OTB - 4/15/14

Southeastern Swim Club

April 15th, 2014 – Off the Blocks!

“Many people say I'm the best women's soccer player in the world. I don't think so. And because of that, someday I just might be.”

― Mia Hamm

SSC Birthday Swimmers!

4/15/14 – Christopher Dravis (7)

4/15/14 – Abi Howser (11)

4/18/14 – Bri Saple (12)

4/19/14 – Lauren Billet (10)

4/19/14 – Anna Stolle (9)

4/20/14 – Sydney Knurek (15)

4/22/14 – Jacob Dumbauld (18)

4/23/14 – Ellie Becker (13)

Cool News:

Congratulations to our spring break photo winners – all this folks have their winning pictures on the front page of the SSC website! Way to go – thanks for making SSC part of your spring break!

Largest group (St. Petersburg Beach, Florida)

(front row) Kennedy Fisher, Mimi Vicory, Abigail Cox, Abby Robisch, Faith Robisch

(middle row) Nick Passios and Zach Marden

(back row) Olivia Vicory, Olivia Maple, Lauren Passios, Taylor Marden and Victoria Vicory

Craziest Activity (Sand Sculpture- Naples, Florida)

Anna Stolle

Farthest Traveled- US Destination (Red Rock Canyon, Nevada)

Sydney and Cameron Knurek

Farthest Traveled- Outside USA (Montego Bay, Jamaica)

Sydney Jung

Farthest Traveled- Outside USA (St. Kitts, West Indies)

(front row) Julia Kiley, Katherine Kiley and Josh Ramsey

(back row) Olivia Kiley and Jack Ramsey

Announcements, Approaching Deadlines and Misc Tips:

  1. MEET/Events SIGNUP DEADLINES Approaching:
  • Boilermaker Early Bird Invite – April 15th, 2014 (TONIGHT at MIDNIGHT!)
  • CSC Spring Fling – April 16th, 2014 (TOMORROW at MIDNIGHT!)
  • Lakeside Ohio Valley Championships – April 28th, 2014
  • Vernon Manor Super Splash – April 30th, 2014
  • Clayton Shaw Park Summer Invite – May 1st, 2014 (HOTEL INFO BELOW)
  • SSC Summer Sizzler – May 5th, 2014
  • Geist 5K/Half Marathon – May 7th, 2014
  • Sugar Creek 12&U Invite – May 30th, 2014
  • Zionsville Z-Heat Summer Invite – June 20th, 2014
  1. All group coaches will be working on ready position and push-offs this week. GOAL SETTING is next week (4/21) - get ready to set your sights HIGH SSC!!!
  1. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers regarding Coach JT (Jean Tracy) – and also thank you for your donations. This is last call to get in on the group gift for JT, so please email Tina Mudd ([email protected]) if you would like to participate in purchasing some dinner gift cards for JT and her husband. JT says she will be back on Monday!  
  1. Thanks to all of you who attended the SSC Annual Meeting last night. Your new SSC BOD members are Tony Ratliff and Ron Ross.
  1. SENIORS and SENIOR PARENTS – a) Sr Trip information will be out by May 1st – we are heading north this year, b) there seems to be a little confusion about meet sign-up….if you have cuts for BA or Lakeside, you are welcome to sign-up, and c) if you attend HSE Junior High and would like to ride the bus to/from school to HSE, your parents need to email Alex Kocher at [email protected] or send in a note with their student. In the email/note, please put the student’s first and last name and state that the student is participating in an after school workout or conditioning program. Each student will receive a laminated blue pass that will allow them to get on a bus that stops at the high school.
  1. For those of you training at FHS in the mornings before school – thank you for your outstanding work this morning and please keep me updated with regard to traffic flow. Once again, the problem appears to be the normal FHS drop-off lane….watching it this morning, I learned two things: a) if you are there and gone before 7a, you can get away with waiting in the drop-off area, and b) there are other groups of kids clogging up this line (not just SSC)…..so we will get all this figured out and make sure that things go as smoothly as possible.
  1. MARK YOU CALENDARS! Power Teamwear will be here Tuesday, April 22 and Wednesday, April 23 5:30 - 8:15. Take advantage of this opportunity to order your team suit and team gear for the upcoming season.
  1. LIFEGUARDS WANTED
  1. Gray Eagle is looking for lifeguards…..please contact Annie Thompson at 223-1920 or [email protected].
  2. Sagamore Club is looking for 5-6 lifeguards and 1-2 front-desk receptionists…please contact Liz Zoeller at 317-776-2000 (ext 102) or [email protected]
  1. For those of you attending the Clayton Shaw meet in St Louis this summer…..a personalized website for Southeastern Swim Club (SSC) CSP Tideriders Meet occurring

