What to Expect Regarding Work Hours and Jobs During Championship Meets  All championship meets are AWAY except for YMCA 12/Under STATES,  which we host and it is a requirement for all Tiger Shark families to work (except Lemon Sharks).  As stated in our hand book on page 10: Each family must work at the YMCA 12 & Under State Championships, held at Ocean County YMCA on February 22nd-24th, 2019. Families with a 12&Under swimmer are required to work two shifts; families with a 13&Over swimmer are required to work one shift. You...

New  OCY Technical Racing Suits Policy:  OCY 12 and Under swimmers will be allowed to wear tech suits that are listed on the NJ swimming web site under  "NEW JERSEY SWIMMING AGE GROUP TECH SUIT RESTRICTION POLICY" as of 9/1/18 these are the two best Speedo suits for 12/unders:       SPEEDO: AQUABLADE (male & female), POWER PLUS (female), FASTSKIN 2/FSII (male & female)    SPEEDO: LZR PRO (male & female)   for specified meets only (see below). Winter Classic, Winterfest, NJ YMCA Bronze, Silver and State Championships, USA Silver/Bronze, Junior Olympics, and Eastern Zones.  OCY...

 Congratulations to Tristan Urso  on signing her national letter of intent to swim and attend Iona University. Tristan has been swimming on our OCY Tiger Shark Team for the past 8 years.

Swimmers: Here’s How to Stop Overthinking in the Water By Olivier Poirier-Leroy//Contributor  | Monday, October 22, 2018 https://www.usaswimming.org/news-landing-page/2018/10/22/swimmers-here-s-how-to-stop-overthinking-in-the-water  “Just turn your brain off and go!” my coach used to tell me. “Sounds great!” I would say, usually with a grandiose thumbs up and a shaky smile. As anyone who overthinks on the regular knows, the problem with being told to stop overthinking is just that it made me overthink why I was overthinking, sending me into this endless downward overthinking spiral that left me a shattered mess behind the block. (Our brains...

YMCA Age Group "National Ranking"   Top 10 time recognition 2017-18 Long Course Meters  *1st year YMCA is recording LCM top 10 times Isabella Aquanno – Age 14 7th Place 100 1:19.64 9th Place 200 Breaststroke 2:56.25 Jenna Papalardo – Age 15 8th  Place 50 Freestyle 27.80 10th  Place 100 Backstroke 1:07.29    Tristan Urso - 17 9th Place 400 Individual Medley 5:12.07 Sarah Eldridge – Age 13 9th Place 50 Freestyle 28.68 1st Place 200 Butterfly 2:23.91 1st Place 200 Individual Medley 2:25.48 1st Place 400 Individual Medley 5:05.94 Dylann Eldridge – Age...

YMCA Age Group "National Ranking"   Top 10 time recognition 2017-18 Short Course Yards  Michaela Rankin – Age 17 3rd Place 100 Backstroke 55.82 4th Place 50 Freestyle 23.50 Isabella Aquanno – Age 13 9th Place 100 Breaststroke 1:07.78 8th Place 200 Breaststroke 2:26.35 Jenna Papalardo – Age 14 2nd Place 50 Freestyle 23.67 1st Place 100 Backstroke 56.12    4th Place 100 Freestyle 51.84 6th Place 50 Freestyle 23.79 (age 15) 10th Place 100 Freestyle 52.24 (age 15) Sarah Eldridge – Age 13 4th Place 100 Freestyle 52.77 5th Place...

The tech suit is one of the most expensive investments you will make during your time as a competitive swimmer. Many higher level swimmers purchase two or three tech suits a year,costing as much as $400+. You can NOT expect to get more than two full meets out of a tech suit. If you are  an elite level swimmer  you should expect to buy a new suit every 2 championship meets if you are wearing it for prelims & finals during a 3 day meet or After about a dozen wears...

This is a  good read for all Student Athletes! Although this article can help you understand life as a student Athlete in College, it's not far off from the jump from 8th grade to High School academics, club swimming, and HS swimming. For all you High School Freshmen that were told in 8th grade by your teachers "just wait, we're preparing you for your freshmen year in High School", the same goes for your  ​Freshmen year in College, it's another big jump with new demands in academics as a Student Athlete...

Safe Sport - Meet announcement Tips: -                All Spectators are strictly prohibited from deck and athlete seating area. - All forms of photography and video, including cell phones, are strictly prohibited from   all areas of the facility except for the spectator seating area located in the upper level stand area    . - No parents should be in the locker room, this is a place for our swimmers to use only.   - There are NO cell phones in the locker rooms. - Deck changing is...

Want to be successful as an athlete? Great! All you have to do is bust your butt on a daily basis. Get in the habit of pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone whenever you train. Get used to working harder than everyone else around you. If you truly want to become a champion, then you need to understand that there is absolutely no substitute for consistent, hard work. NONE! However, once you’ve done the work and it’s now time to compete, you must temporarily put that “trying harder” mentality...