Y'all may have heard...

 

...that I'm no longer coaching swim in Bay City.

 

It's true - what a relief!

 

Here's a little look around as I wrapped things up at "the facility":

 

 

In case you miss listening to the Swim Talk A2B podcasts (and hey, who doesn't!?!?), catch up here

 

This Week

 

I'll be checking up on the pool tomorrow afternoon and if all is well, let's try to get back in the water!

 

Here's a very tentative plan for this week:

 

Tuesday:  5-6:45 p.m.

 

Wednesday:  5-6:45 p.m

 

Thursday:  5-6:45 p.m

 

Friday:  5-6:15 p.m or Aggieland (w/ShAC coaches)

Saturday:  Aggieland

Sunday:  Aggieland (w/ShAC coaches)

Quote of the Week

 

How you recover from what life's

throwing at you is what matters.

Joseph William "Joe" Namath

Quote of the Week

 

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who

did nothing because he could do only a little.

Edmund Burke

 

Quote of the Week

 

I know that other people set goals for me and

have expectations, but if I stay focused on my

goals, I know that's when I'm most successful.

 

  Kathleen Genevieve "Katie" Ledecky

 

 

Attendance

 

Long Course (through July 11)

1. O. Spencer 39/44 - 88.6%

2. M. Vargas 37/44 - 84.1%

3. K. Spencer 31/44 - 70.5%

4. G. Gibbons 28/44 - 63.6%

5. M. Moya 25/44 - 56.8%

6. L. Frick 24/44 - 54.5%

7T. J. Cook 20/44 - 45.5%

7T. L. Cook 20/44 - 45.5%

2021 Season Team 314/522 - 60.2%

 

 

 

Attendance Update

 

June (through 25th)

1T. M. Moya 25/30 - 83.3%

1T. O. Spencer 25/30 - 83.3%

3. M. Vargas 24/30 - 80.0%

4. G. Gibbons 22/30 - 73.3%

5. L. Frick 19/30 - 63.3%

6. K. Spencer 18/30 - 60.0%

7T. J. Cook 16/30 - 53.3%

7T. L. Cook 16/30 - 53.3%

2021 Season Team 255/410 - 62.2%

 

 

Another Core Exercise: Turkish Get-Up

 

Should be learned w/o weight and done w/precision.

 

Very good overall body weight exercise, especially for core work.

 

Excellent strength training add-on for breaststrokers.

Attendance Pupdate

June (through 18th)

1. M. Vargas 24/24 - 100.0%

2. M. Moya 22/24 - 91.7%

3. O. Spencer 21/24 - 87.5%

4. L. Frick 19/24 - 79.2%

5. G. Gibbons 16/24 - 66.7%

6. K. Spencer 14/24 - 58.3%

7T. J. Cook 13/24 - 54.2%

7T. L. Cook 13/24 - 54.2%

2021 Season Team 231/362 - 63.8%

May/June Attendance

 

Finally catching up on attendance figures.

May

1T. J Cook 14/17 - 82.4%

1T. L Cook 14/17 - 82.4%

1T. M Vargas 14/17 - 82.4%

4. O. Spencer 13/17 - 76.5%

5. K. Spencer 10/17 - 58.8%

6. G. Gibbons 7/17 - 41.2%

7T. L Frick 6/17 - 35.3%

7T. M Moya 6/17 - 35.3%

9. C. Peralta 4/17 - 23.5%

10. J. Peralta 1/17 - 5.9%

Team 89/170 - 52.4%

June (through 11th)

1. M. Vargas 15/15 - 100.0%

2. M. Moya 14/15 - 93.3%

3. O. Spencer 13/15 - 86.7%

4T. L. Frick 11/15 - 73.3%

4T. G. Gibbons 11/15 - 73.3%

6T. J. Cook 8/15 - 53.3%

6T. L. Cook 8/15 - 53.3%

6T. K. Spencer 8/15 - 53.3%

Team 177/290 - 61.0%

Watching Olympic Trials

 

 

Quote of the Week

 

A truly strong person does not need the

approval of others any more than a

lion needs the approval of sheep.

 

 

via Optimize

 Vernon Linwood Howard

Garrett Weber-Gale Nutrition Videos (Repost)

Definitely worth an encore.  GWG gives great advice in both Series 1 & 2 below.

