Regional Age Group - Notice Board: July 2010

Tuesday 27 July 2010

TT Results!

100 Frontcrawl

Maise Boyes 1.24.76

Abby O Brien 1.27.73

Amelia Clynes 1.19.88

Kit Lawless Coombes 1.19.98

Emily Braginton 1.30.86

Hannah White 1.19.2

100 Backcrawl

Zoe Kitching 1.31.86

Jordan Perkins 1.27.25

Abby O Brien

Amelia Clynes 1.30.10

Amber Mason 1.36.91

100 Breaststroke

Maisie Boyes 1.45.48

Eloise Boyes 1.43.08

Emily Braginton 1.51.50

Amber Mason 1.48.35

Amelia Clynes 1.44.64

Joseph Gray 1.13.36

Kit Lawless Coombes 1.49.00

Zoe Kitching 1.37.62

Hannah White 1.44.14

100 Butterfly

James Hole 1.43.02

Maisie Boyes 1.45.60

Anna Bellwood 1.43.86

Jordan Perkins 1.34.33

Abby O Brien 1.40.0

Megan Bannon 1.41.1

Amber Mason

Layla Black 1.38.59

Zoe Kitching 1.29.28

Elysha Cuthbert 1.38.1

Above is the TT results from last night. I am not sure why we have a couple of times missing, but I will try find out for you.

Please email me if you qualified for any of the Yorkshire 100's because of last night.

Yours,

Ryan.

Sunday 25 July 2010

I am now on Holiday from Mon 26th July Pm - Tue 3rd Aug and Sat 7th Aug - Sat 28th Aug. All the sessions have been written by myself and passed on to the coaches who will be covering in my absence which is listed below. I have had a great time taking the group up to the end of the season and I wish you all the very best in the Welsh Nationals if you are competing. I look forward to seeing how well you have all done on my return.

Promotion letters are going to be sent out Monday 26th July so you should know this week where you are moving to. All the best in your new groups. Don't forget to take the skills you have learnt in C Central with you and work as hard as you have done for me and Ryan. All swimmers will start in their new groups on the 23rd August. We will be having 8 new swimmers in C Central so please make them feel welcome as they settle in. Remember how you felt when you first moved in - they maybe a little nervous.

Enjoy your summer break and come back fit ready to work hard in the new season. Stay safe!! lets have no broken legs, arms etc.

If you do need to contact me I will reply to any emails on my return. Ryan has the sessions from me and will look after things for the last week of training and in Wales, so I'm sure if there is anything urgent he will help you out.

Kevin

So Kevin can enjoy his holiday please feel free to ask me all the questions etc. I will reply to all emails so please send them all my way.

Remember we break up on Sunday!

If you are away at all next week please let me know for the register.

Yours,

Ryan.

Thursday 22 July 2010

New Quote! + Coaches Cover Etc...

"In training everyone focuses on 90% physical and 10% mental, but in the races its 90% mental because there's very little that separates us physically at the elite level".
Elka Graham
Above is this 'weeks' quote. I would like you to think about that. It is very very important to get the mental side of the swim right to succeed at a young age ready for the long term. It is something that we will be working on next season.

Because Kevin is on Holiday as of Monday PM and will not be back until the second week after the break, and I go away august bank holiday for a few days, the sessions are as follows...

Mon 26th July - Kevin/James (AM)
Mon 26th July - Ryan/James (PM)
Wed 28th July - Ryan/Nathan
Thur 29th July - Ryan /Nathan (AM)
Thur 29th July - Ryan /Nathan (PM)
Fri 30th July - Ryan/Lyn
Sun 1st Aug - Ryan/Lyn (Last Session, watch this space for fun session arrangements)

No AM training for the first couple of weeks back at the start of the season.
Mon 23rd Aug- Ryan/James
Wed 25th Aug- Nathan/Elysha
Wed 26th Aug- Nathan/Elysha
Fri 27th Aug - Lyn/Beth
Sun 29th Aug - No swim, Bank Holiday.
Mon 30th Aug- No swim, Bank Holiday.
Wed 1st Sep - Both Kevin/Ryan back, still no morning training this week.

All sessions are what we would of swam anyway and have been written by Kevin. A register will be taken.

Yours,

Ryan.

Friday 16 July 2010

The TT, PB's, NER Qualifiers etc.....

Hello Everyone,

PB Stuff!
Jacobs mum, has spent a lot of time updating the PB sheet for us, which has being a massive help.
Then Kevin had the pleasure of sitting down for about 6 hours and working out who was got what NER qualifiers and by what percentage, or by what percentage the swimmers are short of.
I must now say that the number of people that have actually achieved NER times is quite staggering, from what I believe we now have 15 swimmers going to the NER's, with a total of 30 times, which is fantastic, as it has being done in just over a few months.
So now all the sheets are now online and updated, the PB Sheet, % off NER 100m and % off NER 200m.

