tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53988363460951148562024-03-04T22:31:17.425-08:00Orion Junior BlogOrion Junior Blog - for updates on all news and the things you need to know.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13169866628786965772noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398836346095114856.post-52983889226910027942016-01-10T04:27:00.000-08:002016-01-10T04:27:24.688-08:00Junior County Qualifiers 2016Well done to all Junior County Qualifiers for 2016. Please get in touch if you are unsure on how to enter!<br />
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2015 was a good year with 13 Junior swimmers competing in 71 different events.<br />
This year we've done even better with 23 Junior swimmers gaining 130 qualifying times.<br />
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Well done squad!<br />
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<iframe height="480" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxneY33dLGoCTXZSYTRYakVhZkU/preview" width="640"></iframe>Coach Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423728957663789970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398836346095114856.post-57021005248312974842015-11-09T08:13:00.001-08:002015-11-09T08:13:55.969-08:00Long Eaton 2016<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Dear Parents/Swimmers</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">As communicated, we are looking to take a full team to Long Eaton Open Meet. I've had a few questions regarding what events swimmers can enter, the information below should help clarify some things. This is a team event with a good opportunity of racing swimmers from a different catchment (without traveling too far!) </span><br />
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<b>This is a great one day meet, with excellent supervision for new racers!</b><br />Last years meet was a real success with a great amount of personal bests swam at the pool. It is hoped a coach will be arranged for transport<br /><br />For swimmers with county times, this will be good race preparation before Coventry in Feb and March.<br />For swimmers without county times, this is a good meet to swim fast and post some official times.<br /><br /><b>Without competing in licensed events like these, swimmers miss out on making qualifying times for further meets. If your child in Junior Development has not competed in an Open Meet since September, it is highly recommended to compete at this event as with the ever demanding increase of members in squads, priority positions in will go to those who compete and represent the club, it is after all why swimmers commit so many hours!</b><br /><br />The events swimmers can compete in are as follows:.<br /><br />50m Fly,Back and Breast . 9 Years Only Heat Declared Winner (HDW. )<br />50m Freestyle 9 Years and above.<br /><br />100m Freestyle 10 and over. Heats and Finals. (no 9 year olds)<br />100m Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly 10 and Over. ( No 9 year olds)<br /><br />200m IM HDW 9 Years and Above<br />200m Freestyle HDW 9 Years and Above<br /><br /><b>So 9 year olds can do 50's and 200's, 10 years and above can do 100's and 200's (plus 50m Freestyle).</b><br /><br />I would recommend swimmers have at least four swims, (2 per session minimum) to keep them from getting tired just from waiting. From previous experience, the gap between the girls 200m IM and Girls 100m Fly isn't that big, and the same for the boys versions. (Events 8 & 10, and 28 & 30) Although with the right attitude, this shouldn't deter some swimmers!<br /><img alt="Inline images 1" class="CToWUd a6T" height="448" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=b911f2e131&view=fimg&th=150ed04f69c71049&attid=0.0.1&disp=emb&realattid=ii_150ed041742a38c7&attbid=ANGjdJ90n6YA7zvmZ5nymiOYr4MhrlxAkZkMvfvcAf1vjgmx3o23TiRvFRGMFHBDw28UWeb3VQlvFPqo-2yYZ5Ernx1f7EbvZOqYWyg0rG67GVVQTqyIhmoOh3R1mCI&sz=w908-h896&ats=1447085540135&rm=150ed04f69c71049&zw&atsh=1" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="454" /><br /><br />Please get entries in to Carla at the new email - with corresponding cheques to Carla/coaches at training. £5 per event.<br /><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 64px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 48pt;" width="64"></col></colgroup><tbody>
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Coach Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423728957663789970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398836346095114856.post-39393998349779376502015-10-15T04:32:00.001-07:002015-10-15T04:32:05.318-07:001st Round Arena League Win 2015<p dir="ltr"> Arena League Nuneaton 10th October 2015</p>
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<p dir="ltr">A fantastic start to this year’s Arena League. Orion managed to finish in first place at the Pingles Pool in Nuneaton.</p>
