JUNIOR ROYAL 4 NEWSLETTER: WEEK 13 (LCM 25)

Respect All. Fear None.

GRATITUDE~GRIT~GROWTH~MINDFULNESS~OWNERSHIP

Happy Week 13!

Good Evening! I hope everyone had a great July 4th weekend! Personally, I did with my kids...lots of pool time (yes I go to pools when I'm not at pools lol). This week we will be pushing yards but also honing in on little things. We have 2 meets this week! The Championship Splash on Friday and the Under the Lights 50's meet on Sunday evening! I think both are valuable for fast racing as well as having some fun here at the end of the season before the Championship season commences! For Championship Season - I will definitely be at Age Group State but I will unfortunately not be at Divisionals this year due to being out at Zones coaching. I will let the kids know who to go to while in my absence! Please make sure your swimmer is signed up for one or both of these! If you have any questions please let me know! On one last note, let's make sure we extend our warmest welcome to our new Commander and Chief Coach Jeff Thompson! As of last week he officially put his feet on SSC's soil permanently! When you see him on deck give him a shout and introduce yourself he's excited to lead SSC into their next chapter!

Coming up...

1. Last Chance Splash - July 11th (pm) - Sign Up HERE
2. Sunday Night Lights - Sunday July 13th - Sign Up HERE
3. Senior State - Sign Up HERE
4. Age Group State - Sign Up HERE
5. Divisionals - 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

• Presley Barker
• Natalie Gladieux
• Grace Gowdamarajan
• Sawyer Green-Whitehead

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!

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