Remember, Stroke Clinic on Saturday

STROKE CLINIC: SATURDAY @ 1000 VALDESE POOL with  Coach Linda Kidd. Improve your back stroke without  increasing the risk of injury. Remember your donation to the Xcell Swim team for the clinic.

 

See this article to help improve your freestyle stroke:

 

http://www.usms.org/articles/articledisplay.php?aid=3074

 

And remember, with temperatures as high as they have been, the water temperature in well above 80 degrees, so slow down and don't overheat in the water.

Updates, Meet Dates, and Backstroke Clinic

Hi, Everyone!

There is a group practice this Saturday, June 20, at 8:30am for anyone interested.Come work with some of the new equipment.

Linda will be holding a backstroke clinic on June 27, at 10:00am. Please email kiddswimming@yahoo.com to RSVP. $20 is suggested.

Finally, some meet and camp dates:

Hold The Date: August 29 (morning): all ages welcome in Valdese for a fall version of the Spring Splash. More details on events, times, etc. This will be without the bubble!

The Long Course Meters State Championships are being held at the Y Pool in Goldsboro, Saturday, July 25th, entries close on July 18th.  There are discounts for early entry.  The following link has entry information:

https://www.clubassistant.com/club/meet_information.cfm?c=1910&smid=6672

 

The US Masters High Performance Swim Camp is being held in Greensboro August 22nd-25th.  See the following link for more information:

http://www.ncmasters.org/2015-performance-camp.pdf

 

If you want more information,  go to the NC USMS website to learn more about joining. Also check out the bulletin board with some USMS dates.

See everyone soon, and bring a friend!

Some Great Articles and Equipment Reminder

Happy Friday!

Just a reminder to everyone that equipment can be picked up from Ed on mornings and from Bryan on Monday evenings. Try it out! Here is a good article about how using fins can help out your swimming!

The Valdese Torpedo summer team will be selling tickets to the Crawdads' game on July 17th. Check with a team member or coach to purchase some. The funds will help us finish purchasing the final three lane line and a line reel appropriate for the bigger buoys. Tickets are $9, and $6 comes back to the team.

Here is an interesting little article about swimming for fitness. Peruse it at your leisure! Also, check out this great little article about USMS and the appeal of the sport to everyone from young, ex-Olympians to older, recreational swimmers.

Have a great weekend!

Some Updates and Articles!

Happy Friday, everyone!

First of all, congratulations to all of those who will be participating at the Senior Games today! Go RTS!

The Bubble is coming down! For the next week, the pool will be closed as the cover comes off for the summer. Get ready for some beautiful sunrise swims. It will reopen Monday, May 18. Remember, you can still swim at Morganton this week if you need your chlorine fix.

Since the pool is closed, Linda's stroke clinic will most likely be the Saturday of the Memorial Day weekend (May 23). Please RSVP to kiddswimming@yahoo.com if you are interested.

Ed is in the process of procuring some equipment for the team to share. If you have any particular suggestions, please feel free to share your thoughts with him.

Finally, there have been some great articles out over the past few weeks that Ed has emailed. Please go through and read them for some great information! Also, in the event you missed the coverage of the recent USMS Nationals, check out the video recap from SwimSwam:  http://swimswam.com/2015-nationwide-usms-spring-nationals-results-records-and-more-video-feature/.

Happy Swimming!

Swim Swam Article about USMS

Hi everyone!

I wanted to share this with you all after reading it this afternoon on SwimSwam. Take a look and see if you can identify with the author/swimmer here!

Check it out: http://swimswam.com/11-things-ive-learned-from-two-weeks-of-masters-swimming/

Have a great night, and good swimming!

David

Practice Tonight and Equipment Suggestions

Good afternoon!

We have a little bit of money now for some equipment. Linda has given some useful suggestions for things to purchase, including rotation devices like paddles, Tech-Tok, and bungees. Please give us some feedback as to what you think would be useful for the team by emailing Ed.

Linda will hold another stroke clinic the morning of May 16. Please don't forget to RSVP with Linda at kiddswimming@yahoo.com if you plan to attend. $20 is the suggested donation amount.

Our next practice is tonight at 5:30pm. See you there!

Senior Games Survey, Triathlon, and More!

First off, thanks to everyone who participated in the Spring Splash. We had a lot of fun and raised some decent money as our cut of the entry fees. The members of RTS who participated did a great job, showing that just because we aren't age groupers anymore doesn't mean we can't win.

This Saturday, April 18, is the Valdese Triathlon! Please come down around 9am to see the swimmers do their thing and cheer on our members who are participating.

The Valdese Torpedo Swim Team - the summer team sponsored by the Rec. - has begun signing up swimmers for this summer. Tell friends, family, neighbors, grandchildren, etc. The girls won conference last year, and the boys were second. Let's make it first and first this year! Check out vtst.blogspot.com for more information.

Thanks to everyone who has completed the survey sent out via email. You responses help us have a better understanding of where you want this program- YOUR program - to go in the future.

Speaking of surveys- Ed wanted anyone who is over the age of 50 to take a moment to fill out the National Senior Games Association Survey. Read below for more details.

Senior Health and Wellness

Fitness Age Test and NSGA Survey Update

We have currently received more than 3,200 responses to the NSGA Fitness Age Survey - GREAT job athletes! However, more is better and we need as many as possible to take the Fitness Age Test and report your Fitness Age to NSGA. This will help us prepare a scientific report to share with the world.

 

We have had feedback that some of you were not able to access or complete the Fitness Age Test. The Norwegian research team reports that at times their website had very high volume and that probably caused the difficulty. If you are one of those who had an issue, please try again. If you haven't done it yet, do it - every single response is important!

• Step 1: Go here to take the https://www.worldfitnesslevel.org/?group=xxyeeslohf#/
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• Step 2:  Go here and report your Fitness Age to https://docs.google.com/a/nsga.com/forms/d/1NthXD3KoqJ_EinJZZZWqgFdHYUdM_PEpktGKRDsKu60/viewform

THANK YOU!

Good Swimming!