Here's Series 1 of GWG's nutrition videos:

Series 2:

Front Starts - Cleanest Entry

 

3 Starts @ 5 Pts. Ea.

 

CP - 15/15

OS - 14/15

LC - 11/15

JC - 10/15

Anti-Paddle/Tow-Ball Time Guess

 

Tow-Ball 50's Time Guess (Average Difference)

 

JC - (:01.66)

GG - (:01.76)

LC - (:01.82)

OS - (:04.76)

Even Split 50 Free

Even Split 50 (Difference)

OS (:00.7)

LF (:01.6)

GG (:01.7)

KS (:02.6)

Free Kick Test Set & 50 Free Time Guess

 

Kick Set Average

 

OS - 1:24.6

LC - 1:25.2

JC - 1:31.0

LF - 1:36.8

MV - 1:47.2

GG - 1:48.4

KS - 2:17.2

50 Free Time/Guess/Difference

OS - :24.5/:24.6/:00.1

LC - :27.7/:27.4/:00.3

LF - :29.2/:29.8/:00.6

CP - :26.5/:25.8/:00.7

JC - :29.7/:30.5/:00.8

GG - :31.8/:30.8/:01.0 & KS - :34.1/:35.1/:01.0

JP - :29.7/:28.5/:01.2

CSCAA Executive Director Greg Earhart

Encore!

(also available at Anchor)

A guest from 2020 joined us for an encore last weekend.

 

Listen as Sam Kendricks fills us in on

• Women's D-I NCAA's
• Men's D-I NCAA's
• the Retirement that shook the Swimming World, and
• the wonderful world of swim meet announcing:

 

 

 

 

 

Nort Thornton & Jon Urbanchek

Hall of Fame coach Nort Thornton is hospitalized with a heart issue.  Thornton coached the powerhouse California Golden Bears and numerous Olympic medalists came through his club and college programs in 70's, 80's, 90's, & 00's.

When we do a head-up, high-tempo breaststroke set, it likely had its origins out west in Coach Thornton's program!

Retired Michigan coach Jon Urbanchek - another Hall of Famer with a similar resume - tweeted out his support:

Nort!
We are PULLING for you!
8 x 50 :45 breast  fins &pads chin up. Move it ! Jon

Much of the heart rate work done in our program - and around the world - is based on Coach Urbanchek's "color charts" that simplify things for us less gifted coaches...

Denny Pursley

We got called for a false start on the Denny Pursley Podcast Episode.  Since we're old-school guys, we went with the old rule book and got back up on the blocks for another shot at this.  If you prefer platforms other than YouTube, visit us at Anchor.

 

We got to talk to one of our sport's all-time great coaches, Dennis Pursley!

Check out his Career at a Glance. from the 2018 'Bama Swimming Media Guide:

Pretty danged impressive, right?!?!

Pay close attention starting around 24:30, as I'd been sharing how proud I was of our 2021 group with Denny, and the way we came through this season of uncertainty and ups & downs.

Taper/Shave Guidelines

Reminder:

Last 15m

 

Take a look at the last 30 yards - especially the last 15m - of Kristina Schneider's anchor leg (:48.74) of UNLV's 400 free relay at last night's Mountain West Conference meet:

.@UNLV_Swim_Dive wins the 400 freestyle relay by a tenth of a second!#MWSD | #BEaREBEL pic.twitter.com/PYMSVTYNMl

— Mountain West (@MW_OlySports) February 21, 2021

That's how we finish a freestyle race!

Bored?

 

No, I mean REALLY bored?

 

This episode is guest-less and covers:

• NISCA (high school coaches' organization) virtual meeting
• ASCA (all coaches' organization) virtual clinics
• NFHS (high school sports' governing body) rules changes
• NCAA swimming program cuts (poly-ticks & money)

 

Still interested?

 

Find it at Anchor (Episode XXI) or listen via YouTube below:

 

Quote of the Week

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

 

 

Alexander Graham Bell

Podcasts on YouTube

In case you're not on Spotify, you can catch all our Swim Talk A2B podcasts on YouTube here

 

 

Quote of the Week

My motto was always to keep swinging.  Whether I

was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble

off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.

 

Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron

Top Five Milers Update

 

 

 

Quote of the Week

 

Few things are harder to put up with

than the annoyance of a good example.

 

 

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain

Attendance Update

 

Current combined (HS/JH/ShAC) Christmas Training Attendance Standings:

 

1. Felix R (12)

2. Michael V (11)

3. Glory V (10)

4T. Matthew B, Megan M, Oliver S, Ashton W (9)

8T. Suhana K, Sergio R, Sophie S (7)

11T. Julia C, Luke C (5)

13. Lucie F (4)

14T. Victoria S, Chris C, Rachel C (3)

17T. Daniel D, Chris P, Jordan W, Ethan Y (2)

21. Jo Daniel (1)

 

Remaining schedule:

 

Dec. 31, 8-10 & 3-5

Jan. 2, 8-10

Jan. 4, 8-10 & 3-5

Jan. 5, 3-5