2013 february newsletter

Cy Fair Swim Club “Home of the Fleet” Fleet Swimming and Fleet FIRST Swim School

February 2013

Upcoming Events:

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Fleet swimmers celebrated Marti Gras early

• 8 & Under Short Course Champs Feb 16

Fleet swimmers got the full bead experience at the Marti Gras meet at LSU on January 18-20.

• Short Course Champs (hosted by FLEET) Feb 22—24 • Speedo Series Sectional Championship Feb 28—Mar 2 • 13 & Over Short Course Mar 1—3 • Parents Meeting Mar 4 • Texas Age Group Championships (TAGS) Mar 7—10

Inside this issue: Letter writing party

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Awesome 8 year old

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Coach Maryanne

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Coach Alex

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Coach Matt

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Coach Andy

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Coach Ambar

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Coach Dustin

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Improving one step at a time

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It’s Time to Land the Plane In any profession there are peers in the same arena that have the same philosophical values about the industry. In the case of swimming, I typically talk to the same 4-6 people every year as we get our athletes ready for the final phase of each swim season. This final phase is approached differently by everybody, but some of the key ideas are the same.

Some coaches use the word taper; some use the word rest; others use the term peak meet.

Whatever the case, the goal of any one of these terms is to get our athletes to swim their best at the end of the season.

One of my good coaching buddies has another way to look at this time of the season. He always told me that it’s time to land the plane. The work has been done, and we just need a soft landing. I like that analogy www.FleetSwimming.com

because it truly means that every little detail matters to have a safe landing.

In swimming terms: your short course season is much like a long flight across the Pacific Ocean. There will be a good meal, maybe a good movie, but no flight is ever completely perfect. The reality is that there will be some turbulence and how you react to that change in cabin pressure.

As athletes go through this process, whether it’s Copper, Silver or Elite swimmers, they have the opportunity during this time to control their outcome. This is done by trusting your captain and flight attendants, and following directions as you prepare for the landing.

Let me make one thing clear: ultimately the perfect landing is based on what you did to prepare for this upcoming flight.

Having a safe landing is important, and following directions at the end of the flight can lead to a desired outcome.

As you reflect on the short course season and put the finishing touches on what you believe could be a great swim season, an important item to remember is the success of your season is based on what you did from September to early February. The fine tuning takes place in the middle of February and early March.

This is your captain Jack Maddan; as we start our final descent into the destination of your choice, please put your seat up, tray table back and make sure your seatbelt is buckled for landing. Final destinations include the following meets: 8-Under Champs, 12Under Short Course Champs, 13-Over Short Course Champs, TAGS and Senior Sectionals. I wish you all the best of luck, swim fast and GO FLEET!

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Letter Writing Party Kicks off 2013 SwimSwim-a-Thon - "Every Drop Counts"

Diving demonstra on at Swim Clinic

“THANKS to all who have already donated and for your help and support of our awesome swim club!”

The 2013 Swim-a-Thon is here and our kick off event, the Letter Writing Party and Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, January 26th, was a huge hit. We had a great turnout with over 1,200 sponsor request letters written by mostly the younger groups.

Lots of chocolate chip pancakes and fruit were eaten with gallons of chocolate milk. Raffle prizes were handed out and a fabulous swim clinic was hosted by the FLEET coaches for those swimmers in the Gold and below groups that turned in over 20 letters.

If you were unable to attend or just have more addresses you want to send letters, print off the sponsor request donor letter on the FLEET website (under the Swim -a-Thon tab). Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped, those who donated stamps, the coaches who donated their time for the clinic and everyone who attended the event. We Thank You!!!

Mark your calendar - The big Swim-a-Thon lap swimming day filled with raffle prizes, drawings for gift card donations, silent auction baskets available for bidding, display of lane sponsor signs, and food and fun will be on Saturday, April 27th. Once you start receiving your donations from the donation request letters, keep track of them in your Swim-a-Thon envelope and turn them in as you like from now through May 21st (last day to be eligible for

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prizes). We will have special incentive prizes for the group that turns in the most money by February 28th, March 15th and March 31st. See the Key Dates and Activities timeline and prize list on the Swim-a-Thon page.

All monies are due by May 21st to be eligible for prizes.

