JUNIOR ROYAL 4 NEWSLETTER: WEEK 1 (LCM 25)

Champions in the Pool. Champions In Life.

GRATITUDE~GRIT~GROWTH~MINDFULNESS~OWNERSHIP

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Good Evening!

I hope you and your athletes had a great and restful couple of weeks off! That said we are BACK!! I am so dang EXCITED for the Long Course Season! As Junior 4 we are going to push the envelope of what our full potential is! As you saw in the Welcome Back email that went out to all of age group we re-visited and re-defined the criteria for each group and how each helps the whole team push to the next level/next chapter for SSC. This group has been re-designed to create a small group of individuals who have the drive to be the best they can be every time they walk through the doors of the Natatorium...the ones with the innate ability to push themselves hard every day to go after their wildest swim dreams!

This week we will start back with skills, drills and a lot of kicking in mind...we are going to build our base so that we know that when we hit the water at a meet we can do ANYTHING...any event, any distance, any stroke! On Monday we will have a 'classroom' session going over the season plan as well as goals for each swimmer and goals I have for the group. 

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to reach out!

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GEAR

Reminder the gear for this season (besides suit, goggles & cap): For our group we will need 

• Mesh Bag for Gear
• Kick Board
• Snorkel
• Fins: Short fins and long fins
• Pull buoy
• Paddles
• Tempo Trainer
• Drag Socks

**I have added a couple things to the list and understand the kids not having these right away but I do want to start using them by Week 3 of practice. 

**We have also had quite a few kids say they "don't have a snorkel" or "things have been taken out of my bag" - please double check to make sure your swimmer has all of the gear they need

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  80 PERCENTER'S

This season I will be putting kids names on here who have 80% or higher attendance. This should be celebrated because it means they are putting the effort and time in to be a better version of themselves! 

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COACH BLAKE 'RULES'

As a reminder these are Coach Blake's "Rules" for practice:

1. When Coaches ask the group is to quiet down - eyes on the person talking, ears listening and being engaged with what is being said.
2. When a Coach (or any other adult) isn't talking and we are on the wall waiting to do the next thing or waiting for the next rep - be as LOUD and FUN as you want - just make sure we leave on time and UNDERSTAND what you are doing in the set
3. Ask questions!! If we don't ask questions and just get in the water and go through the motions it doesn't help us in getting better.
4. Respect ALL OF OUR TEAMMATES and only be positive with one another - if you can't be nice don't say anything at all!
5. Let's have FUN and teach EACH OTHER (that includes the kids teaching me!)
6. At meets all Coach Blake expects....1. To have FUN! 2. To do your best (swim your best!) 3. To Learn!

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IMR/IMX INFO

As part of our seasons goals we will be focusing on IMR (IM Ready) and IMX (IM Xtreme) scores. These scores are great indicators of where your swimmers are, how well rounded we are helping them become and where we can improve. The Junior 4's are working on improving their IMX score. To learn more about these click HERE. If you have any questions on these or on what your child's scores currently are don't hesitate to ask!

• Reminder this group uses IMR and IMX scores to better understand how we are doing on creating holistic swimmers these updated IMR/IMX scores will be HERE (when I get them updated!) . This will be updated seperately after each Meet so you can see the improvement from beginning of the season to your swimmer's final meet!
  • ​I wanted to give you a basic understanding of IMR/IMX scores - these scores are based on your child's age, event swam and time they swam it in. This gets put into an algorithim and it spits out a score. The higher the score the better your athlete has done in that event - our goal is to have all of these scores be as high as possible and as close to each other as possible (Example: Blake is 9 and has a 300 in the 50 Fly, a 265 in the 50 Breaststroke, a 393 in the 50 Backstroke and a 287 in the 200 IM -- these scores help make him eligible for the Sharks group starting in the Fall)

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STAFF

Coach Name	Postion
Blake Brewer	Head Age Group Coach/ JR 4 Coach
Abby Harter	Assistant Coach

Social Media: If you do not already, follow the team on social media to get more info, see highlights on your kids and more!

• Instagram: @southeasternswimclub
• Facebook: Southeastern Swim Club

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UPCOMING EVENTS

HIGHLIGHTS

 

UPCOMING

• Short Course End of Season Party: April 24th Sign up HERE
• May Meters Kickoff Meet: May 3rd+4th Sign up HERE
• Summer Sizzler: May 30th-June 1st Sign up HERE 

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GENERAL CALENDAR

Our general calendar will be on a Google Doc calendar once I have it complete at the end of this week! 

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WEEKLY CALENDAR

PRACTICE	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY
AM		6:00-7:30 A			6:00-7:30 A	8:00-11:00 A
PM	5:00-7:30 P	5:00-7:30 P	5:00-7:30 P	5:00-7:30 P
	Classroom + Water	AM: Water, PM: Dryland + Water	Dryland + Water	Dryland + Water	Water	Dryland+Water

 

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LANE ASSIGNMENTS

 

The lane assignments below are just a starter and will be changed as I see a need for it. This season we are going to learn to be one team, one group lifting each other up!

MONDAY & WEDNESDAY
4	5	x
Sawyer Green-Whitehead	AJ Chesterfield
Delaney Miller	Milley Sealls
Presley Barker	MacKenzi Fleck
Evan Calanog	Jack Reine
Natalie Gladieux	Landon Marini
Vera Oyler	Abby Collins
Sarah Ding	Grace Gowdamarajan
TUESDAY AM & TUESDAY PM
6	7	8
Sawyer Green-Whitehead	AJ Chesterfield	Delaney Miller
MacKenzi Fleck	Milley Sealls	Presley Barker
Landon Marini	Natalie Gladiuex	Jack Reine
Vera Oyler	Evan Calanog	Abby Collins
Sarah Ding	Grace Gowdamarajan
THURSDAY (PM) & FRIDAY (AM)
5	6
Sawyer Green-Whitehead	AJ Chesterfield
Delaney Miller	Milley Sealls
Presley Barker	MacKenzi Fleck
Evan Calanog	Jack Reine
Natalie Gladiuex	Landon Marini
Vera Oyler	Abby Collins
Sarah Ding	Grace Gowdamarajan
SATURDAY
4	5
Sawyer Green-Whitehead	AJ Chesterfield
Delaney Miller	Milley Sealls
Presley Barker	MacKenzi Fleck
Evan Calanog	Jack Reine
Natalie Gladiuex	Landon Marini
Vera Oyler	Abby Collins
Sarah Ding	Grace Gowdamarajan

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