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Taper Time For The Next Two Weeks

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The 2010 Long Course season for the Hamden/North Haven YMCA Swim Team is (almost too) rapidly coming to an end. With tonight marking the last dual meet of the season (swimming against the Wallingford YMCA Dolphins), taper will start this upcoming Monday for the Juniors and Seniors.  Here is a quick look at where we have been, overall, for the season as well as where taper will take us over the course of two weeks.

Throughout the summer season, we have peaked at 3350 yards per hour for the Senior group and around 3000 yards per hour for the Junior group.  With the coming taper period, we will drop to 2150 per hour for both groups for the first week while we maintain work on anaerobic phases and race paces with increased rest and concentration on technique.

For the final week, we will drop the hammer to 1525 yards per hour and fine tune all of our race technique and strategies as the Yankee Cluster Championship hits that Friday (July 23rd) and Saturday (July 24th).

Overall, it has been a phenominal seasaon, and I cannot wait to see how these upcoming two weeks turn out for the Juniors and Seniors.

P.S.  The Silver and Gold groups will be going through a “mini-taper”.  Since they are full of energy anyway, they will be truly focusing on race technique and resting just that last week before Championships.

Go Typhoons!

Spring/Summer Swim Team Starts Monday!

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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!

Practice Schedule Updated

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Our Hamden/North Haven YMCA Typhoon swim team practice schedule has been updated for the summer season.  Please feel free to visit: http://www.typhoonswimming.com/practices/ for more practice time information.

Also, as a reminder, our swim clinic starts next week, and will continue for two weeks.  We will be hitting a significant amount of stroke and racing technique with all of our groups and (as always) should be a great time for everyone involved!  Please make sure that you register ahead of time (prior to Monday) and solidify your spot in clinic!

As always, if you have any questions please feel free to contact Coach Andy at 203-248-6361 or ascherer@cccymca.org.

Go Typhoons!

YMCA New England Championships 2010: 3 Days Left

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The Hamden North Haven YMCA Typhoon Swim Team officially has 3 days left until they make their way to the YMCA New England Regional Championships in Boston, MA!  This 2009 – 2010 Short Course season marks the first time that the Typhoons have hit double digits in individual qualifiers ranging from the Hamden, North Haven, Bethany, and surrounding communities.  This also allows relay teams from each age group to attend the championship meet!

For more: New England Championship Information

Travelling to Boston!

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As the Hamden North Haven YMCA Swim Team – The Typhoons – head into their last week of taper practice prior to New England’s, here is a quick run-down of how the 2009/2010 short course season went:

  • 43 of 66 team records broken
  • 10 individual swimmers qualified for New England’s
  • 7 relay teams (a total of 28 swimmers) competing in New England’s
  • 13 and 14 year old boys placed 5th overall in Cluster Championships
  • 9 and 10 year old boys placed 3rd overall in Cluster Championships
  • 13 and 14 year old girls placed 7th overall in Cluster Championships

To say the very least, it has been a great season so far with the final meet coming up in Boston, MA!  For those swimmers in the meet, swim hard and fast!

For results, I will be trying to post each evening which events were swum and how each swimmer (and relay team) did with their swims!  So, check back for more information, and more records broken in a week!

Go Typhoons!

Northern Middlesex YMCA Results

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The results have been posted from this past weekend’s swim meet. You can click the following link for them (NMYB Results) or find them under our swim meet results page.

As a meet recap, all of the Typhoon swimmers did an outstanding job on Saturday morning against the Northern Middlesex YMCA Barracudas! Both swim team‘s had great results with quite a few swimmers dropping time which is always hard in this part of the season! Along with the great times, we had one more swimmer qualify for New England’s and another swimmer qualify for New England’s in an alternate event! Great swimming to the both of you!

See you all on deck!

Mystic YMCA at HNH YMCA Swim Meet Results

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The meet results for this past weekend have been posted.  I want to congratulate all swimmers who participated and thank the Mystic YMCA Hammerheads for traveling to us for our first home swim meet of the season!  Both swim teams did a phenomenal job in the water!