New this year - we are using the fundraising module of Team

Unify to accept online/credit card donations. The module is now active and swimmers/ parents can create a personal donation page by clicking on the online donation section of the team website or once the welcome email is sent out to all families, there is a link that will take you straight to the setup page. It is super easy and has a great button called Promote where you can import email addresses and setup a message on Facebook with a link straight to your swimmer's donation page. What an easy way to help those who want to donate via credit card! Look for the online donation email soon.

Gift Cards - As part of our Swima-Thon program, we are still in need of some remaining gift

cards for prizes and for inclusion in silent auction baskets.

Gift cards we would LOVE to receive are noted below. If the GC is received by Feb. 15th, each donor will receive an entry into 1 drawing for some spectacular prizes for each gift card donated by the due date. The drawings will be held on Swim-a -Thon day. Please email Gretta Karker at gkarker@comcast.net of which gift card(s) you are able to donate and drop in her family folder with your swimmer's name and group on it in a sealed envelope.

THANKS to all who have already donated and for your help and support of our awesome swim club!

Every Drop Counts towards making our swim club the best around!

- $25 Olive Garden - $15 Orange Leaf - $25 Cheesecake Factory - $20 Silverado Movie Theaters - $25 Best Buy - $25 Charming Charlies - $25 PF Changs - $25 Panera Bread - $25Willowbrook Mall - $25 Barnes and Noble - $15 Smoothie King - $25 Nail/Pedicure Services really need - $25 Massage Services-really need - $25 Saltgrass Steakhouse -$25 Texas Roadhouse Continued on page 3: Swim-aThon

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Swim-a-Thon (continued from page 2) Lane Sponsors - Another great way to satisfy your fundraising commitment is finding a lane sponsor for the Swim-a-Thon from a business or community establishment. This is a great advertising opportunity at $250 for a business as the company's name is listed on a Thank You banner that is hung at the FLEET pool all year, included on

a Thank You page in the heat sheet of every meet we host, including RWB, from May through April, and will have a sign under a lane on Swim-aThon day, April 27th. Lane Sponsorship forms are available on the FLEET website under the Swim-a-Thon tab. The form also includes information about our swim club. Lane sponsor-

ships are due by April 8th so the banner and lane signs can be printed by Swim-a-Thon day.

Contact Gretta Karker at gkarker@comcast.net for more information or if you have a lane sponsor.

the importance of long term progressive development and views their young swimmers as long term endeavors. Coaches should take a patient and a progressive approach to the development of their young swimmers. Coaches want swimmers in the program through their teen years and into their 20’s when they are physically mature and have the greatest potential for life changing participation.

want to speed it up. There is a sometimes verbalized refrain, “The better he is now, then the better he will be in the future.”

This is not true in most cases.

Parents, who are otherwise well -meaning, sometimes push their budding stars to excel too early at almost any cost. And that cost is frequently failing to finish the long term.

THANK YOU for making EVERY DROP COUNT!!!

The Awesome 8 Year Old

By Guy Edson, ASCA Staff I have never met a coach who didn’t want all their athletes to be the best they can be. I have never met a parent who didn’t want their child to be the best they can be. So why do we have so many conflicts between coaches and parents? The simple answer is that each sees a different path.

Let’s take the case of the unusually advanced 8 year old whose parents want their child to swim with the next group of 9-12’s. “After all,” the mom says, “my son is faster than half of the kids in the next group.” (And she is correct.)

Why wouldn’t the coach give a wholehearted “Yes,” and say, “I’ll move him up right away. In fact, I believe he can make the send off intervals that the 1112’s are making so I’ll put him there. In a year he may be ready for the senior team.”

Why not?

Because every good coach sees

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Ask an adult who dropped out of swimming by age 12 or 13 what they remember from the sport and chances are, they remember very little. Now ask an adult who swam through college what they remember and chances are they will tell you it was one of the most important life changing experiences of their life.

So how do we keep a swimmer in the sport that long?

Many parents also will echo the importance of long term development. However, they just

Parents should take note: A 2001 study by the National Alliance for Youth Sports found that 70% of American kids who sign up for sports quit by the time they were 13. The reason?

They said it wasn't fun anymore.

A study done by the ASCA staff years ago and repeated several times since shows that only 17 to 20% of the aged 9-10 swimmers ranked in the top 16 are still swimming at the national level 5 years later. USA Swimming also did a study using the all time Top 100 list and found that only 11% of the top ranked 10 and unders are still ranked as 17-18 year olds.