<p dir="ltr">A great performance from the Team as a whole. When the results were read out I was flabbergasted to hear that Orion were in the lead. There were some astonishing swims from all of the other participating clubs, which gave me the impression that we could possibly be in last position. How could we be in first place? The answer was revealed when I looked at the Recorders Results Sheet. No, the additions were correct. There were three teams with more first places than Orion. Hinckley had twelve first places, Coalville had ten and Oldbury nine, we had eight. The astonishing aspect of Orion’s Team was that while the other Clubs had last places, remember that there are fifty events and therefore fifty last places with the exception of a few disqualifications, Orion did not record any last places. A wonderful achievement. This consistency in the standard of the swims is vital to achieve good results. WELL DONE SWIMMERS.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The open swimmers found that the other clubs had one or two top class swimmers. First to swim was Jo Longland in the 200m Individual Medley. This was a very good swim from Jo with a very good time but this was the first shock to the system. Jo came fifth. How good were the other Clubs? My assessment of the possible outcome of the gala for Orion was going downhill. Matt James came first in the mens 200m Individual Medley, the second race, a bit of relief. The third race was where we were going to show the other clubs where our strength lay, was what I was thinking, the 11 years girls freestyle team, until I saw an eleven year old swimmer from Coalville swim a twenty nine second swim on the first leg, game over I thought. But eventually I could see that the Orion Team were performing well ( “you can’t start a sentence with a but” my English teacher used to say, well I have just managed it).</p>
<p dir="ltr">Girls 11/u Team of Ella Blyth, Ruby Couzens, Ellie Sibbald-Perkins and Imogen Viney had three third places, two second places and Ruby  came first in the 50m butterfly.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Boys 11/u Team of Stef Davies, Joe Day, Daniel Hindle and Karnell Nunes-Smith had one fifth place, one fourth place two third places and Karnell came first in the 50m breaststroke.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Girls 13/u Team of Niamh Bevan, Jodie Carreon, Rosa Day, Maya Graves and Grace Rees had one fourth place, two third places, two second places and the medley team came first.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Boys 13/u Team of Amir Behrouz, Althaf Bukhari, Asha Gurung and Daniel Hindle had two third places, two second places and two first places. Althaf came first in the 100m butterfly and Alex came first in the 100m freestyle.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Girls 15/u Team of Holly White alone had the younger swimmers coming to the rescue and they swam up an age group. This put a lot of pressure on the younger swimmers. This team had two fifth places, three fourth places and one second place. Well done Holly all alone.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Boys 15/u Team of Bruno Benegra, Nick Draisey, Gabriel Hicks, Michale James-Thomas and Robin Lacey had one fifth place, one fourth place, three third places and one second place.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Ladies Open Team of Esthel Carreon, Jo Longland, Alice Miller and Mollie Wilson had four fifth places, one fourth place, one third place and one second place.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Mens Open Team of Darren Barber, Phil Hodgson, Matt James, Joe Sadio and Daniel Snushall-Smith with some assistance from Bruno Benegra in the 6 x 50m freestyle had four second places and three first places. Matt had two wins, one in the 200m individual medley and one in the 100m breaststroke. Jo won the 100m backstroke.</p>
<p dir="ltr">One note of interest. The Mens Open Team came second to Oldbury in the 6 x 50m freestyle.  I was in shock when this happened. Hopefully we will meet Oldbury again so you can get revenge, come on swimmers. I am sure this will get back to the Oldbury ‘old guys’ so they might be up to the challenge again next time.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We will need a good effort from everyone in the second round of the Arena League which is on the 14th November so keep training hard. I have already had a  binding contract from Daniel Hindle who is going to smash his best times in the next round, after a year of little movement. That’s the attitude Daniel.</p>
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Coach Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423728957663789970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398836346095114856.post-4640825402202532322015-10-15T04:29:00.001-07:002015-10-15T04:52:36.039-07:00Boldmere Meet Preperation.<p dir="ltr">Hi Swimmers/Parents (Performance Group),­<br>
Just sending you a reminder about the Bo­ldmere Open Meet this weekend just in c­ase you wake up, on Saturday morning, th­inking ‘I am sure I’ve got something on­ this morning, what is it? O well it wil­l come to me.’<br>
Friday’s­ warm-up starts at 6.00 p.m. so please b­e there ready to get in the water on ti­me, this looks like a short warm-up for ­a distance swim. You will need to cover­ as much distance in the warm-up as you ­ feel comfortable with. It’s important t­hat you get a feel for the water and tes­t the wall to ensure you don’t slip in ­the race, get the heart rate up, increas­e the speed every now and again and loo­sen up the muscles and joints. All of th­e swims are distance swims, so try and ­find the right pace to swim at, for the ­ race, during the warm-up. After the war­m-up get dry and keep warm. The swimmers­ and coaches sit in the stands. Darren ­will be there on the Friday evening ses­sion.<br>