Waterbury YMCA and Wheeler YMCA Swim Meet Results

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The swim meet results for both the Waterbury YMCA and the Wheeler YMCA meets have been posted to the Swim Meet Results section of our website.  Please take a moment to visit that page and look through your swimmer’s accomplishments over the past couple of weekends!  If you’d like to quickly get to these results you can click below:

Waterbury YMCA Results

Wheeler YMCA Results

I look forward to seeing everyone at our first home meet this weekend!!

Go Typhoons!

Weekly Typhoon E-Mail

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Dear Typhoons swimmers and parents:

The weekly email is sent a day early to remind parents that our Parents Board meeting is TONIGHT (November 2) from 6 to 7 PM at the Y kitchen.

November Deadlines and Upcoming Events:

November 2nd (Monday) 6 to 7 PM – Parents Board meeting (all parents are welcome). Agenda will be available at the meeting.

November 3rd (Tuesday):

– Junior and Senior swimmers are requested to turn in your entries and entry fees ($4 per event) for Autumn Classic by tomorrow evening.  If Andy has not received a check by tomorrow, he will not enter your swimmers. Checks should be addressed to “Hamden North Haven YMCA” and put your swimmers’ name(s) and Autumn Classic on the memo line.  Swimmers from Gold or Silver squads, please contact Andy if you really want to swim in this meet. Swimmers can pick 2 to 3 events (no relays). Event list can be found here: http://www.typhoonswimming.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Autumn-Classic-Event-List.pdf.

– Last equipment pick up is tomorrow (Tuesday) evening (6:30 – 6:45 PM).  Otherwise you need to contact either Traci Hodes or Coach Andy directly for pickup.

November 6th (Friday) Deadline Extended – Any last minute competition suit orders need to be submitted to Metro Swim Shop no later than Friday, November 6th in order to receive the suit by the first dual meet on November 14th.

November 7th and 8th (Saturday and Sunday) – Autumn Classic is held at the Middlesex YMCA.  Directions are here: http://www.typhoonswimming.com/directions/middletownymca.pdf.

November 7th (Saturday) – Age groups 12 & under, 11:45 AM warm-up

November 8th (Sunday) – Age groups 13 & over, 1:00 PM* warm-up (*please note that this is a change in time from past years)

November 14th (Saturday) – Away meet @ Farmington Valley YMCA – 1:30pm on deck time. Directions are here: http://www.typhoonswimming.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Farmington-Valley-YMCA-Directions.pdf

November 21st (Saturday) – Away meet @ Waterbury YMCA – 10:00am on deck time.  Directions are here: http://www.typhoonswimming.com/meets/directions-to-away-meets/

Reminders:

If you haven’t picked up your team suit, please see Coach Andy.

Parents should be checking the blog and website (http://www.typhoonswimming.com/) regularly for updates on practices, meets, etc.

Fundraising:

Applebees Pancake Breakfast:

– Sell your Applebees Pancake Breakfast (scheduled for January 2) tickets! Tickets are included in the parent orientation folder.  If you did not receive a folder, come to tonight’s meeting or contact Kathy directly (kathryn.garner@ubs.com or 860-616-9073 during the day, 248-1982 in the evening).

– One parent volunteer is needed from Silver, Gold & Senior practice groups.  We already have a volunteer from the Juniors’ group. You will earn 4 volunteer points.

–
Heidi

National YMCA Virtual Swim Meet Results

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Just quickly updating everyone that the results for this weekend’s swim meet have been posted to the Meet Results page. Just hover your mouse over the swim meets tabs and click on “Meet Results”.

The only times that were not given to me were the girls that were unattached (high school swimmers). Their times are as follows:

S. Hodes
50 free: 28.01
100 back: 1:13.45

A. Nebor
50 free: 36.81
100 back: 1:23.83

M. Munstermann
50 free: 28.75
100 back: 1:12.87

Again, I want to congratulate all of our Typhoon swimmers for a great meet this weekend! I hope you all had as much fun as us coaches did!