Continued on page 4: Awesome

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“Parents sometimes push their budding stars to excel too early at almost any cost.”

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Awesome (continued from page 3) What is the primary reason we lose swimmers? The number one reason according to a survey done a few years ago is simply that swimming stopped being fun. (fun Fridays, looking back fondly when you are older.

Remembering game days) And what are the elements of fun? Friends, caring coaches, and absence of undue pressure from mom and dad to achieve their goals for the child.

When we move an 8 and under to an older age group we: …take them away from their friends. (“Friends” is the number one reason why young swimmers stay on the team in the first place.) …take away their opportunity to be the leader of their peers.

Good coaches build core groups of swimmers around leaders and move those core groups up through the program very nearly together. …take the edge off of that wonderful, playful, crazy style of an 8 year old – because now, they are with older swimmers who usually do not share the same traits as an 8 year old.

“Next time you come to practice, bring an extra towel for your child, and bring a book for yourself.“

…place tremendous pressure on the swimmer because now it’s not about having fun and being with friends, now it is about the serious business of work and achieving the goals mom and dad are setting for the child. …change the progression and move the swimmer to a program which they may not be able to handle physically, developmentally, or mentally. Dry-

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land training for an 8 and under is vastly different than for an 11-12 year old. The amount of fundamental kicking is less for an older age group swimmer.

The amount of stroke work is also less for an older age group swimmer. Skip a proper progression of these and you risk developing an incomplete athlete.

difficult situation. Chatter among swimmers between sets and before and after practice – the so called “locker room talk” may be very inappropriate for an 8 year old to listen to.

…provide less time for games and relays.

…change the focus of the coach as the coach now has to take special care for an underage swimmer in the group who might not make all the intervals or understand all the instructions.

…ignore the fact that the 8 year old may be better than the other 8 and unders because he is simply older biologically and developmentally than his peers and in all likelihood his peers will catch up to him at some point and many will pass on by.

When that happens it is very difficult for the swimmer to understand why they aren’t so “good” anymore and lose interest in the sport.

Neither parents, nor coaches, can MAKE a child be a great swimmer. We can only provide the environment with the proper emotional support (parents) and challenges (coaching) in a well crafted progressive program aimed at the long term development of the child (coaching). It looks like I have reduced the role of the parent to that of providing emotional support – correct!

…identify the 8 year old as a “talent” with tremendous pressure to live up to it. Some parents even identify their young swimmers as “our talented little butterflyer” or backstroker or breaststroker, etc. The problem is, as swimmers grow and body proportions change, they frequently lose their ability to be very good in one specific stroke. If their identity is attached to a stroke and they lose their stroke, then they lose their identity. Good coaches don’t create specialized age group swimmers and try very hard to create well rounded IM swimmers. When parents push a certain stroke upon a child, it adds to the stress.

That’s what you can uniquely provide and that is what is most needed from you.

Next time you come to practice, bring an extra towel for your child, and bring a book for yourself. Allow your child to get lost in the fun of a practice with their buddies while you simply watch them for the sheer joy of it without worries about their swimming future… or, just get lost in your book.

—————————————————— Guy Edson is the Technical Director for the American Swimming Coaches Association and has 30 years of coaching experience.

…place the child in a socially

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Coach Maryanne As you read through Guy Edson’s article about exceptional young swimmers, the thread that I would like to draw your attention to is the role of parents in a swimmer’s athletic career and the reasoning behind a conservative approach toward group placement and advancement in the team. Each of these factors can hold the key to unlocking a child’s potential or snuffing out their fire forever.

I have said this many times in my parent meetings at the beginning of the season, you are entering into a marathon, not a sprint. Swimming is a sport of continuous training and delayed gratification. So, as a coach, I “see the importance of

long term progressive development and view [my] young swimmers as long term endeavors”. My goal is to create long term success in my swimmers, and sometimes that might mean that their success happens once they leave my group. That’s ok with me! As long as I have given them a solid foundation to build on, they will accomplish more as a senior level swimmer.

As we approach our championship season, a parent’s role becomes vital to the success of a swimmer. Your mood and attitude will reflect in your swimmer at meets and practice. The things you say around them will be repeated and said in front of other swimmers.

