Calendar of Events: 6/4 – Garrett 7PM 6/6 – Practice Meet & Ice Cream Social/Meet & Greet 6/7 – Swim Willow Glen 6/8 – Morning Practices begin 6/9 – Coach Derek’s Birthday! 6/13 – Swim LGSRC vs. Encore 6/14 – Cambrian Bowl from 11-2PM (10 & under) 6/17 – Team pictures and Raging Waters 6/20 – Swim Morgan Hill vs. Westgate 6/21 – Father’s Day 6/26 – 6/28 – Race to JO’s Meet 6/27 – Swim LGSRC vs. Los Ranchitos Practice Times 6/8 – 7/27 : Morning Practices (M-F) 7:00 – 8:20AM (11 and up) 8:20 – 9:10AM (9-10 Yrs.) 9:10-9:45AM (8 and under) Evening Practices (M-W-F ) 6:30 – 7:10PM (10 and under) 7:10 – 8:00PM (12 and up) Stingray Monthly June 2015 Swimmer of the Month Congrats Luca Cipresse! Luca is determined to improve and will do anything to reach his goals! Swimmer of the Month Congrats Luca Cipresse! Luca is determined to improve and will do anything to reach his goals! Being Prepared At A Swim Meet Team Website: So it’s day of the competition and you need to prepare to be at your best! But how do you pack? How do you eat? How do you control your nerves? 1) Pack a backup: Backup suit, goggles, cap, towels etc. You never know what will happen and when you will need those replacement goggles. 2) Never use new/first time used gear: It is typically a bad idea to race with goggles and cap you have never competed or practiced in before. You have not had a chance to make adjustments to the fit of these items and odds are they will fall off, or have leak after the start. Always use gear you have practiced in and used during warm-up! 3) Be on time: This allows you time to find your Coach, teammates, check in and warm-up. Being late increases the risk of missing an event and causing stress on the mind and body. 4) Warm-up: This is essential to any swimmers success. You must prepare your body for a competition by warming up before the race. Each swimmer needs to practice their dive, turns and backstroke count. Plus it’s the best way to relax and calm your nerves. 5) Check in with a coach before and after each race. Before: so your Coach knows how you are feeling and to give you tips and reminders to motivate you. After: to go over how amazing you did! 6) What to eat: This is extremely important and is likely different than most swimmers and parents think. It is a bad idea to change your diet day of competition. Yes swimmers should eat healthy and well balanced meals… but this is something to be changed at the beginning of the season, not day of competition. Your body has habits, gets in a routine any change in this routine will cause the body to make changes which likely will result in having less energy. 7) Relax: Stress burns through energy as fast as physical exercise and without any of the benefits. Stressed or tense swimmers will under-perform in competition compared to relaxed swimmers. Some examples to help you relax can include: listening to music, meditation, reading a book or watching a movie. Coach Steve’s personal favorite is eating Nachos “Power food”, whatever it is that helps you to relax the benefits and increased performance are un- measurable. 8) Safety: All swimmers must do three point entries when entering the pool. Circle swimming during warm up. Always know where the Coaches tent is. 9) Warm down: this is essential to help the body recover after a race. Slow down and stretch out your strokes allowing your body to relax and heart rate to return to normal. 10) Most importantly: Have fun and make reasonable and reachable goals.