JUNIOR ROYAL 4 NEWSLETTER: WEEK 6 (LCM 25)

Champions in the Pool. Champions In Life.

GRATITUDE~GRIT~GROWTH~MINDFULNESS~OWNERSHIP

Happy Week 6!

Good morning!! We are ramping up for Week 6 and our 2nd week of the new cycle of training! The kids crushed the first week and have learned a LOT about what threshold, what "pink" truly means and how to really push! They are starting to corelate how their eating habits affect their training and what their heart rates should be at rest vs working hard! As a reminder, we are ramping the yards up some as well as the intensity and that we have a mid-week recovery day to ensure their bodies are pushed but not too far. The two main things outside the pool these next two weeks especially is 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. That said, I want to shoutout the parents that came and helped with the Omlette Bar this weekend! The kids seemed to love it, they got crazy good protein in after a tough week and it seemed even easier than pancakes! Thank you to Chef Brent for cooking them up and to Amy, Mindy and Kelli for being there that day to supervise and have fun with the kids!

Coming up...

1. Saturday May 24th Practice - We will still be having practice on Saturday May 24th...we are doing a combined in water practice with the 2's and 3's and it will be more of a fun fast Indy 500 style practice!
2. Monday May 26th Practice - Will will still be having practice but it will be 7-9am so that you can enjoy the rest of your day! Normally I would give this day up but with it being meet week we can't afford that day off!
3. Summer Sizzler - I am excited for us to absolutely crush it at this meet!! It is prelim/final and I can't wait to see second swims in some crazy fast events!

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

**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
• Abby Collins
• Natalie Gladieux
• Sawyer Green-Whitehead
• Landon Marini
• Delaney Miller
• Vera Oyler
• Jack Reine
• Milley Sealls

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