Saturday and Sunday’s­ warm-up starts at 8.00 a.m. Some swimm­ers look at the time that they are swimm­ing at and turn up shortly before their­ swim, and warm-up in the end portion of­ the pool by swimming across the width ­of the pool. This is not an ideal practi­ce. I know it’s inconvenient to get to ­the pool and have to wait a long time fo­r the first race, but it beats paying l­ip service to a warm-up, swimming across­ the crowded width of a pool where ever­yone is swimming down after a race. Ther­e endeth my sermon. Besides, a good lon­g warm-up will blow away the cobwebs. Th­ere endeth my second sermon.<br>
Make sure you all remember to bring your­ swimming gear including t-shirts to ke­ep warm and dry, footwear to enter the p­oolside and back up to the seating area­, food and drink for the day but remembe­r it’s not a party with fizzy pop, cris­ps and all the other party paraphernalia­ (I admit I had to look up the spelling­ even though my English teacher was alwa­ys praising me).<br>
There is one other important thing to re­member, swimmers. You haven’t entered t­his Open Meet to go through the motions ­of just competing, you are there to swi­m to perfection, if possible. Starts and­ turns should be executed precisely, sw­imming technique held throughout, even w­hen the pain kicks in and death doesn’t­ seem so far away (yes I’ve been there, ­done it, got the t-shirt) always swim h­ard and fast into the wall especially at­ the end of a race.<br>
If anyone has any questions I will help ­as best I can (as long as it’s not Eins­tein’s theory of realativity, which I co­uld explain, of course, but not just no­w).<br>
Lets have a good Open Meet.­<br>
Carl.­</p>
Coach Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423728957663789970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398836346095114856.post-87394518060732435782015-10-07T06:09:00.002-07:002015-10-07T06:09:36.416-07:00Warwickshire County Qualifying Times<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Achieving a qualification time is a VERY big achievement, as it takes a big commitment to training to get even close to these times. It is expected if your child achieve a time, that they are available to race. Events like these are the reason we train, to race! With Warwickshire being a huge county, these championships are something to take proud in, please let your schools know the level that you swim at!</div>
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<br />Coach Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423728957663789970noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398836346095114856.post-30081588738270442202015-10-06T15:14:00.001-07:002015-10-07T01:14:01.251-07:00Derventio Open Meet Report from our City of Birmingham representatives.<p dir="ltr">Three swimmers from Junior Development ­(Ella Blyth, Ruby Couzens and Imogen Vin­ey) along with three from Aquarius Perfo­rmance (Alex Hindle, Grace Rees and Elli­e Sibbald-Perkins) all travelled to Matl­ock at the weekend for the Derventio Exc­el Short Course Open Meet in Matlock.  T­hey were representing the City of Birmin­gham Swimming Club, which took swimmers ­from its Development, Junior and Senior ­Squads, meaning that all but its very yo­ungest swimmers were present.  The girls­ were all representing the Development S­quad and Alex Hindle the Junior Squad. I­t was Ella's very first Open Meet and Gr­ace's last with the Development Squad as­ she has now turned 13.  The Meet was a ­Level 2 Meet, which meant that the quali­fying times are much faster to attract t­he fastest swimmers in the region.<br>
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Life at City of Birmingham can be tough ­and Development Squad swimmers had to at­tend a full training session on the Frid­ay night, from 5.30 to 8.30pm, before tr­avelling up to Matlock, arriving about 1­0pm.  "Make sure you have an early night­," Coach Chris said, as they were leavin­g!!!!!  Swimmers then had to be up very ­early the next day to be pool-side at 7:­30am, ready for the warm-up at 8.00am.<br>
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Each swimmer took part in 5 events on ea­ch of the 2 days, making a total of 10 e­vents each.  In the Development Squad, a­ll swimmers had to swim the same 8 event­s (50 Free, Back, Breast and Fly; 100 Fr­ee, 200 Free, 100 IM and 200 IM).  The c­oach then picked an additional 2 events ­tailored to each swimmer.  These might b­e events he wanted like to see them swim­ in for the first time or events in whic­h he wanted to track performance.  Each swimmer then had to choose a goal f­or all 10 events.  For example, completi­ng a 2 second drive off the wall at each­ turn, doing four fly kicks after each d­rive, maintaining a set breathing patter­n, keeping their head in a certain posit­ion etc.  At the end of each race, swimm­ers are given feedback on their swim tec­hnically and whether or not they have ac­hieved their goal.  Times are NEVER disc­ussed and swimmers can be told off if th­ey post a fast time but don't pay attent­ion to their goals.  However, swimmers c­an't help looking at their times and it ­was great to see all our swimmers achiev­ing PBs in most if not all of their race­s.  Well done girls!!!</p>