Time Trials
These swimmers have being entered for the TT in the following events, please let me know if we have made any mistakes.
James Hole - 100 Fly
Maisie Boyes - 100 BR/ 100 Fly
Eloise Boyes - 100 BR
Emily Braginton - 100 BR/ 100 FLY
Anna Bellwood - 100 Fly
Jordan Perkins - 100 Fly/ 100 Bk
Abby O Brien - 100 Free/ 100 BK/ 100 Fly
Megan Bannon - 100 Fly
Amber Mason - 100 BR/ 100 BK
Amelia Clynes - 100 Fly/ 100 BK/ 100 BR/ 100 FC (less than 2 secs on all 4)
Joseph Gray - 100 BR
Kit Lawless Coombes - 100 BR/ 100 FC
Layla Black - 100 BR/ 100 Fly
Zoe Kitching - 100 Fly/ 100 BK/ 100 BR

End of the Season....
We will soon be having information on the blog about what the arrangements are for the last couple of weeks before the end of the season, and the first week back, because Kevin is going away and I will be missing a few sessions bank Holiday weekend due to Leeds Festival, but we will list on here exactly who you will be having and when. Also I will be posting some information about Wales.

Yours,

Ryan.

Tuesday 13 July 2010

Bits and Bobs all in one Post...

Results - Leeds B Grade

7 Speeding Tickets
12 Golds
8 Silvers
6 Bronze
54 PB's out of 107 Swims (Great to say most of you had just PB'd 2 weeks before)

Well Done!!

Something to think about...
Train the way you want to race.
If you execute sloppy dives every day in training – you get sloppy dives at meets.
If you do slow turns every day in workouts – you get killed in the turns when you race.
If you stop a few yards short every repeat at training – you will lose most tight finishes in competition.

Updated files
We have added a swimming terms glossary to help all those swimmers and parents that don't know the difference between shortcourse and Longcourse, a PB and a DQ.... Well, not literally but you get the idea.

Also the results from the B Grade are now online.

Be Patient....
Thanks to Jacobs mum, she has now taken a weight load of work off Kevin as she is now doing most of the data processing for the PB sheet, so you may get this pretty accurately and quickly from now on.

Yours,

Ryan and Kevin.

Sunday 11 July 2010

Winter Yorkshire's Time Trials

There will be an official time trial(TT) on Mon 26th July between 6.30-7.30pm,(This may disturb our session but it depends which lanes the TT are held in, all swimmers will have a session if they are not involved in the TT, but in another pool).
This is for anyone who needs a 100m time for the Winter Yorkshires in October.
Swimmers are only allowed to do 2 swims at the TT, and should only do so if they are within 4 seconds of the qualifying time for that particular event. The times can be found on the right of the blog under Winter Yorkshires 2010. Please also take into consideration that swimmers can use a 100m Split time from a 200m race to enter the Yorkshires if it was achieved in a pool with electronic timing and meets the qualifying times.
Please email or text Kevin by Wed 14th July at the latest with the events you want to enter.

Thanks,

Kev and Ryan.

Thursday 8 July 2010

An Interesting Link that I have come accross...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/picturegalleries/7878540/British-Swimming-on-road-to-London-2012-Olympics-in-pics.html

Its a guy I have followed on Facebook for a while. He has done some good work.

Thought I would share it with you, seen as though I have lacked updates on the blog recently.

Yours,

Ryan.

1500m Time Trial- The much awaited results are in!

Sunday 4th July C Central attempted a 1500m time trial. The times are now available. I am not bothered too much about the times it was more of a mental test to achieve 1500m without stopping. Some of the times maybe wrong due to the people counting not counting correctly, but we have a plan in place for next time we do this to make sure everyone swims the correct distance. In C Central swimmers normally cover between 3000 - 5000 metres per session, but to swim 1500 metres without breaks is a test of fitness, mental concentration, gets swimmers to focus on keeping going when their bodies are finding the event tough and helps swimmers overcome the fear of swimming longer distances in races. It also gives me an idea who is ready to move up in the near future. So well done to everyone who finished the 1500m.

Kevin

The times are listed below, also we will be doing it again at some point! I may even be regular for next season.

Ryan

Forename1500m Time
Shaheen 26.06.35
Megan 24.58.68
Anna 27.23.73
Liam 24.05.73
Layla 25.54.36
Matthew DNC
Eloise 25.53.32
Maisie 24.54.16
Emily B 26.58.74
Abigail B 26.41.60
Jacob 23.59.56
Amelia 25.11.27
John 23.15.51
Euan 22.36.81
Billy 27.00.51
Elysia
William 25.19.45
Rebecca DNC
Joseph 21.11.41
James H 23.38.97
Abigail J 24.28.83
Ellie 24.54.16
Toby DNC
Zoe DNC
Charley 25.28.53
Wei-Lam 26.42.55
Kit 25.50.44
Aisling 26.35.55
Chantelle DNC
Amber 26.54.53
Abby DNC
Brannon
Jordan 22.24.39
Elle DNC
Rachel DNC
Emily R DNC
Phebe DNC
Aimee DNC
Hannah DNC
Rebecca DN

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Quote Bank!

"Kevin!, On the whole I think C Central have swum absolutely fantastic this year". Jacob Butterfield - C Central.

