JUNIOR ROYAL 4 NEWSLETTER: WEEK 5 (LCM 25)

Champions in the Pool. Champions In Life.

GRATITUDE~GRIT~GROWTH~MINDFULNESS~OWNERSHIP

Happy Week 5!

Our first cycle of training is offficially done! We are into Cycle 2! We will be ramping the yards up some as well as the intensity. That said, we will also have a mid-week recovery day to ensure their bodies are pushed but not too far. Our dryland training will be getting switched up too this week! The two most important things is 1. Recovery - recovery isn't just having an "easy day" at practice...it's also drinking enough water, making sure the kids are eating enough and often and most importantly getting rest- at their age they need anywhere from 8-10 hours of rest with the amount of work and exertion they're outputting. This week we need our tempo trainers and drag socks for the back half of the week. If you have any questions with these two pieces of gear don't hesitate to reach out!

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

  80 PERCENTER'S

• Presley Barker
• Evan Calanog
• AJ Chesterfield
• Abby Collins
• Sawyer Green-Whitehead
• Landon Marini
• Delaney Miller
• Vera Oyler
• Jack Reine

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!

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 . 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)

STAFF

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

UPCOMING EVENTS

HIGHLIGHTS

UPCOMING

• Summer Sizzler: May 30th-June 1st Sign up is past 
• Summer Invite: June 13th - June 15th Sign up HERE

GENERAL CALENDAR

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

WEEKLY CALENDAR