<p dir="ltr">In the Junior Squad, swimmers are judged­ on both speed and technique and are ask­ed to swim a variety of races.  Alex Hin­dle didn't disappoint, posting some supe­r-fast times with strong technical perfo­rmances. Results for all the Orion swimm­ers can be seen in the link below:</p>
<p dir="ltr">http://www.derventioexcel.org.uk/results­/dx15sc/</p>
<p dir="ltr">Special mentions go to Ruby Couzens for winning Top Girl in the 10 year old age group, whilst breaking the Orion 50m Butterfly and 100IM club record. Imogen Viney and Ellie Sibbald-Perkins for holding even splits on the 200m breastroke (not slowing down!)  and to Ella Blyth who swam her second 400m freestyle race in a week, showing her confident racing attitude by producing a 20 second personal best!</p>
<p dir="ltr">Unlike most Open Meets, where swimmers h­ave to sit poolside between events, swim­mers were housed in the Leisure Centre S­ports Hall next to the pool, where they ­could chill out, warm up on the spinning­ bikes, eat (lots of) snacks and play ga­mes.  Another highlight of the weekend w­as having the Senior Squad present, whic­h really inspired our swimmers, especial­ly seeing the international swimmers suc­h as Luke Davies, Chloe Finch and Britta­ny Horton race.  They also had the oppor­tunity to receive feedback from both Jun­ior and Senior coaches.<br>
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The last event on Sunday saw our swimmer­s cheering Grace on in the 100 IM - her ­last race representing the Development S­quad. The day finished at about 5:30pm w­ith City of Birmingham being announced a­s the top club in the competition.  Our ­very tired swimmers (and parents!) then ­made the long journey back to Birmingham­.'</p>
Coach Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423728957663789970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398836346095114856.post-49763271622828355252015-09-23T07:33:00.003-07:002015-10-04T06:49:30.337-07:00Sprint Success<div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode">
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Maia Noonan entered and swam at the recent Coventry Sprint event Open
Meet. With this event not being a Club Target Meet (due to the upcoming
club champs) Maia was the only representative there which can be a
little nervous. After a Summer of focusing purely on skills and
techniques, plus the Olympic Workshop event that visited Orion, there
was no pressure for Maia to perform strong times, however she came out
with huge success across five swims, including a learning point for an
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200 IM-- With three golds and a bronze, Maia
was disappointed with this race as she got disqualified for turning too
far onto her front from the fly to backstroke turn, however her time (if
it stood) would have took gold and placed her as number one 9 year old
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She will continue to be training with Junior Development, working on improving
her technical skills in preparation for Boldmere Open Meet and Wyre
Forrest Open meet.<br />
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<br />Coach Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423728957663789970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398836346095114856.post-68109825401438863122015-09-09T14:15:00.001-07:002015-09-09T14:15:15.243-07:005th September Gala ResultsResults from Nuneaton gala (note, relay splits are not available.)<br />
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_iFC-mX-PqEZlFva3lZSzFlRkU/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_iFC-mX-PqEZlFva3lZSzFlRkU/view?usp=sharing</a>Coach Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423728957663789970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398836346095114856.post-17658285646871228192015-09-09T07:57:00.000-07:002015-09-09T08:56:05.161-07:00Orion Kit<p dir="ltr">Information regarding Orion team Kit.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Available for swimmers from ALL squads, as well as parents if you want to show your support at competitions!</p>
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Coach Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423728957663789970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398836346095114856.post-33545100464284099852015-09-07T09:41:00.001-07:002015-09-07T09:41:42.146-07:001st Junior gala of the season.<p dir="ltr">Orion took a team of swimmers to N­uneaton for a Junior Gala, starting the ­2015/2016.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The gala was hosted by Nuneaton and Bedw­orth, who were using the gala as p­reparation for their Junior league final­ next weekend, (where they are cur­rently ranked 4th in the West Midland ­ league).<br>
Daventry Dolphins and Kingsbury ­were the other two swimming clubs. <br>