"Winners are not people who never fail, but people who never quit"

"I wouldn't say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it". Michael Phelps.

"Train insane, or remain the same".

"Dream. Believe. Achieve".

"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get". Michael Phelps.

"I can definitely take more off my world record - a lot more. I have no doubt about that. I'm by no means putting pressure on myself, it's just the belief I have in myself ..... I'm not going to limit myself by nominating times or anything like that. I never thought I'd do 14:34 and I did. I thought I'd maybe do 14:38 or 14:39 that day, and I went nearly five seconds quicker so I don't want to limit the possibilities". Grant Hackett.

"In training everyone focuses on 90% physical and 10% mental, but in the races it's 90% mental because there's very little that seperates us physically at the elite level". Elka Graham.

"The hardest thing about climbing the ladder of success is getting through the crowd at the bottom".

"We need to create a way of working, and that's why I felt the need to set some rules. For example, we will all eat together, leave the table together - it is all about respecting each other. And being punctual is key". Fabio Capello.

"Unleash the Inner Beast!".

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing". Muhammad Ali.

"Many people say you are as only good as your last race, but we know we are only as good as our next race!".

"It was not the 10 work outs I did every week for four years that allowed me to overcome my competitors, it was the ones that they missed". Graeme Smith (1996).

"It's how you prepare months before in the training pool that will determine your performance at the main event. Your ruthless attendance, quality and consistency of your training will serge you forward to a result you will be happy with!"

"Winning the Gold Medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career, mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience". Frank Shorter (American Athlete, Olympic Gold Medalist) (Munich 1972).

"Go into the sport because you have fun doing it, not because of 'what if's' and dreams of gold medals. That way, no matter what happens, you win". Shannon Miller (American Gymnast, two time Olympic Gold Medalist) (Atlanta 1996).

"As the years go by I train physically harder and I am always trying to go faster, further and higher. I train seven days a week and at the end of the day, I'm pretty tired but I never wish I was anyone else. If I miss a days training I feel guilty and I know I should have done it. I'm conscientious and unless I have a very good reason to, I never miss a session. It seems unfair to train for years and miss days just for the hell of it, and if I ever start to skip days, I would realise my attitude was not right and it was time for me to finish". Olympic Champion.

"Have a clear goal in your head of where you want to be and never give up!".

"Remember what doesn't challenge you, doesn't change you!"

"Not a day goes past where I don't go to bed with aching limbs ..... I have lost friends over it ..... I have lost girlfriends because of it ..... My family hates it ..... The only person that understands it wants to beat me ..... But I love it more than anything in the world!"

"Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning". Robert Kiyosaki.

'Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday'. William Rudolph (American Athlete, three-time Olympic Gold medalist) (Rome 1960).

"It's been told that swimming is a wimp sport, but I don't see it. We don't get timeouts in the middle of a race; we can's stop and catch our breath; and we can't ask for a substitution".

"We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can".

"In 2004 , I won a bronze. This is a silver. Maybe in 2012, it will be a gold. Slowly, slowly". Eliud Kipchoge (Kenyan Athelete, Olympic silver medalist) (Beijing 2008).

"I came out here to beat everybody in sight and that is exactly what I'm going to do. Sure, I can do anything". Mildred 'Babe' Didrikson (American Athlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist) (Los Angeles 1932).

"Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualisation. And I think that that helped me to get a feel of what it was going to be like when I got there. I knew that I had done everything that I could to get ready for that meet, both physically and mentally". Michael Phelps. (6 Gold Medals, 2004 Olympic Games).

"Success comes with determination to get up the morning after the hardest practice of your life and do it all over again!"

"There is nothing like the smell of chlorine in the morning, and nothing like the smell of victory in the evening"

"Enjoy the journey, enjoy every moment and quit worrying bout winning and losing". Matt Biondi. (American Swimmer, eight-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992).

"You only get one shot, go out there and do your best". Chad le Clos (200m Butterfly Champion).

"No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them". Danny Harris. (American Athlete, Olympic Silver Medallist. Los Angeles 1984).

"When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to beat myself, basically. People find that hard to believe because we've had such a bias to always strive to win things. If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work hard for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from". Ian Thorpe.

"I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let other swimmers think about me, not me about them". Amanda Beard.

"An athlete cannot race with money in his pockets. He must race with hope in his heart and dreams in his head". Emil Zatopek. (Four Time Olympic Gold Medallist).

"If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from". Ian Thorpe. (Australian swimmer, five-time Olympic gold medallist. Sydney 2000, Athens 2004).

"No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, show up and never give up!".

"Push harder than yesterday if you want a different tomorrow".

"Champions train, losers complain".

"Success isn't overnight. It's when everyday you get a little better than the day before. It all adds up." Dwayne Johnson.

"Life is full of disappointments, failures and setbacks. None of those things can permanently stop you. You have the power to overcome anything that life throws at you. There is nothing as powerful as a made up mind. Surround yourself with people who remind you that you matter, and support you in the ways that matter most to you. No person, situation, or circumstance can define who you are. Don't give up. cave in, or stop believing that it's possible. It's not over until you win."