Coaches Letter June 17th, 2024

James Young

Sailfish Swim Team and Parents!

This week we will start our Speed Clinic! We will be working on the essentials for short races. As such, here are preliminary Focus for each day(starting June 17th):

Day 1(Monday)-breakouts and kick tempo, dives if time
Day 2(Wednesday)- Dives, then full starts into underwaters and break outs
Day 3(Friday, 6/21/24)-underwater focus with work on dives and starts

Day 4(Monday)-Turns, flip turns
Day 5(Wednesday)-Turns, open turns and breakouts and finishes
Day 6(Friday)-Race Strategy beginning to finish, (kick count, stroke count, breaths), finishes

Day 6 will be Friday, June 28th, the last day of our Two week Clinic. 

Our Schedule for this week 6/17-6/23 will be:

Senior&Junior practice is:     
                Monday, 5:30-6:30 PM
                Tuesday, 5:00-6:30 PM
                Wednesday 5:30-7:30 PM
                Thursday 6:45-8:00 PM
                Friday 5:30-6:30 PM
                Saturday 7-8:30 AM
 
Age Group practice is:
                Monday 5:00-6:30 PM
                Tuesday 5:00-6:30 PM
                Wednesday 5:30-6:30 PM
                Thursday 6:45-8:00 PM
                Friday 5:30-6:30 PM
                Saturday 7-8:30 AM
 
Tech Team practice is:
                Monday 4:30-5:30 PM
                Wednesday 4:30-5:30 PM
                Friday 4:30-5:30 PM

Q and A and text from Friday Meeting forthcoming. Handbook is being put onto our website, and text will include USA Swimming Instructions. Stay tuned for changes regarding practice next week.

Sincerely,


Your Coach