With such a large group of junior ­ swimmers at Orion, I decided to use th­is as an opportunity for race de­velopment for this new season, where all­ swimmers got an individual race­. The children were briefed that they we­re effectively swimming up an ag­e group, looking to build for the ­ 2016's Junior league team. With compet­ition being tough, the swimmer's­ focus to be on their own personal impro­vement rather than winning. As a­ coach, this gives me valuable feedback ­on what the squad and individual­s need to work on over the next few ­ cycles of training. We came fourth o­verall, albeit with a few disqua­lifications and shortages in older boys.­ Galas like these are great prac­tise before entering open meets with JD ­squad goals of meeting the stand­ard to swim at Warwickshire county ­ championships. (Unfortunately, times ­from gala's do not officially co­unty to support entrance to county champ­ionships, highlighting the need ­to enter club champs and open meets!)</p>
<p dir="ltr">After a couple weeks off for re­covery from the 2014/2015 season, ­ I was really impressed with the level ­of skills that has been embedded­ without training for this gala. Credit ­goes to 1st place winners; Karne­ll showing his form in 50m Breastroke, t­he girls 9yr's medley relay team­ (whom are all 8!) and Laila Joh­ngir for her 25m backstroke, where after­ a slip at the start, didn't det­er her from showing off her 10m underwat­er dolphin skill, catching up an­d winning the race! Well done to all ­ swimmers who raced and produced per­sonal bests for time, and person­al improvements on technique.<br>
Congratulation to Freddie Allen, ­ Alexander Forty, William Viney, Poppy C­ouzens, Neave Rees, Laila Johngi­r, Azeeza Firdaus and Hannah Dunn for ea­rning their first Orion Team swi­ms, of what I'm sure will be the first o­f many gala selections.</p>
<p dir="ltr">A big thank you to all parents that ­ assisted on poolside team managing a­nd timekeeping, and non-racing O­rion members Imogen, Amrit and Pavan. Ha­ving a large team of friendly fa­ces really does help with the swimmers ­ nerves, especially for newer race­rs.<br>
Thank you to all adults that ensured ­ their children could race, either t­hrough sharing lifts or supporti­ng the team.<br>
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Coach Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423728957663789970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398836346095114856.post-25969930567163399302015-03-22T02:42:00.001-07:002015-03-22T02:42:49.489-07:00County Success<p dir="ltr">Fantastic 2015 County Champs by Orion. Medals, personal bests, technical swimming and zero junior disqualifications! Big well done to all swimmers that took part, write up to follow soon.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Well done to everyone that swam it, especially Eddie, Dan and Molly, who had to be stopped due to the end of their session, completing 1000m non <u>stop</u> fly!</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Ian and I whizzed off to Rugby in the early evening to support the Novice gala compete.</p>
<p dir="ltr">This was a fantastic opportunity with lots of the team making their first competitive swims in an Orion hat, and I could not be more pleased!  With many swimmers 'swimming up', against older children, Orion did fantastic coming 5th out of 7. With some strong competition by a huge Rugby and Coventry squad, I was glad to provide an opportunity to reward the swimmers who train so hard with a representation for the Club.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thank you swimmers, fellow coaches, poolside helpers and timekeepers for enabling this to go ahead. Most of all, THANK YOU to all parents for attending and supporting some of the first steps in your child's competitive swimming future.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Report to follow shortly. </p>
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Coach Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423728957663789970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398836346095114856.post-4740900688935837182014-09-28T11:55:00.001-07:002014-09-28T11:55:16.809-07:00Club Championships <p dir="ltr">Congratulations to all the swimmers at the club championships. Lots of swimmers achieved different things over this competition. Whether it be county qualifying times, club records, medals, first swims or pb's, I was really happy to see the hard work that the children do in training, pass over to technical improvements in their strokes. Well done Orion Juniors.</p>
Coach Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423728957663789970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398836346095114856.post-80060609730516753772014-09-13T01:52:00.001-07:002014-09-13T01:52:19.056-07:00Lost Property - Junior Development Friday 12th September Harborne<p dir="ltr">Three pieces of equipment with no name/identifiable marks. </p>
<p dir="ltr">FINIS short fins. <br>
Kickboard<br>
Pull Buoy</p>
<p dir="ltr">Please can all items of swim equipment be clearly named. They have the potential to last the swimmers' years and years if not lost (I have the same kickboard since when I left learn to swim!)</p>
