Masters Team Weekly Update Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Masters Team Weekly Update
Wednesday, April 24, 2024

 

1.  Upcoming Team Events

2.  Rose Bowl Meet Results 

3.  May Long Course Meet

4.  Silent Auction Fundraiser  

5.  National Meet Prep Swim Clinics

6.  Words from Coach Mark

 

FYI: 
Sunday Workout Times
7:00-8:00 & 8:00-9:00 (Dive Pool)

 

121 Days to the Summer Nationals!

              

 

MEET INFORMATION

EVENT SPONSORSHIP 

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1. Upcoming Team Events  

Mission Viejo Masters LCM Meet
Sunday, May 19

OC Riptide Masters LCM Meet
Saturday, June 1

Sunday, June 9
MVN Intrasquad Meet and Potluck

MVN Masters Patrick Moore Relay Meet
Silent Auction Team Fundraiser
Sunday, July 7

USMS Summer Nationals (Mission Viejo)
August 21-25

 

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2. Rose Bowl Meet Results

Congratulations to our 4 swimmers who attended the SCY Rose Bowl Masters Meet in Pasadena last Saturday. 

1 Team Record was Set!

Miles Chedekel (MVN) Age Group 75-79  
400 Y         IM              9:12.27 (NEW TEAM RECORD) 

William Kennedy Age Group 65-69  
200 Y         Free            2:47.80    
200 Y         IM               3:10.76
100 Y         Fly              1:25.50 

Gustavo Murillo Age Group 50-54   
200 Y         Back           4:14.72  
200 Y         IM               3:49.43   
 

Lisa Zeise (MVN) Age Group 60-64  
200 Y         Back           6:02.17
 

 

 

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3. Mission Viejo Nadadores Masters LCM

Sunday, May 19

Entries are OPEN   

Jobs for service hours are OPEN.

How do I sign up for a volunteer job?

 

4.  MVN Masters Silent Auction
 

 Team Silent Auction Fundraiser – Our Goal is $15,000

We need individual item donations to auction off –

Please let us know if you know someone or have an item to action.

Deadline for Contributions: May 10

Workout Basket Themes & Workout Leaders:

• 5-6 AM - Spa Day. Workout Leader: Patty Furukawa
   
• 6-7 AM - The Cat’s Meow. Workout Leader: Aaron Ampula
   
• 9-10 AM - Wine & Fun. Workout Leader: Van and Margaret Cochran
   
• Noon - Date Night. Workout Leader: Jess Korner
   
• Evening - Sweet Dreams. Workout Leader: Laura Smith

 
 
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 6.  Masters Swim Clinics – Open to All Swimmers!

***FREESTYLE and BACKSTROKE on May 18^th ***

 Clinics are designed for all swimming levels: beginner to advanced.  

*Live demonstration of drills

 *Technique discussions

 *Handouts with drill outlines

 *In water practice of techniques with coaching

 *Individual coaching reviews

Clinics are geared to each level’s needs and last approximately 3 hours. Clinic fee: $75.00 plus cc fees.

To register go to https://www.mvnadadores.org/events .

Questions: [email protected] 

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6. Words from Coach Mark
 

 Streamline, Streamline, Streamline

Streamlining can make a world of difference, particularly in a short-course setting. That's because making the body more streamlined with the water and reducing drag can be a minimum energy investment for a maximum speed return. 

At the start, the speed gained from the push off the blocks or wall and the force of gravity is faster than you can actually swim. The overall time should be quicker if you can maintain that speed for any extra duration and everything else is equal.  All you must do is perform an improved streamline.

The easiest place to quickly change streamlines is off a wall. These are the things to look for:

Off-the-Wall Streamlining

1.  One hand-aligned on top of the other with fingers pointing the direction of travel, and the little finger and thumb of the top hand wrapped around the lower hand to allow leverage and prevent separation.

2.  Fingertips stretching and reaching as far forward as possible

3.  Arms extended, pointing in the direction of travel

4.  The body surface, from the back of the swimmer's hands along the arms, then down the shoulders and back, as one relatively smooth surface with no "head bump" sticking up

5.  The swimmer's arms actively squeezing in behind the head, as if trying to make the elbows touch

6.  The swimmer's core is tight and straight, every muscle pulling toward the center, trying to make the body longer and thinner

7.  The swimmer's legs adducted or squeezed in and together with the toes pointed

8.  The swimmer in a strong, long torpedo-, rocket-, or pencil-shape off the wall 

As the push-off continues, you must keep the rest of the body streamlined to hold that speed, which should be faster than swimming, for as long as possible.

 

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