Make sure that those words are

positive and encouraging!

Coach Edson believes that the role of a parent is to provide emotional support, and he is correct. You are the person that knows your child the best, and emotional support in times of stress is “what you can uniquely provide and… is what is most needed from you.”

Keep things in perspective as you guide your swimmer through their champs meets over this next month. Affirm them, reassure them, and support them in every way possible.

And be aware of the time when you need to let go and allow them to take the lead. Remember, we are looking for long term success, so don’t be discouraged if the times aren’t changing. No matter what the outcome, no race is a waste if you learn something from it.

“Swimming is a sport of continuous training and delayed gratification.”

Alex Rayner: Warming the Muscles The anatomy of the human body is extraordinarily complex and detailed, and is a subject that serves as a primary source of frustration for students around the world. While human anatomy can be intimidating, you don’t have to be well versed in its ways to understand the basics of how your body functions and, more specifically, how it functions in relation to athletic performance. For example, let’s talk about muscles. We all know that we have muscles, but what are they? What do they do?

The human body has over 600 muscles that make up an average of 40% of your total body

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weight! They are all made of an elastic type material that bends, stretches, flexes, lengthens, shortens, twists, and turns, much like a rubber band. If you put a rubber band in the freezer for an hour and then try to flex it, it won’t be able to stretch nearly as far as it could under normal temperature conditions.

The rubber band would be inefficient and more or less incapable of performing its normal duties. Your muscles are the same way! In order to perform at your most optimal level, your muscles need to stay warm during competition.

At every meet you should be dressed in socks and tennis

shoes, pants or shorts, a sweatshirt or a parka, and, if it’s cold outside, even a hat for your head. When you’re cold your body will start to shiver. When this happens, your body is having a reaction that “shakes” the muscles in an attempt to warm them up, a reaction that taps into your body’s energy resources to complete. Walking around with a wet towel wrapped over your shoulders as you shiver to your block will put your body in the same boat as the rubber band straight out of the freezer: cold, stiff, tired and inefficient. Give yourself the best opportunity to swim fast!

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As Fleet moves forward into our new apparel policy, remember that it is important to look, act, and dress like a team while at competitions. Let’s all work together in making sure that we are all bringing our Fleet gear to meets, and representing yourselves and your team while staying warm and preparing to swim fast!

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Coach Matt: Championship Practice Every ­practice is important, but there are probably no practices that are more important than the last few days leading up to a championship meet. After a long season of working hard and breaking the body down, perfecting drills and stroke technique and swimming lap after lap, finally it’s time to let all of the hard work pay off. The last thing you want to do is skip out on the last few practices of the season.

“The last practice before a meet is a final opportunity to fine tune those

In my experience as a coach, especially with younger kids, one of the biggest challenges is convincing kids (and parents for the most part) that they should show up to practice the evening before a big championship swim meet. In a way it makes sense. You want your kid to get to bed early and have as much energy as possible the next morning so that they can

perform at their best. As coaches, we understand the importance of having a rested and recovered body going into the meet. When we plan our practices, it’s not to get a hard workout in the night before the big meet. It’s a final opportunity to fine tune those techniques and racing strategies to go into the meet with the complete confidence of swimming a successful race. The more confident a swimmer feels knowing they did everything possible up to the last day to prepare for their race, the easier it will be to get to sleep that night and get “quality” rest. Skipping practice could lead to a worrisome and sleepless night wondering if you did everything you could and are totally ready.

On the physical side of things, a swimmers body is used to swimming nearly every day. To

perform at its best, it needs to be in the water practicing. Our coaching staff plans practices accordingly to make sure that the body is rested and in peak condition come race day. For older kids, this resting period may start weeks leading up to the start of the meet. For younger kids, their bodies recover much quicker and only need a few days to be completely ready to swim fast.

Whatever the case may be, make sure you do your best to get to practice every day before your champs meet so that this process will actually work. If you do, you will swim faster and be more successful.

Think of your end of season workouts as the last few days that an artist takes to put the final touches to his artwork.

Let’s get to practice and turn your season into a masterpiece!

techniques and racing strategies...”

Coach Andy: Championship Swimming = Taper Time As we approach championship season, swimmers will start their tapers. What is a taper?