<p dir="ltr">Please see me for collection.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">On the 19th October will be the annual Birmingham Water Festival, a competition designed for swimmers with limited competitive experience aged 8,9,10 (age on 19th October).</p>
<p dir="ltr">I have attended this competition for the past 2 years now and this is definitely one of the best competitions for your child to start competitive swimming. </p>
<p dir="ltr">To enter - either get an entry from me or Karen. Or print out the one attached in this email and hand it back in. I also recommend entering all the events, don't worry about putting a time in for the events if you don't know them we will do that for you. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Medals will be awarded for the first 3 places in each event. There are however upper qualifying times for each event to stop experienced swimmers entering. On the day if your child swims faster than the time allowed they will receive a speeding ticket.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We need the forms back by 12th September. Cheques made payable to Orion Swimming Club please.</p>
Coach Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423728957663789970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398836346095114856.post-30751792342780922592014-09-09T07:05:00.001-07:002014-09-09T07:05:16.732-07:00The Sun Sets on Land Training<p dir="ltr">As the winter nights draw closer, land training after Monday's session unfortunately has to cease. It is getting too dark and cold to carry on this practise safely.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The children that have been regularly taking part in these sessions have got a lot more out of it than just extra training. I have seen a good, friendly atmosphere where children are focused on doing things to help improve their swimming. It also allows them to socialise rather than stare at the long black line in the pool!</p>
<p dir="ltr">I am currently working on an alternative situation that will allow indoor practise, I will communicate with everyone once confirmed.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">For the start of the season the focus is STREAMLINE.</p>
<p dir="ltr">It cannot be stressed enough how important streamline is to any swimmer. It is the easiest way to make competitive swimming easier and faster.</p>
<p dir="ltr">If a swimmer did not streamline on entry to the pool or pushing of the turns, the person that they are racing will probably get ahead and save their energy by utilising this basic but very important skill.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I will expect the swimmers to independently be on top of this, trying to impress with streamline of the walls.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Please have a look at this <u>technique</u> video. All-Strokes - Simple Streamline: <a href="http:// All-Strokes - Simple Streamline: http://youtu.be/fej5IOsR8BU">http://youtu.be/fej5IOsR8BU</a></p>
Coach Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423728957663789970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398836346095114856.post-4664340361025754722014-08-22T08:12:00.001-07:002014-08-31T14:34:22.856-07:00New Season Goals<p dir="ltr">I found this article recently about goal setting, which fits in excellently with the start of the season. </p>
<p dir="ltr">One thing you cannot control in swimming is the result, you can however control the success of YOUR race. The improvements made in racing will ultimately attribute to the improvements made in training. Concentrating on improving on something specific at each session doesn't necessarily have to be prompted by the coach. If you know you have been reminded to try something different before, why not make it part of your focus?</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><b>1. Set daily and weekly goals.</b></p>
<p dir="ltr">Having our big, season-long goals are great, and they provide us with the general guidance that is necessary to keep us pointed in the correct direction, but it is the steady accumulation of achieving the daily wins that will get us there.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Start setting goals for your week and for your workouts.Not only will doing so keep you engaged in your workout by keeping you task-oriented, but the confidence of knocking down those small goals will accumulate into some serious self-confidence over the long term.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><b>2. Make this the year that you conquer that weakness.</b></p>
<p dir="ltr">Oh, you know what I’m talking about. Okay, maybe you don’t. Most swimmers have that Achilles heel, that one part of their race or training that they avoid, that they feel they will never be good at, that there is no use working because it will never be that good.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Make this the year that you turn it into a strength.</p>
<p dir="ltr">No, it won’t improve magically overnight. But decide to stalk and out-stubborn your weakness, and continually hit it until gradually that gaping weakness fills in.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><b>3. Take your foot off the gas.</b></p>
