TRY NEW SKILLS

I always looked at each new year as a time to try "new things", so here I am after I jumped on a jet, flew to Hawaii on New Years Day and attempted to surf......lots of practice, no short cuts, and hey I was surfing.......ok, so perhaps I was just dreaming, bur the reality of it is that everyone needs to take a look at the New Year, and "TRY NEW THINGS".

How many times when we are at swim practice do we wall into the same habits, now is the time to make those changes....tighten up the streamlines, no breathing off turns, make sure you are getting your times on each interval.......don't waste time at practice. Use every minute to "TRY NEW THINGS (SKILLS)"

Last night (Wednesday), it was great watching all of the practice levels in the pool. One of the advantages of not being able to use Messiah College this month is that I can see all of the practice levels in the pool. Coach Derrick and Gillian were busy teaching the AGB swimmers about breathing patterns, and I saw some great 75's being swum. It amazes me how these 8-11 year old swimmers have such great attention to detail.......

Then came Coach Nellie's 8 & Unders (AGA). I got to see these 11 swimmers work on some kicking on their side and work on some roll kicking.....the entire time they had a smile on their face. After 15 years coaching (as a volunteer) with WSY, Coach Nellie still has that love of coaching these younger swimmers!!!!

At the pre-senior practice I had to get a little tough on "G" as he continues to pull on the lane ropes.....I was thinking of using the same dog coll er I use on Kobe my dog when he crosses the underground fence, but I thought that may be a bit too much for "G" to handle, so we will have to come up with other methods......any advice on this?? Anyway, Pre-Senior had some great descending 400's as well as doing some of our red-line flip drills.......we are continuing our aggressive flutter kicking, and I know by March we are going to be the fastest kickers in the pool!!!!

Keep up the great work everyone. TRY NEW SKILLS every day!!
Mike