Meet Schedule Posted

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Andy Scherer

The Hamden/North Haven YMCA Typhoon swim team has posted the tentative schedule for our YMCA swim meets. As always, we will be participating in the Yankee Cluster League which currently includes 13 other teams from YMCA’s throughout Connecticut. You will notice that I also placed the Short Course Nationals date along with this past year’s qualification times; we are nearing a point with our athletes that we will have some swimmers potentially qualifying for Y Nat’s.

Without further ado, here is the tentative schedule to be confirmed next week:

10.23.2010 — National Virtual Meet — Site TBD — Gold, Juniors, and Seniors only
11.6.2010 to 11.7.2010 – Autumn Classic — Site TBD — Juniors and Seniors Only
11.13.2010 — Home Meet — Valley YMCA — All Swimmers
11.20.2010 — Away Meet — Meriden YMCA — All Swimmers — Directions
12.4.2010 — Away Meet — Fairfield YMCA — All Swimmers — Directions
12.11.2010 — Home Meet — Indian Valley YMCA — All Swimmers
1.8.2011 — Away Meet — Wallingford YMCA — All Swimmers — Directions
1.15.2011 — Away Meet — Northwestern YMCA — All Swimmers — Directions
1.29.2011 — Home Meet — Waterbury YMCA — All Swimmers
2.5.2011 — Home Meet — Mystic YMCA — All Swimmers
2.18.2011 to 2.20.2011 — Yankee Cluster Championship — Site TBD — All Swimmers — Directions
3.11.2011 to 3.13.2011 — New England Regionals — Boston, MA — Swimmers with qualifying times and relay members only — 2010 (Last Year) Qualifying Times
4.5.2011 to 4.8.2011 — YMCA National Championship — Fort Lauderdale, FL — Swimmers with qualifying times only — 2010 (Last Year) Qualifying Times

As always, if there are any questions, comments or concerns please don’t hesitate to contact me via e-mail or call 203-248-6361.

Registration Opens Sunday

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Andy Scherer

Just wanted to send out a quick reminder that registration for short course season starts this upcoming Sunday (August 1st). We will be capping each group at 20 swimmers so please make sure you reserve your spot on the team sooner than later.

Along with that, the Typhoon’s practice schedule has changed. We have made life a little easier for the parents with swimmers in multiple age groups, and will be able to utilize all 4 lanes of the pool for two nights out of the week!

As always, if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact coach Andy via e-mail or call 203-248-6361.

Go Typhoons!

Practice Schedule Updated

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Andy Scherer

Even though we just ended the long course season, the coaching staff is very much so looking forward to the upcoming short course season which starts in September. With that said, we have revised the practice schedules for the Hamden/North Haven YMCA Typhoons to work out better for the working families throughout the community.

You can find the updated swim team practice schedule by clicking here: practice schedule. And, if you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave them below or contact Coach Andy.

Go Typhoons!

Yankee Cluster Championships: A Great Meet To End The Season!

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Andy Scherer

The YMCA Yankee Cluster Championships for the 2010 long course season was held this past weekend by the Northern Middlesex YMCA. This YMCA swim meet marks the end of the Hamden/North Haven YMCA Typhoons swim season (the next season’s registration starts August 1st), and all of the swimmers in attendance did a phenomenal job in their events! Here is a quick synopsis of the two day meet which was attended by a total of 10 YMCA swim teams:

Out of 17 total swimmers, there were 16 events that the Typhoons scored points
9 total place winners (4th through 12th)
7 total 1st through 3rd place finishes
88% of swimmers achieved personal best times
Several individual team records broken

Overall, it was a great meet for all of the swimmers as we had a fun time on the pool deck both Friday and Saturday. This has been a great season for the Typhoons, and I greatly look forward to the upcoming short course season which starts in September with our pre-season clinic. Have a great August, rest up, and we will see you on deck in September!

Spring/Summer Swim Team Starts Monday!

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Andy Scherer

With our pre-season swim clinic almost over, the Hamden North Haven YMCA Typhoons look to start their Spring/Summer season this upcoming Monday (April 26, 2010). However, before we move forward, let’s take a look at what we have done so far this past week and a half in our clinic:

Flip Turns

Increased the speed that they get around on the flip
Improved the efficiency of their last pull before the flip
Adjusted their hand positions prior to the push-off from the wall
Fine-tuned the smaller details of the turn to make it as efficient as possible

Freestyle

Worked on individual hand entry
Focused on improving the high catch and early vertical forearm
Improved body position and kick technique
Altered the follow through of the pull to increase torque

Backstroke

Worked the efficiency of the kick
Introduced utilizing the core during the stroke to increase velocity
Practiced proper body position and swimming downhill
Implemented a new flip turn technique to minimize time between the last stroke and the flip turn

Breaststroke

Focused on kick timing to increase stroke efficiency
Worked on when to let go of the water during the stroke
Introduced “pressing”
Practiced the proper way to pull and shoot the hands for maximum torque and minimum drag

Butterfly

Improved the efficiency and the timing of the kick
Worked two different ways to catch and pull the water, and each swimmer decided which way was better for them
Practiced the timing of the stroke
Introduced a new butterfly turn in order to minimize arm drag during the breakout

Even though we have already had a great clinic with the swimmers, we still have an IM day, and a day to review with everyone! All in all, this has been a very successful clinic, and the coaches can only look forward to what is going to be an outstanding (and fun) Spring/Summer with the Hamden North Haven Swim Team!

If you’re interested in finding out more information about the Spring and Summer season, please either visit our Registration Page or contact Coach Andy.

Happy Swimming!