<p dir="ltr">Going fast is great. Going fast is exhilarating. Going fast is just flat out fun. Balance that super swiftness with some slow, focus-based swimming where you are noticing your hand placement, your feel for the water, and any leaks in torque. It’s hard to keep track all of this stuff when we are driving through the water with all of our might, so nail the details when you’re going deliberately slow and ramp up the speed from there.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><b>4. Break down why you swim the way you do.</b></p>
<p dir="ltr">Ever have those workouts that are absolutely out-of-control awesome? Where you swim so fast, so effortlessly, but can’t exactly pinpoint why? Conversely, do you have those workouts where you feel like you did everything right, but the results just weren’t there? In both circumstances it is frustrating to not be able to pinpoint the source.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Tracking and measuring your performance in the pool, as well as your diet, stress levels and rest schedule outside of the water can give you the necessary insight to have more of those grade-A practices, and less of the stinky ones.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><b>5. Seek out the eagles.</b></p>
<p dir="ltr">Take a look at the swimmers and people who surround yourself. Do they share the same ambitions and goals as you? Are they generally positive and optimistic?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Although we all like to believe in the completely self-made man/woman, our success depends not only on our talents and attitude, but also on the people we surround ourselves with. When we have other swimmers who are actively engaged in chasing excellence in our circle, it is easier for us to make the tough choices (“Should I skip morning workout to go out tonight?”) while also giving you a reassuring jolt of self-belief (“If they can do it, why not me?”).</p>
<p dir="ltr"><b>6. Share your goals.</b></p>
<p dir="ltr">In the same vein as the previous post, there are people in your life that are vested in your success. Your parents. Your coach. Your teammates/friends. Let them know what your goals are for the year, so that you can get their support and guidance.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sharing your goals with your coach and parents will keep you accountable, which can be just what the doctor ordered on those cold winter mornings where the absolute last thing you want to do in the world is leave your bed.</p>
Coach Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423728957663789970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398836346095114856.post-55352137579920569882014-07-30T14:01:00.001-07:002014-07-31T04:02:20.085-07:00KEHS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Work in progress!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tCOjEts_VA9Hl12JA_K7Bge1qEWBkxS1oDRDo0Yk7lGWzfaum4ILmGkk4L8QDutemb0pER3xgDmVBn9ZHv4Wwce2Sy7OmzluVuPkj-24_dprkrQe0CM3C1jzox2gZqEv_ai5Uo-qSFQ/s1600/20140729_110159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tCOjEts_VA9Hl12JA_K7Bge1qEWBkxS1oDRDo0Yk7lGWzfaum4ILmGkk4L8QDutemb0pER3xgDmVBn9ZHv4Wwce2Sy7OmzluVuPkj-24_dprkrQe0CM3C1jzox2gZqEv_ai5Uo-qSFQ/s640/20140729_110159.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Being able to see the King Edwards Girls school today is a thankful reminder for how hard the committee have worked to ensure we can access training over the summer!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hopefully everything is on track to swim in the refurbished pool for the new season!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Coach Darren</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div>Coach Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423728957663789970noreply@blogger.com0Birmingham, Birmingham52.486244 -1.890401tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398836346095114856.post-80408774329206798722014-07-30T13:34:00.001-07:002014-07-30T13:34:19.364-07:00Summer training<p dir="ltr"> <b><i> Now that the summer holidays are in full swing, it is a good chance for the children to have a break from swimming after a seasons worth full of work. </i></b></p>
<p dir="ltr">For the swimmers staying in Birmingham this summer, the junior groups will be focusing on specific strokes each week. It is half way through this week and some progress in strokes has been noticed by parents and swimmers! There are many technical aspects of competitive swimming, so the children will be focusing on different skills throughout to help keep them focused.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><b><i>Summer focus timetable.</i></b></p>
<p dir="ltr"> Week Commencing Monday 28th July - Butterfly<br>
Week Commencing Monday 4th August - Backstroke<br>
Week Commencing Monday 11th August - Breastroke<br>
Week Commencing Monday 18th August - Frontcrawl<br>
Week Commencing Monday 25th August Individual Medley</p>
<p dir="ltr">Please do not worry if you have booked a holiday for a specific week, the new learning will be covered again in general training when the season starts on<b><i> </i></b><b><i>September 1st.</i></b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b><i>Coach Darren</i></b></p>
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