(June 19, 2014 - June 22, 2014) has been created for you. Guests can access the site to learn more about the event and to book, modify, or cancel a reservation from March 26, 2014 to June 23, 2014. https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id=1403265934&key=3879B997

Thank you to Michelle Kennedy for sharing the inspirational story of a young woman she will be guiding through the Boston Marathon on Monday….. Running the marathon, no end in sight: A blind Harvard Law student doesn't need to see it to believe it | Harvard Law TodayHarvard Law Today

10 High Performance Habits That Lead To Success

You can’t expect to get the results high performers do, if you don’t adopt the habits high performers have. When you look at the successful people of the world, don’t neglect to consider the hours of work, the multiple failures, and the daily sacrifices they made to get there. If you are serious about taking your performance to the next level you’ve got to leave the ways of mediocrity behind to develop a new and improved you.

Here are 10 high performance habits that may require you to go against the grain but will aid you in reaching success like the pros:

 

1. Win the Morning

While the world sleeps, the high performer works. Could you imagine if you woke up on purpose, with purpose every day? How can you expect to achieve excellence when the first decision you make on a daily basis is to procrastinate the day by hitting the snooze button?

Win the morning by waking up earlier than you normally do to get a workout in, feed your mind with good books, and fuel your body with a good breakfast—all before the rest of the world is deciding whether to get up or not. Win the morning.

2. Do Hard Things

We are surrounded by people who want the fastest and easiest path to success, but not you—not anymore. Rather than run from the challenge that is keeping you from doing what you want, stare it in the face; learn about it; and embrace it.

“The road to greatness is easy”, said “no one ever”.

Doing hard things will teach you lessons you wouldn’t learn otherwise, and will make you stronger than you thought possible.

You can do hard things.

3. Embrace feedback

The average person hates to be told what they are doing wrong or what they can do better. Learning to accept feedback is not easy, but once you decide to seek it out and act on ways you can improve, you will dramatically improve your progress.

Embracing feedback doesn’t mean to do what everyone tells you; identify key mentors or coaches who are great at what they do and more importantly, who care about your future, then allow them to take you places you wouldn’t have gone otherwise.

4. Learn from Failure

No one likes to fail, lose, or mess up; but high performers use adversity to learn lessons, and refuse to allow them to disable them emotionally. When you fail, identify what you did well, what you can do better, and what you are going to do about it right now.

5. Choose your attitude

One of the most important decisions you make every day is the attitude you are going to have when you walk out your door. Don’t take your attitude for granted or it will get the best of you.

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

6. Do one more

As an athlete, you can do 10 reps in the weight room, or you can do 11.  As a sales rep you can choose to make 15 calls or choose to do 16. One of the best ways to build mental strength is to do something you might not want to do, but you know will help you.

Do one more—because the average person won’t.

7. Have a purpose

The clearer you can see your target, the more likely you are to hit it. High performers don’t do things “just because”, as mentioned earlier, they do things on purpose, with purpose. When you know why you do what you do, you’ll have more power to do it.

 

8. Recommit every single day

One reason the average person doesn’t achieve their goals is because life catches up to them and they allow the things that they have to do blind them from the things they want to do. Every day, recommit to the things that matter most.

You empower yourself when your priorities are in line.

9. Be patient

Success is made in a slow-cooker, not a microwave. High performers understand that overnight success comes after years of hard work. Be patient with yourself, keep your eyes on the prize and focus on the process, the results will take care of themselves.

10. Fear no one

Refuse to allow people to intimidate you. You don’t need anyone’s permission to do something great. Putting others on a pedestal because of their talent, experience, and or accolades makes you susceptible to beating up on yourself because you feel that you’re not as good as they are. Anyone can be beat, including you; so respect your competition but refuse to fear them—who knows, they may fear you.