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1 SAILFISH SWIM CLUB

2 TOPICS Sailfish Blog and Communication Meet Entry, Results Squads - What are they learning, promotion Parenting How too motivate your child Meets What is the purpose XLR8 Equipment What do you need and why Nutrition Eating guidelines, Training and Meets

COMMUNICATION E-mail - astfalcka@ismanila.org Weekly New update Blog - sailfish.ism-online.

3 COMMUNICATION - astfalcka@ismanila.org Weekly New update Blog - sailfish.ism-online.org/ Treat pool as a classroom Coaches are not available while coaching to arrange meeting, before or after

5 BLOG- MEET SIGN UPS

6 MEET RESULTS

7 ROLE OF PARENT Offer unconditional love, support, interest in child. Praise, effort, hard work, and new skills, not winning Do not compare, development rates of children is +- 3 years i.e. A 10 years old could be Physically/Mentally 14 or 7 years old Let the coach take care of the coaching even if you were an athlete yourself Intrinsic versus extrinsic Extrinsic Food, Toys, movies Intrinsic Desire to improve self, Self determine. Encourage goals setting

8 ROLE OF PARENT Skills and attitude make champions, not the latest equipment Attend practice Volunteering your time to the Club Sometimes kids plateau AGAIN Don t compare to other kids. Always compare to your previous Personal Best.

9 SQUADS ES Primarily Skill Development, skill before performance MS Skill and Attitude before Performance. HS Skill and Performance combined.

10 SQUADS - DISTANCE/SKILLS RATIO Distance per Session Skills Practice per Session 4500m Squad (8) 15% Squad (8) Squad (1) 600m Squad (1) 95%

MEETS Bonifacio Cup (Selected Team) @ ISM 18 th Sept @ MJS 26 th Sept @ BSM 4 th Oct Brent 13 th October 9

11 MEETS Bonifacio Cup (Selected ISM 18 th MJS 26 th BSM 4 th Oct Brent 13 th October 9 th November Dual Meet HS 18 th January HS and some MS 16 th February 16 th March BSM TBA MJS 9 th February

MEETS CON T ISM Invitational Meets 17 th Nov (All Sailfish expected) 12 th Jan (Varsity Only) 20 st April Relay Meet (all Sailfish) Club Meets (parent run, Only ISM) 22 nd August,

12 MEETS CON T ISM Invitational Meets 17 th Nov (All Sailfish expected) 12 th Jan (Varsity Only) 20 st April Relay Meet (all Sailfish) Club Meets (parent run, Only ISM) 22 nd August, 12 nd December 19 TH January (distance) 13 th March 26/27 th April (Distance) 15 th May Swimathon (all sailfish 10 th December Aquathon 2 nd March International Trip, (Bangkok, March)

13 INCENTIVES AQUMUNDO XLR8 Incentive System that: Encourages all round versatile swimmers, all strokes all distances Don t have be the fastest swimmer to earn points and awards Challenges swimmers to improve their personal best times. Swimmers age group determined by Year Born i.e 2001 Awards: XLR8 Tags for swimming in different events. XLR8 Strive Points Swimmers score points and are ranked on their performances.

14 AQUAMUNDO XLR8 - TAGS Rewards swimmers who try different events and distances. Bronze Events shorter events 8 year old 50 FR, BK & BR Platinum Events Long and most difficult events i.e 400IM, 800FR Once swum all Bronze Events awarded with Bronze Dog Tag AGE GROUP 50FR 100FR 200FR 400FR 800FR 50BK 100BK 200BK 50BR 100BR 200BR 50BF 100BF 200BF 100IM 200IM 400IM

AQUAMUNDO - STRIVE Awards points for swimming any event Points awarded determined by previous years times Average of the Top 4 times from previous 3 years =

15 AQUAMUNDO - STRIVE Awards points for swimming any event Points awarded determined by previous years times Average of the Top 4 times from previous 3 years = 1000 Faster than Average Time = more than 1000 points, slower less Aquamundo Point Clubs Strive 6,000 Club Strive 9,000 Club Strive 13,000 Club Strive 17,000 Club

16 AQUAMUNDO XLR8 Club Champions The highest point score from 4 categories. determine the Age Group Champion. Swimmers are not required to swim all events, at least 1 event in each category Sprint Points, (50m and 100m, FR,BK,BR,BF) Distance Freestyle (FR, 200m,400m & 800m) Individual Medley (IM 100m,200m,400m) 200m Form Stroke (200m BK,BR,BF)

17 OUTSIDE SCHOOL COACHING 2 or more coaches differing opinions both right, combination wrong Current Practice (30 year old drills common) Endless laps with little or no feedback or correction No Elementary specialists please Aim is to keep them in the sport as teenagers and beyond

18 EQUIPMENT- TRAINING Water Bottle 2% weight loss = 30% performance loss 2 x Goggles Training Swim Suit (does not have to be Sailfish Suit Racing Suit should be Sailfish suit 1 or 2 swim caps

19 EQUIPMENT SWIM MEETS 2 pairs of goggles adjusted properly 1 Sailfish Suit 1 Sailfish Swimming Cap! Club Shirt Clothing and towel to stay warm and dry between events Healthy food to snack on NO JUNK FOOD

20 PARENTS INVOLVEMENT!Today, Registration, T-shirts, Swim Caps, helping with time trials Swim Suit Sales Swimathon Meet Sponsor/s Away Meet Activities Club Meets Aquathon Awards Night

Swim Meet Primer. Competition Groups: Gender: Male/Female

Swim Meet Primer. Competition Groups: Gender: Male/Female Swim Meet Primer Long Course vs. Short Course: The short course season begins in September and usually runs through March or April. The long course season begins in April and runs through August. Most