GCY Articles
Below are some interesting articles that will help swimmers and parents achieve their goals. If you have an article that you think would be worthwhile, please forward to the team at [email protected]. Below are some links/articles which may be helpful to you whether you are a rookie swim parent or a veteran. USA Swimming has a wealth of up-to-date information for swimmers and parents. Read, consider, be grateful and ask the coaches questions about how you can help your child and the team be a place kids love and where they excel.
The following are a list of articles from the American Swim Coaches Association.
- The Awesome 10 & Under (6/21/11)
- It's Not About Butterfly (7/6/11)
- Eliminate Your Competition (7/12/11)
- So This Is Competitive Swimming: For Newer Swim Parents (9/13/11)
- Teaching Hard Work to Parents as Well as Children (9/20/11)
- Parents "Are You a Winning Swim Parent?" (9/27/11)
- When the Coach is Not at Practice (10/4/11)
- Another Reason to Love Having Your Child on the Swim Team (10/11/11)
- Forged By Adversity (10/18/11)
- Goal Thinking Versus Process Thinking (10/25/11)
- Do's and Don'ts for Sports Parents (11/1/11)
- The First Ingredient in Success... Learning to Deal with Failure (11/8/11)
- Forming a Partnership With Your Child's Coach (11/15/11)
- Motivation (11/22/11)
- Pre and Post Race Conversations with The Athlete (11/29/11)
- 6 Rules of Good Nutrition (12/13/11)
- Sending a Coach to Nationals: Thoughts for Everyone (1/17/12)
- Being on the Team vs. Being a Teammate (1/24/12)
- Lessons from the Movie, The Sandlot (1/31/12)
- My Son's Favorite Sport is Soccer. Isn't it? (2/7/12)
- "Put Your Hands Down" (4/10/12)
- Smothered in Praise (4/17/12)
- Why Swim, If You Cant Win? (4/24/12)
- "A Chance To Be a Hero Everyday" (5/29/12)
- The Team Culture Aspect of "Success" (6/12/12)
- Helping Your Child Become a Strong Competitor (6/19/12)
Sometimes coaches are accused of having favorites, and there can be circumstances where those complaints are valid, and we will work to correct. More often than not, these articles reflect our view on much of what is actually occurring ESPECIALLY in our high performance groups:
