Ahoy!
The All City Clinics went great last night! I'm so proud of the accomplishments of all the swimmers.
Some parents asked for a list of tips and techniques from the clinic so I've listed some of the highlights below in a question and answer format just the way they were presented at the clinic. Swimmers who attended the clinics should be able to answer the following questions:
1. What do the short whistles mean? GET READY
2. What does the long whistle mean? STEP IN/UP (WITH CONFIDENCE)
3. What is the starting command? "TAKE YOUR MARK."
4. What are the words for the streamline? HAND OVER HAND, WRIST OVER WRIST SQUEEZE
5. How far should you streamline? AT LEAST TO THE FLAGS/END OF THE BLUE
6. What are the words for the backstroke starting position? HANDS ON, HEAD IN, BUTT OUT
7. What happens everytime you splash? IT SLOWS YOU DOWN AND MAKES YOU TIRED
8. What do the backstroke flags mean? SPEED UP! THE WALL IS COMING?
9. What is your backstroke number? ANSWERS WILL VARY
10. Where should you touch the wall on all finishes? BELOW THE "SILVER"
11. What does a proper freestyle finish look like? BODY STRETCHED OUT FULL LENGTH ON SIDE, HEAD ON ARM
12. What is the most important factor in improving any stroke? HEAD POSITION
13. Why do we call it the butterfly? BECAUSE YOUR BUTT FLIES
14. What are the "words" for the butterfly arms? BUTT, ER, FLY
15. What is concentration? THINKING ABOUT ONE THING
16. What is focus? THINKING ABOUT THE RIGHT THING
Hope this helps. Keep swimming for good times! See you at the pool!
-jn
