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CAT
Picnic
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The CAT picnic is
going to be at Avery Park this year. It will be on Wednesday,
July 15 from 5-8 with food being served from 6-7. Be sure to RSVP
to Lori Shaw so we will have enough food for everyone.
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Meet
Results
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I am slowly getting
caught up. I will get the meet results up for Mike Morris,
Durango, Sun Country, and the Second Trophy league meet up either this
afternoon or tomorrow morning.
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Colorado
Trip
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 Keri Beamer set up
an account on snapfish to share pictures. E-mail her
(januaryswimmom at aol dot com) and she will give you the account info
to upload your pics or just look at everyone elses.
By now I am sure all of the parents heard about the rain and hail we
had just as we were getting to the airport. We were really lucky
with the weather. That was our only thunderstorm and it was
pretty amazing to see one that intense again.
Thank you all for a great trip. It was nice to be home for a
little and I hope you all enjoyed the experience.
I will be posting pictures and other updates on this page.
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Newsweek Articles
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Rick came across
these two articles out of Newsweek and
wanted me to put them up for everyone to read.
The first one Stronger, Faster, Smarter
discusses the effects exercise has on cognitive abilities.
The Other article, Exercise
State of the Mind gets
into the physiological effects exercise has on the brain and neural
development.
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| Follow
the Black Line |
In practice it is
important to circle swim so nobody gets injured, but in meets it is
just
as important to swim in the middle of the lane. I have caught
many
of you circle swimming at meets and we have talked about it after your
race.
We came across this short article by Jan Prins in Swimming World. Jan is a
professor of kinesiology at the University of Hawaii.
It isn't often when we can sound both
frivolous and deadly serious at the same time. This is one of
those occasions because, distilled to its purest form, the winner in
our sport is the swimmer who stays as close to a straight-line path as
possible and covers this path in the shortest possible time.
How this is accomplished is complicated, but
in the realm of biomechanics, this is where we usually start - by
examining the most fundamental concepts associated with motion:
distance and linear displacement.
By definition, a distinction is made between
"distance" and "displacement." While "distance" is a change in
position, "displacement" is the difference between where we start and
finish.
We can agree that in competitive swimming,
"displacement" doesn't have much practical significance because most
races start and end at the same wall. what is of importance is
"distance," which for each race is a fixed measurement.
Consider the dimensions of a typical lane in
short course meters. The swimmer moves in a rectangle, 25 meters
long and usually 2-1/2 meters wide. The diagonal distance between
the two opposite ends is 25.12 meters.
If the swimmer swims at a pace of 2
meters/second - which is a pace equal to a 50-second 100 meter swim -
and moves diagonally instead of at right angles to the walls, it will
take an additional 6-hundreths of a second to cover each length.
Multiply this by the number of lengths, and it is easy to see that
watching that black line on the bottom of the pool and not racing in
circles is critical. Also, remember: if the athlete
swims at a pace that is slower than the example, more time will be
added
to the final result.
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| The
Difference is YOU |
It has been wonderful being able to focus on coaching
full time. I have been reading some articles by Doc Counsilman,
Richard Quick, and I happened across this article by Wayne Goldsmith
that I would like everyone to read. Read
the article.
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| The Atkins diet |
The Bend Swim Club had this article on their web
site. Some of you have told me that you have already
read it but I feel
it is important enough for everyone to read. Check it
out.
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Team --
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