Coach's Notes!

Athletes and Parents,
Swim season officially begins next Tuesday, Feb. 17th. Which means,
regular season practices will be starting ... These are the much longer and
much more difficult practices that everyone loves!

Now ... A few things you should know, and know that I know:
I know 3 hour practices are long (I have to be there too!), but know
this:
In swim, as in many other things in life, you only get what you give.
No one is going to hand us a league championship, and no teams are going
to let us beat them, we need all the practice time we can get to get the
fullest potential from the boys.

I know driving back to Poly for 4:00 to 6:00 workouts is real
crummy. It's only twice a week at most. As of right now we have
nowhere else to practice, MLK is now closed on those days due to budget
cuts in the city. Not that if MLK were open we would not have 4:00 to
6:00 practices on Monday and Wednesday afternoon, MLK pool is nowhere
near big enough for our team! Our pool at Poly is a competition pool
that we have 6 Swim Meets in. It's big, has pace clocks, has diving blocks, has our equipment, and doesn't have 85 degree water. The more time we have there the better!

Other Stuff:
The team kick-off dinner is scheduled for Tuesday the 24th of this month
at Fuddrucker's in Lakewood (more details later). Please be sure you
email Margaret, Enzo, or Myself to let us know you'll be there, so we
can let Fuddrucker's know you'll be there. I expect everyone, parents
and athletes, to be there!

I haven't met all of you parents yet, and if I have I may not be able to recall your name or who your son is, so the more I see you and talk to you the better I'll know you.

I also plan on having a small parent's meeting at the dinner.

Teams (Varsity, JV, Frosh/soph) are still in the works, but they should
be finalized by this weekend.

More coming soon!
Tyler (coach)