Splash News. Parent Meeting: SPLASH Wear. Practice cancelled March 7 for Lanier Aquatics Pentathlon. On Deck

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1 March 2015 Splash News On Deck Senior Sectionals: 3/5-3/8 Greensboro, NC LA Pentathlon: 3/7 FMACC Age Group Sectionals: 3/12-15 Georgia Tech Northeastern Division: 3/27-29 UGA Newsletter Highlights Practice Info 2 Practice cancelled March 7 for Lanier Aquatics Pentathlon Parent Meeting: Tuesday, March 10th at 5:30 pm in the Party Room at FMACC Fee Schedule 3 Swim Article 4 The Spotlight 5 Masters 6-7 Deadline for entry forms regarding Age Group Sectionals: Tuesday, March 3rd SPLASH Wear Order online: Portal Code SplashGa o Female Suit - $44.00 o Male Suit - $33.00 Splash News 1

2 Rookies M-F 4:00pm -5:00pm (pool) Juniors M-F 4:00pm-5:00pm (pool) Sat 8:00am-9:00am (land) 9:00am-10:15am (pool) Practice Times Seniors MWF 5:00pm - 6:15pm (pool) TTh 5:00pm - 6:15pm (pool) 6:30pm -7:00pm (land) Sat 10:15am 11:15am (land) 1:15am 12:45pm (swim) Homeschool MWF 2:30pm-4:00pm (pool) Nationals MWF 6:00am -7:30am (pool) MWF 6:15pm -7:45pm (pool TTh 5:00pm - 6:30pm (land) 6:30pm -7:45pm (pool) Sat 10:15am 11:15am (land) 11:15am 12:45pm (pool) Check out classes that are happening at the aquatic center during practice: Classes during Rookie Times Wednesday: 4:30pm-5:30pm: Zumba Fusion: Wellness Room: Wear fitness attire and tennis shoes Classes during Junior Times Wednesday: 4:30pm-5:30pm: Zumba Fusion: Wellness Room: Wear fitness attire and tennis shoes Saturday: 8:15am-9:15am: Aqua Stretch & Cardio: Warm Pool: Wear swim attire Saturday: 9:30am-10:25am: Classes during National Times M,W 5:30pm-6:30pm: SWEAT: Wellness Room: wear fitness attire W 5:30pm-6:30pm: Grind N Spin: Fitness Center/ Spin Room: wear fitness attire M,W 5:45pm-6:45pm: Shallow Water: Warm Pool: wear swim attire TU 5:30PM-6:30PM: High Octane Spin: Fitness Center/ Spin Room: wear fitness attire TH 5:30PM-6:15PM: Aqua Zumba: Warm Pool: wear swim attire TH 6:20pm-7:20pm: Deep Water: Warm Pool: wear swim attire TH 6:35pm-7:35pm: Zumba PM: Wellness Room: wear fitness attire Classes during Senior Times M,W 5:30pm-6:30pm: SWEAT: Wellness Room: wear fitness attire TH 5:30pm-6:30pm: Brick Spin: Fitness Center/ Spin Room: wear fitness attire TU 5:30PM-6:30PM: High Octane: Fitness Center: wear fitness attire TH 5:30PM-6:15PM: Aqua Zumba: Warm Pool: wear swim attire TH 6:20pm-7:20pm: Deep Water: in the Warm Pool: wear swim attire TH 6:35pm-7:35pm: Zumba PM: in the Wellness Room: wear fitness attire Fitness Training Efficient workout program with innovative ways to improve your health. Professional assistance in improving strength, flexibility, endurance, posture, balance, coordination, and cardiovascular health; Instruction on correct form and technique for cardiovascular exercise and strength training. Ages: 16 and older Individual training: $30 per 30 minute session Buddy training (max of 2 participants): $45 per 30 minute session Must complete a pre-assessment package before fitness training Fit+ Advantage members receive 10% off fitness training fee If you have a Fit+ Passport you can take any of these classes with your pass. If not, you can pay $6 to drop-in to any class. Splash News 2

3 Ashley Johnston 2/9 Lia Rodriguez 2/23 Ava Williams 3/21 Julia Kelly 3/1 Kinsey Miller 3/28 Sarah Steed 3/23 Monthly Fees Number of Practices In County Out of County: 1 Day / Wk per Month $ 75 $100 2 Days / Wk per Month $100 $135 3 Days / Wk per Month $115 $155 4 Days / Wk per Month $135 $185 Unlimited per Month $145 $195 10% Sibling Discount; Oldest child pays full amount. All fees are due on the 1st of each month. A $15 late fee will be charged for all payments made after the 5th of each month. Monthly fees are NOT prorated. Make all payments to the Front Desk for cash, credit & checks. For phone payments, we accept Visa and MasterCard. Coaches and staff cannot accept payment on deck. Please note: Online payments require a one-time account registration which take 24 hrs to set up. PAY ONLINE AT Splash News 3

