JUNIOR ROYAL 4 NEWSLETTER: WEEK 11 (LCM 25)

Champions in the Pool. Champions In Life.

GRATITUDE~GRIT~GROWTH~MINDFULNESS~OWNERSHIP

Happy Week 11!

Good Evening! We have a big week coming up! We have both Open Water State and Enchanted Forest this week and it will be ONE HOT WEEK! Please make sure your athletes are seriously hydrated, well fed and getting great sleep this week! This weekend make sure they have sunblock to put on in between events and lots of water and snacks! I am excited to watch a lot of fast and fun racing as we hit our 3rd meet in 6 weeks! I am super proud and impressed with everything everyone has done over the last 11 weeks and what we are preparing to do to finish out the season in just 5-6 weeks!

As I noted earlier last week we will be sharing our space with FAST in the coming weeks. This will start the Monday after Enchanted Forest. That also means we will be moving to the 9-11am time slot so we can keep space in the pool for us. If you have any questions on this please don't hesitate to reach out!

Coming up...

1. Enchanted Forest
2. Sunday Night Lights - Sunday July 13th - Sign Up HERE
3. Age Group State - Sign Up HERE

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

• Evan Calanog
• AJ Chesterfield
• Natalie Gladieux
• Grace Gowdamarajan
• 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

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