Team News

Hello GBY Families,

As we begin a new week, I would like to take a moment to say “thank you” to all of our swimmers for their continued commitment to excellence. 

I am very optimistic and excited about the future of our swim team.  I continue to learn more about our swimmers, and the unique talent each of them brings to our team.  We have swimmers who are very fast, swimmers who exhibit nearly perfect technique, and swimmers who are also incredibly intelligent.

We have an exceptionally talented group of swimmers.

As we continue to learn and grow, I would like to ask our swimmers and our families to think about what is best for our team.  How do we continue to excel not only individually, but excel as a team.  We need to work towards adopting a growth mindset.

The concept of growth mindset was developed by Carol Dweck, a psychologist who wrote the book “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”.  A growth mindset describes people who believe that their success depends on time and effort.  Those with a growth mindset feel that their skills can be improved with effort and persistence.  They embrace change, challenges, learn from criticism, and seek out inspiration in other’s successes.  I challenge all of our families to think about how we can collectively improve as a team – switch the I and me, to us and we. 

TEAM – Together Everyone Achieves More

Announcements

• Please remember, we have a Swim Talk scheduled for Thursday 9/29 at 6PM with Ellen McKenzie. 
• Holiday Relays and Team Pictures are scheduled!
  • Monday December 12, 2022 at 6:30PM @ Ferguson Family YMCA (Downtown)
  • Please have your swimmers wear their team suits or a dark/solid color suit if they do not have a team suit.
  • The Holiday Relay event will follow, which is a fun night where all the team groups come together and are divided into relay teams for fun activities.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns please let me know.

Thanks!

Coach G and Sara Hermsen

MAGIC WORD: KINDNESS