4 STAYING TOUGH DURING THE MID-SEASON DOLDRUMS BY DR. ALAN GOLDBERG//COMPETITIVEDGE.COM THE PROBLEM A MOTIVATIONAL CRISIS The days are so much shorter now. It gets dark so early, and, if you're living in certain places around the country, like I am, it's also gotten pretty darn cold. Burrrr! The thought of having to drag yourself out of a nice warm bed to go and freeze your butt off while training seems so painfully unappealing. This is the time of the season when it feels like you've been pushing yourself forever. You're tired, broken down and your motivation has done a disappearing act. You get up early, train, then go to school, train, then go to bed and then you have to turn around and do it all over again. Is this fun or what? It just seems so difficult to keep yourself focused, excited and working hard, set after set, practice after practice under these circumstances. So what can you do to make the most out of these dog days of winter training when you are so tired and far-removed from the excitement of the taper meet? How can you keep yourself pushing forward and maintain a high quality of training when there is such a strong gravitational pull to quietly do just the opposite, to mentally slide into an unconscious, just-goingthrough-the-motions state? THE SOLUTION Understand that while this time of year presents the greatest motivational challenges for most swimmers, staying excited and focused enough to consistently work hard, it also can potentially present you with the GREATEST OPPORTUNITY, a chance to truly separate yourself from the competition. What am I talking about? Well, while you're seriously struggling with staying motivated, guess who else is? That's right! Everyone else who you have to compete against! You are not the only swimmer in the pool who's tired and having trouble maintaining your enthusiasm at this time of the season. Just about everyone around you is also struggling with the very same thing. If you can keep this fact in mind, then you can use it to energize your own motivation and training. The swimmer who can mentally handle these tough weeks in mid-season the best, that is, the athlete who can stay focused and personally invested in their training every day, is the swimmer who will eventually get much more out of their training and eventually come out on top at taper time! Thetiptoefairy.com HOW DO YOU STAY FOCUSED AND PERSONALLY INVESTED? Keep in mind that it is not simply enough for you to just show up physically to train. That is, just putting the time in the pool won't get you to where you want to go and won't generate any excitement or motivation. The key here is what you put into the time! If you have BIG dreams in this sport, you can't successfully reach them without being mentally and emotionally invested in the training. You have to have a personal purpose or BIG ENOUGH WHY to push yourself! This is something that YOU REALLY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH! You have to keep that BIG goal of yours in mind whenever you train, each and every day. You have to be able to connect what you're doing right now, in this set when you're tired and worn down, with where you want to go come taper time or beyond. By keeping your dream for this season or that BIG ENOUGH WHY close to you whenever you train, by continually asking yourself, How is what I'm doing right now going to help me get to my goals?, then you will have a much better chance of maintaining a high quality of focus and excitement in this practice and the next. If you do that every day, which is NOT an easy task, then you will begin to distance yourself from the competition. So when you go to train, think about all the other swimmers who are doing the very same thing that day. Can you make your training more important to you? Can you connect your swimming right now to where you want to go in this sport? Can you remind yourself today, especially if you're feeling tired and de-motivated, that you have an unbelievable opportunity to begin to leave the competition in the dust if you do the right things? And all you have to do is to make this practice and this set important to you! Put your mind and heart into what you're doing every day and you will soon find that those winter doldrums quickly disappear and that your training will go to the next level. Splash News 4