Taper is when a swimmer’s volume of work and intensity of swimming is reduced in order to rest the body. By resting the body, the swimmer stores up energy that should result in FAST swims.

With the extra energy a swimmer gets during their taper, they will generally get a little jumpy. Examples, they are more talkative at practice and start becoming more hyper at home. As coaches and parents, we need to look at the big picture. Our swimmers have

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worked hard the entire season leading up to this week of taper. Therefore, we need to be patient and calmly tell them to settle down.

As a swimmer, you need to be aware of all the extra energy you have and do not go out and waste it by doing other things like: playing basketball, skating, or running around the neighborhood.

All of the energy being exerted with other activities would defeat the purpose of all the tapering you have done. Besides exerting all your energy, you are

also increasing the chance of injury right before the “Big Meet”.

A different way to view this, the work a swimmer puts in during the season, is like money you place in a bank. At the end of their season, a swimmer can go to that bank, collect all of his/her money with interest as the pay-off for the hard work given for their season. Bottom line, you can get what you put in and more!!

So swimmers remember to rest up, save the energy, shave and SWIM FAST!!

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Coach Ambar: Goals Well, first month of the year is gone; time goes by fast!

For the month of January, attendance in both of my groups is better than last year, especially on Fridays, I have noticed some of the kids feel really motivated to try harder at practice after they go to meets and improve their times.

Even if they get disqualified they feel motivated to do better

during practice and don't make the same mistakes in future meets.

I think it's really important that young athletes have short and long term goals, no matter what group or age they are. When you have a goal you will work harder to achieve it. If you don't have goals you may think, why am I doing this everyday?

And that would take you to just

get in a non-enjoyable routine.

I've see a couple of my Swimmers work hard every time, attending every practice, and feel motivated to work hard because they want to reach their Swimming goals. Some of them are really close to achieving them. Some of them already did and have new goals.

As a Coach I like to motivate the kids to enjoy Swimming, to work hard, be dedicated and have goals.

Coach Dustin: Nutrition During the Championship Season Here we go again… ANOTHER article about nutrition. Each monthly newsletter seems to have a piece about proper nutrition for swimmers, or about the importance of fueling your body with the rights foods at the right time. Well, why end the streak now right? Plus, this should just emphasize the importance of it all.

If you’ve been reading the monthly articles you should know all about nutrition for swimmers. Carbohydrates are your main source of energy for moderate and high-intense exercise, and your meals should be dominated by them.

Complex carbs are the best, such whole grains, fruits and vegetables. Protein is necessary for muscle repair and growth, and fats (monounsaturated and polyunsaturated are good fats, saturated are bad fats) help aid in energy

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metabolism, maintaining body temperature and regulating hormone production.

Also, the more colors in your meals, the better, as it provides more variety in your diet.

As swimmers who train up to 5 hours a day, it is important to make sure that you are also eating the right amount. USA Swimming’s Nutrition Tracker can help you determine how many calories you need in order to sustain your normal daily activities, plus provide enough for the demands of your swim workouts.

And this is where we tie in great nutrition with taper time and the championship season. This mainly applies to the older swimmers who spend a greater time in the taper phase, but it also has value to the younger

swimmers as well. When we are in the taper phase, we are resting more. We aren’t swimming as often, as long or as intense, so it is important to make sure that we adjust our caloric intake appropriately during this time. The type of foods we eat will remain the same, but we do not need to be eating the same amount that we were during the middle of the season. To achieve peak performance at our last meet, it is critical to maintain a great body composition going up to the blocks. So as we enter the taper phase, pay attention to what you eat and how much you eat, and make sure we are doing everything we can to ensure a successful end-ofseason champs meet.

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“The more colors in your meals, the better, as it provides more variety in your diet.“

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Improving one stroke at a time

By Jarrod Marrs

“Whether you are shooting for B champs or Olympic trials, stay focused and positive!”

So often you hear swimmers frustrated with their lack of seeing improvement. So often you see parents express the same concern. Most of the time, this comes after midseason meets. They say they are working hard. They've been going to practice.

What's the deal??

Don't panic! Not to worry. It is easy for newer, younger, or even more experienced swimmers and their parents to start questioning things when a new best time isn't on that clock. Or a plateau hits on improvement. Don't get upset, stay with the plan.

