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Tripp Montgomery

Hello Senior Silver and Gold Swimmers and Parents! Here are some important updates and reminders as we head into the week of November 18th - 24th: 1. Thank you parents for all your volunteer help you put forth at our TEAM hosted AB Harvest Splash this past weekend. I have been coaching for roughly 20+ years and have been part of hosting many meets, experienced other meet venues including USA Swimming National level meets. I can honestly say that none of them come close to the level of detail you...

Tripp Montgomery

Hello Senior Silver and Gold Swimmers! In an effort to help prepare you for tomorrow, the following is our Challenge Set: 10x100 ALL OUT @ 3:00. 75 Prime stroke 25 Free. 10x75 ALL OUT @ 2:00. 50 Prime stroke 25 Free. 10x50 ALL OUT @ 1:00. 25 Prime stroke 25 Free. My Challenge To You: Everything is ALL OUT! You must challenge yourself to GO on number one as if it is your ONLY ONE. Remember, you'll never know unless you GO! We will be diving the 100's and 75's....

Tripp Montgomery

Hello Senior Silver and Gold Swimmers and Parents, Here are some important updates and reminders as we head into the week of November 11th. As a reminder, I go over this information at practice. That said, I encourage our swimmers to read this information. Embrace it! 1. We are continuing to follow our weekly training plan as we progress through this fast moving season. This Wednesday will be our biggest "Challenge Set" of the season. Practice is at MMHS 6:30-8:30pm and we will be using the starting blocks. NOTE: I...

Tripp Montgomery

Hello Senior Silver and Gold Swimmers and Parents, Here are some updates and reminders as we head into the week of November 4th in no particular order. 1. We had a solid week of training last week. I felt and saw the intensity in efforts put forth at a new and exciting level since returning to TMEC compared to several other of our practices. Attention to details while training was well executed. POSITIVE energy was in play. Keep up the good work as we enter our big race season. Consistency...

Tripp Montgomery

Hello Senior Silver and Gold Swimmers and Parents, Here are some updates / reminders for the week of October 28th in no particular order. 1. Congratulations to Team Black for your well deserved win at the BBW Meet this past weekend. The swimming was impressive by all teams and the turn out was good. We as a staff are able to really narrow down specifics that need to be worked on for our swimmers as a result of a meet like this. Dissecting the many DQ's and addressing them while...

Tripp Montgomery

Good afternoon Senior Bronze families! We are at the start of week 8 of our 2024-2025 Short Course Yard (SCY) season! Below you'll see the items important for this week. Effort Level last week (10/14 - 10/18): I was extremely impressed with everyone's work ethic last week. We spent a lot of time working on distance per stroke while incorporating finishing speed and pushing ourselves to be controlled on the front end speed and making ourselves go faster as we progressed further into the set. Keep up the motivation to...

Tripp Montgomery

Hello Senior Silver and Gold Swimmers and Parents, Here are some important updates and reminders as we head into the week of October 21st - 27th. 1. As shared last week, my weekly progression is strategically set up in effort to help our senior swimmers plan and prepare. Monday: Heavy Kick / Endurance. Tuesday: Speed! Wednesday: Pace / Tempo Training. Thursday: Drill / Recovery. Friday: Race! Saturday: Race! Sunday: Recovery / Reflect / Plan. *NOTE: This Wednesday will be Challenge Set #2. 2. Chino Hills Swim Meet 19th & 20th....

Tripp Montgomery

Hello Senior Silver and Gold Swimmers and Parents, I hope this note finds you well and that you all had a wonderful weekend. Here are some Updates and Reminders as we head into the week ahead (14th - 20th). 1. My weekly progression is strategically set up in effort to help our senior swimmers plan and prepare. Monday: Heavy Kick / Endurance. Tuesday: Speed Wednesday: Pace / Tempo Training Thursday: Drill / Recovery Friday: Race! Saturday: Race! Sunday: Recovery / Reflect / Plan 2. Chino Hills Swim Meet 19th &...

Tripp Montgomery

Good morning Senior Bronze Swimmers and Parents! It’s hard to believe we are mid-way through October already! Below are some notes and thoughts as we are now 7 weeks into our 2024-2025 SCY swim season.. 1. Leadership: Leadership comes from the top down! For you swimmers, it starts with you! There are different ways to be a leader: 1st: Lead by Example. Be on time, be positive, know how to read the pace clock, listen when the coach is speaking/teaching (eyes on the coach), have perfect streamlines, be excellent in...