5 The Spotlight Recognizing Greatness in our Athletes 14 & Under State Will Crumpton (13): 5th pace 100yd Free Julia Kelly (12): 10th place 50yd Free Congratulations to our additional SPLASH Competitors who attended 14 & Under State: Kinsey Miller, Owen Pendley, Aaron Retana, Chris Retana Lanier Aquatics Qualifier Blake Bubniak (8 & under): 7th place 50yd Free, 1st place 25yd Breast, 7th place 100yd IM Hannah Barnard (13-14): 3rd place 50yd Free, 8th place 100yd Free, 7th place 100yd Breast, Will Crumpton (13): 6th place 500yd Free, 7th place 50yd Free, 2nd place 100yd Free, 5th place 200yd Free Jayla Dao (8 & under): 4th place 25yd Free, 5th place 100yd Free, 10th place 50yd Breast, 2nd place 25yd Fly, 8th place 200yd IM Jessica Dao (10 & under): 4th place 50yd Free, 5th place 200yd Free, 5th place 100yd Back, 9th place 100yd Breast, 2nd place 50yd Fly, 4th place 200yd IM Ocean Gorecki (8 & under): 7th place 25yd Fly, 4th place 50yd Fly Emmie Henderson (8 & under): 10th place 25yd Breast Tyson Hunynh (10 & under): 7th place 50yd Fly, 3rd place 200yd IM Julia Kelly (11-12): 1st place 50yd Free, 1st place 100yd Free, 2nd place 50yd Back, 1st place 100yd Back, 6th place 50yd Breast, 1st place 50yd Fly, 1st place 100yd IM James Loftus (15 & over): 2nd place 50yd Free Kinsey Miller (13-14): 7th place 200yd Back, 9th place 200yd Free, 1st place 100yd Back, 2nd place 100yd Fly Celeste Retana (8 & under): 8th place 25yd Free, 9th place 50yd Free, 6th place 100yd Free, 10th place 25yd Fly Chris Retana (11-12): 3rd place 50yd Free, 10th place 100yd Free, 6th place 50yd Breast, 2nd place 100yd Breast Ethan Stanley (15 & over): 3rd place 50yd Free, 2nd place 100yd Free, 7th place 100yd Back, 3rd place 100yd Fly Bonnie Sanchez-Rodriguez (10 & under): 9th pace 50yd Free, 10th pace 200yd Free, 4th place 50yd Fly, 3rd place 100yd Fly, 8th place 100yd IM Abigail Weimer (11-12): 4th place 50yd Free, 8th place 100yd Free, 4th place 50yd Back, 4th place 100yd Back, 10th place 50yd Breast, 6th place 50yd Fly, 2nd place 100yd Fly, 7th place 100yd IM Emily Weimer (15 & over): 2nd place 50yd Free, 1st place 100yd Back, 2nd place 100yd Breast Congratulations to our additional SPLASH Competitors who attended the LA Qualifier: Ava Williams, Allison Bailey, Amelia Barnard, Bailey Morrison, Avery Shoemaker, Alaina Stanley, Jonathan Dao, Samuel Shoemaker, Edna Sanchez-Rodriguez, Julia Dao, Aaron Retana, Lucas Cortelloni Splash News 5

6 Masters Practice Times M/W/F 6:00am -7:30am T/TH 12:00pm -1:00pm (Please note Monday and Friday 12-1pm practices are cancelled) Georgia LMSC Mid-Year Dinner Meeting This is the annual mid-year meeting has been set for Sunday, March 29. This is an opportunity to enjoy face to face contact with fellow LMSC members, have dinner, and discuss current LMSC business. The dinner will be held at the On The Border restaurant in Buckhead, Hopefully a central location for anyone around the metro area. More details later, but please mark the date. This is open to all LMSC members. West Gwinnett Park Developmental SCY Meet April 12 This meet is a low-key competitive opportunity to get some practice SCY times, either for the upcoming ART Spring Fling or Nationals or just to see what your times are! Developmental meets are ideal meet formats for swimmers who are new to Masters competition or returning after a long hiatus and also for current swimmers to get in those practice time trials! Events range from 25 yards to 500 yards (free), and 200yd relays. Handheld watches are used for recording times (any Volunteer Timers would be appreciated). Ribbons awarded for 1-3 places in each event. W Gwinnett Park is an 8 lane 25 yard pool located in Norcross-directions are included on the info page. Meet hosts are the Georgia Killer Whales. For your convenience, the info and entry form are included with this newsletter, and also posted on the Georgia Masters website. For questions, contact meet director Lisa Watson at lisa.watson@ung.edu. Upcoming Events St. Patrick's Day Invitational: March 7 & 8 Atlanta, GA St. Pete s Masters SCY Championship: March 21 & 22 St. Pete, FL Mid-Year Dinner Meeting: March 29 Atlanta, GA Splash News 6

7 Remember: If you plan to compete in a meet you must be a registered swimmer with USMS. Head over to usms.org to complete your membership registration. If you have any questions Micki at mankiel@gainesville.org. For those of you who had a membership; they expired Dec. 31. Splash Gear is available for Masters Swimmers! Order online: Portal Code SplashGa o Female Suit - $44.00 o Male Suit - $33.00 Join our U.S. Masters Swim Team!! U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS) is a national organization that provides organized workouts, competitions, clinics and workshops for adults aged 18 and over. Programs are open to all adult swimmers (fitness, triathlete, competitive, non-competitive) who are dedicated to improving their fitness through swimming. Practice with the group and coach during structured workout times. Hall County Residents Out of County 1 day per week: $30/ month 1 day per week: $40/ month 2 days per week: $40 / month 2 days per week: $55/ month 3 days per week: $50 / month 3 days per week: $70/ month Unlimited: $60/ month Unlimited: $80/ month Each swimmer is also required to pay a once-a-year registration and insurance fee of $42 to U.S. Masters Swimming upon initial registration. For more information contact Micki at mankiel@gainesville.org. Splash News 7