Swimmers at the most elite level, MIGHT see a best time maybe one or two times a year.

This happens usually at the meet that they are focused on or rest for. Sometimes, they will go a couple of years before seeing a best time. Sometimes, it can be four years later, at the next Olympic Games.

They don't panic after a slow swim mid-season. They know that tons of factors are at play.

Successful swimmers stay focused and are confident that their work will pay off when the time comes! It happens one

stroke at a time. One kick at a time. Every streamline, every stroke, is making you better.

Whether it be swimming, dryland, nutrition, staying hydrated, whatever your focused on, it's making the difference. The point is, all those little things add up. All those little things will eventually pay off. All those

they will become frustrated and a lot of times give up. But every time they eat right, every time they exercise, it makes a difference. The little improvements they make every day will add up to that BIG weight loss later on!

little things will eventually make a BIG DIFFERENCE!! Whether you are shooting for B champs or Olympic trials, stay focused and positive!

-- Jarrod Marrs has been is a former coach at FLEET and former swimmer. Throughout his swimming career, he has earned seven medals in individual competition. In addition, he was ranked among the Top-30 breaststrokers in the world in at least one event for seven consecutive years from 1997-03.

He has also been an assistant coach at the University of Houston.

Jarrod is a personal trainer and swim instructor. Jarrod and his wife, Holly, live in Houston with their three young kids, Sydney and Tyson (twins age 4) and Max (age 19 months).

Parents, in your job, did you get to where you were in a week? A month? Probably not. You had to work your way up and be patient on your goals. If someone is trying to lose 20 or 30 pounds, is it going to happen in a week? A month? Probably not. But over a few months, a year, much more likely. That person will not see a drastic change if they step on a scale every day. If they expect that,

So don't sweat it! It's the same concept with swimming. Trust in your training. Trust in your coaches. Keep your eyes on the prize. Be patient and stay focused.

Swimmers, keep up the hard work. Parents, keep up the positive encouragement. You will get there, one stroke at a time!

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March 4th Parent Mee ngs to be held at FAC Junior, Senior, High School Prep and Elite Groups will be 5:30-6:30 pm.

All other Groups - Copper, Bronze I, Bronze II, Silver I, Silver II, Compe Prep and Gold Groups will be 7:00-8:00 pm. www.FleetSwimming.com

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Cy Fair Swim Club Street Address 14654 Spring Cypress Rd. Cypress, TX 77429 Mailing Address 11659 Jones Rd., PMB #351 Phone: 281-376-2372 Fax: 281-251-6160

“Home of the Fleet”

Mission Statement To provide members and residents of the NW Houston area with the best quality swim programs that develop the physical, athle c and personal poten al for all ages and levels.

This is accomplished through the following principles: • Provide an environment where swimmers of all ages can reach their desired poten al based on a philosophy of “longer range development”.

• To teach all of our members the value, rewards and poten al that aqua c a vi es provide.

• To provide a safe aqua c environment for members of the team and the community.

• Provide coaches who are good role models for the purpose of goal se6ng, mo va on, a6tude, enthusiasm, morals and maturity.

• Provide an environment where coaches and athletes may establish realis c goals and objec ves and measure their progress against established standards as benchmarks for improvement.

• Provide a link to the local community that improves the value of both to their members.

• Con nued growth of the membership and as well as facili es for training and development.

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Coaching Staff Jack Maddan, Head Coach & Elite Team Coach coachjack@fleetswimming.com Andrew Korda, Head Age Group, Senior & Gold Coach coachandy@fleetswimming.com Matt Hone, Lead Developmental Coach coachmatt@fleetswimming.com Dustin Myers, Elite Team Asst. Coach, Silver II Coach coachdustin@fleetswimming.com Maryanne Svoboda, Bronze II and Silver Teams Coach coachmaryanne@fleetswimming.com Camilo Orellana, Bronze I & Competitive Prep Coach coachcamilo@fleetswimming.com Alex Rayner, Junior Team & Competitive Prep Team coachalex@fleetswimming.com Ambar Fernandez, Bronze Team Coach coachambar@fleetswimming.com Jeff Carder, Copper Team & Pre-Competitive Team coachjeff@fleetswimming.com Chris Woolsey, High School Prep Coach coachchris@fleetswimming.com

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