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What We Must Do To Win
In The Water
1. Make winning touchouts a habit. 2. Develop habits in practice which will not allow for disqualifications. 3. Always swim smart races. Know yourself, your race and your competition. 4. Master the fundamentals of the sport of swimming: starts, strokes, turns and finishes.
At Practice
1. Be where you are supposed to be, when you are supposed to be there, ready to do what is supposed to be done. 2. Don‘t cut corners. Do all the yardage on all of the sets. Use the pace clock correctly. Go hard when you are told to go hard, easy when you are to go easy. Be honest. No cheating. 3. Maintain the confidence that Regis Jesuit swimmers and divers have worked harder and are better prepared than the competition. 4. Use the other swimmers and divers on the team. Train hard against them. Learn by watching what they do. 5. Take sit-ups, stretching and lifting weights seriously.
At Meets
1. Remember that you are a member of the Regis Jesuit Swim & Dive team. You are representing your school and the proud tradition of Regis Jesuit swimmers and divers who came before you. Act like it! 2. If you are at a Regis Jesuit meet and you choose to wear a cap, it is a Regis Jesuit cap. Your suit is a Regis Jesuit suit, your shirt a Regis Jesuit shirt. Remember who you are and why you are there. 3. Your place is with the team. Others will be supporting you and you need to support them. Your place is NOT in the stands. 4. If our team is swimming or diving, you need to be there. A JV swimmer or diver is expected to show up and cheer for the
State Meet. Likewise, every state qualifier is expected to be cheering loudly at the A and B league meets.
In School
1. After morning practice, comb your hair and be on time for class. 2. Your first priority at Regis Jesuit is to get good grades.
Remember that poor grades will keep you out of swimming and diving and out of good colleges. 3. Hold yourself accountable and expect to be held to the highest standards of accountability. 4. Do not sleep in class.
In General
1. We must DOMINATE our opponent physically and mentally. 2. We must retain poise in the face of a bad break. 3. We must be in better shape than our opponents. 4. We must have a burning desire to win within the rules of the sport. 5. When we walk into a pool, EXPECT to win and then do what it takes.
Guidelines & Expectations
1. Every swimmer or diver is expected to contribute to the betterment of the team. 2. Any outside competition which affects the Regis Jesuit swim team, i.e. practices or meets, must first be cleared with the
Regis Jesuit coaches. 3. Swimmers or divers may be removed from the team for failing to follow team rules or conduct detrimental to the welfare of the team. 4. If a swimmer or diver has any concerns which affects his status on the team, he should open a line of communication with any member of the coaching staff with whom he can relate this difficulty. Should a swimmer or diver decide to remove himself from the team, he should relay this directly to the head coach.
