

We also know this age group should still have fun in practice. We plan for at least one game or fun relay each week.

USA Memberships

We will need all of our athletes that have not done so already, to renew their USA Swimming memberships. Here is the link. From my experience with my own athletes just purchasing the membership will initiate the transfer process.

If you qualify for the Outreach Program email me and I will send you the link you will need to use for registrations.

If you have any questions about any registration issues you can reach out to me or our team/business manager Kelly Laneman ([email protected])

Fall and Winter Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit

This is our tentative meet schedule for the fall and winter. We may add meets if we find ones that fit our club’s needs. There will be two different dates listed with each meet The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and the second date is the deadline to commit.

Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines will be based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets, if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the notes section stating the specific days you would like to attend.

Some meets will be marked with an * and those will require swimmers to meet minimum time standards. You can view all pool locations on our website under the "Pools" tab.

DUNE Sweater Weather Swim Spectacular/Our Results

CON Skypoint Transit Invite/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Nov. 1-3/Our entry

GSI Goshen Rays Veterans Day Meet/Goshen Aquatic Center/Nov. 9/Our entry

ELK Rudolph Romp/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Dec. 6-8/Next Sunday Nov.10

IA Tim Welsh Invite/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Jan. 3-5/Tonight Sunday Nov. 3

CON IMXtreme Invite/Concord High School/Jan. 24-26/Dec.15

IA Jr. Superstar Invitational/Rolfs Aquatic Center/Feb. 15&16/Jan.12

CON Leisure Pools Last Chance Showdown/Concord HS/Feb. 28-Mar. 2/Jan.19

*IN Swimming Divisional Championships/TBD/Mar. 7-9/Feb.23

*IN Swimming Senior State/TBD/Mar. 13-16/Feb.23

*IN Swimming Age Group State/TBD/Mar. 21-23/Feb. 23

*USA Swimming Speedo Sectionals/IU Natatorium Indy/Mar. 27-30/Feb.23