I want to congratulate all of our Typhoon swimmers that participated in today’s National YMCA Virtual Swim Meet! Everyone did a phenomenal job in their events and truly started the season off with a splash!
Thanks to one of our swimmer’s mom we were able to capture a few photos to share with you from the meet. I hope everyone had a great time today, and I cannot wait for the November 7th and 8th at the Autumn Classic! Enjoy the slide show!
I wanted to quickly remind everyone that we (the Hamden North Haven YMCA Swim Team) have one of our fundraisers tomorrow evening from 5:00 – 8:00pm at the Friendly’s in the North Haven Target Plaza. Please come and support the Typhoon swim team while enjoying a great meal (and sundae) with your family! If you are in a rush for time, you can order take out and still help out the team.
Along with this reminder, I want to also remind everyone that your practice times for tomorrow evening (Tuesday, October 20th) will change as well.
If anyone needs anything or has any questions please let me know know via e-mail (ascherer@cccymca.org) or call me at 203-248-6361.
Happy Swimming!
The 2009/2010 swim meet schedule for the Hamden North Haven YMCA Swim Team has been posted! We will have our first dual meet in mid-November and span throughout February until our Yankee Cluster Championship. Following Yankee Clusters, only swimmers that have qualifying times or are selected for relay teams will participate in the New England Regional Championships.
So, without further ado, here it is:
October 24, 2009 – National YMCA Virtual Meet (Northern Middlesex YMCA) (directions)
November 7 & 8, 2009 – Autumn Classic (Northern Middlesex YMCA) (directions)
November 14, 2009 – Away meet @ Farmington Valley YMCA
November 21, 2009 – Away meet @ Waterbury YMCA (directions)
December 5, 2009 – Away meet @ Wheeler YMCA
December 12, 2009 – Home meet with Mystic YMCA
January 9, 2009 – Home meet with Northwest YMCA
January 23, 2009 – Home meet with Northern Middlesex YMCA
February 6, 2009 – Home meet with Meriden YMCA
February 13, 2009 – Away meet @ Southington YMCA (directions)
February 19, 20, & 21, 2009 – Tentative Date for Yankee Cluster Championships
March 20 & 21, 2009 – Tentative Date for New England Regional Championships (Boston, MA) – Qualifying Times Needed
It’s official, the Hamden North Haven YMCA Swim Team has chosen their competition suits for the upcoming seasons (through 2011)! So, without further ado, I introduce to you the TYR Freeze Frame:
Please remember that you can try on and take home your Typhoon competition suit (required for all swimmers) at our Team Fitting on October 12, 2009!
The Hamden North Haven YMCA Swim Team looks to start their semi-annual preseason swim clinic today! Throughout the past years, the clinic has proven to be a great educational tool for the coaches and swimmers, and has become a staple in each of the Typhoon seasons!
Swimmers will learn a plethora of stroke technique drills, starts & turns, and other pertinent swimming skills that will be utilized by the coaching staff throughout the short course season. The coaching staff will also begin to introduce dry-land techniques and exercises that will help form stroke specific muscle memory.
The bottom line, though, the swimmers will have a great time while they are learning. This goes for the older groups as well; because the clinic is designed to focus on the swimmers that are participating, there will not be a significant amount of yardage, but there will be a lot of experimenting with new skills and drills to really focus on the individual swimmer technique.
Look for an update tonight on our blog, and if you want to check it out feel free to stop in! The Typhoons look forward to seeing you and/or your swimmer in the water soon!
Happy swimming!!
As a quick update, there is a good possibility that the Hamden North Haven Typhoon Swim Team will be holding some practices at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven. We don’t have details yet, but are trying to solidify everything by the beginning of next week. This would be a great addition to the Typhoon Swim Team as we have increased in size over the past three seasons and are looking to expand once again this season.
I will keep you as up to date as possible on any breaking news!
Happy Swimming and Go Typhoons!
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Throughout the next couple of weeks and probably through our Pre-Season Clinic, I will be giving a little bit of info on the practices and practice sets that we’ll be swimming throughout the upcoming Short Course Season for the Hamden North Haven YMCA Swim Team. A lot of these innovative practices came from experimental sets throughout the summer, and a lot of information gathered from various top-level college and club coaches.
So, let’s start out with the importance of One Arm (OA) drills and swims. OA drills are all well and good, but drills are swum for the swimmer to focus on stroke technique. I would like to talk quickly about OA swims at 85% effort or more. These swims allow the coach to see a lot of real technique and efficiency/inefficiency areas.
The first technique area that I look for in the OA swims is a quick/high catch. As soon as the swimmer enters the water and reaches full extension, I am looking for an immediate early vertical forearm (EVF) position and the fingertips pointing or progressing toward the bottom of the pool. A common mistake that swimmers make is having the hand scull out or pull in an S shape. This is wasted movement based on scientific and biomechanical studies.
The second area that I am looking at is the acceleration of the arm through the pull phase of the stroke. Following the entry and EVF, the swimmer needs to accelerate their arm through the pull phase. This acceleration will create denser water and will propel the swimmer at a greater velocity and therefore give the swimmer a greater distance per stroke. The common mistake that swimmers make with this is maintaining a constant rate of pull throughout, or slowing of the pull at the end of the stroke into the recovery.
The third and last pertinent (in my opinion) area that I am looking for is the consistency and rhythm of the kick. I am looking for the swimmer to have a great driving kick. Without that consistent and driving kick the swimmer will increase drag, reduce the efficiency of their body position, and significantly tire themselves out due to inefficiency. The common mistake that swimmers make is to stop the consistency of the kick or don’t time their kick appropriately.
So, with all of that said, we will be conducting several OA swims and drills throughout the Short Course Swim Season along with other unique practice schemes. Stay tuned for more…subscribe by clicking on the RSS button!
The Hamden North Haven YMCA Swim Team‘s team records have been updated to reflect the 14 records broken over the Summer Season. Congratulations to all of the swimmers who broke records this past season, and I absolutely look forward to seeing you all progress next year as well!
To check out our swim team records, just hover over Swim Meets and click on Team Records.
Happy Swimming!
The Hamden North Haven YMCA Typhoon Swim Team’s pre-season clinic starts on September 8, 2009. However, the registration deadline is September 3rd for the clinic so don’t miss out!
If you’d like more information regarding the registration for this clinic, please click on the following link: www.typhoonswimming.com/registration/
Or, you can also contact Coach Andy at 203-248-6361!
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