Being a Part of the Team: The Positive Parent Role From the TrueSport Newsletter   While the athlete and coach roles in youth sports are easy to understand, what is the role of you, the parent? Chauffeur? Fan? Financier? Support network? To learn the "do's" and "don't's" of being a TrueSport Parent, read more  

Goal Setting for Young Athletes By The Foundation for Global Sports Development, January 2014 Here we find ourselves again, welcoming a new year and all it will bring into our lives. About 45% of Americans take this opportunity to set the tone for the rest of the year by making New Year’s resolutions; whereas, 38% of Americans never set specific goals for the New Year. It’s easy to see why so many people opt out of making resolutions, because only 8% of people actually achieve their goal. As with most...

Free Parent Webinar “Overcoming Adversity in Sports and Life” Dear CVST Parent, If you’re serious about helping your child deal with injuries, slumps, unfairness, setbacks, and disappointment check out the “Parents” section of the USA Swimmming web site (Growing Champions for Life) where you’ll find the registration link to this month’s Life-Skills Webinar, “Overcoming Adversity in Sports and Life” scheduled for Wednesday, August 20th.  This month’s True Hero Parent article, “Does Your Support Have Strings Attached” is a thought provoking look at how easy it is for adults to add...

Lauren Kenny - CVST August Swimmer of the Month   The Carrollwood Village Swim Team has named Lauren Kenny (12) as its August Swimmer of the Month.   At the Area 3&5 Swimming Championships held August 1-3 at St. Petersburg’s North Shore Pool, Kenny (12) dropped a total of One minute fifteen seconds and fifty-three one-hundredths.  Lauren’s big drop came in her 200 yard Individual Medley where she knocked forty-three seconds off of her previous personal best. Lauren also had huge time drops in her 100 yard Freestyle where she dropped...

Zambito Named July SOM   The CVST Coaching Staff named Maria Zambito (19) as the CVST 2014 July Swimmer of the Month.  Maria gets this honor based mostly on her performance at the 2014 USA Swimming Southern Zone Senior Championships.  The meet was held at Florida Gulf Coast University, in Ft. Myers, July 29-August 2.  At the meet Zambito swam a multitude os events including 8 individual events and 4 relays.  She swam lifetime bests in 6 of her 8 individual events dropping a total of 48.80 seconds, including big...

The Secret To Acheiving That All Important Cut   THE PROBLEM I was talking to a swimmer just this morning who shared with me a familiar, incredibly frustrating story. She was very close to her Olympics Trials cut for the last Olympics and hoping to make the team to represent her country. Everyone around her – her teammates, coach, parents and even this athlete herself – were convinced she'd qualify. This was because she was easily doing the time in practice.    However, with each meet that went by, she...

Dr. Alan Goldberg-Sports Psychology for Athletes, Coaches & Parents   Your job as a parent is to do your best to continually help them keep the bigger picture in mind. This means that when they have an absolutely dreadful performance, you help them understand that these bad performances are a normal and expected part of the sport, that you can't always be at your best and that in every bad outing lie the seeds for long term improvement. That is, "what can you learn from this that will help you...

GameOn4Kids July All-Star – Brooke Lively CVST's Brooke Lively (13) has been named a GameOn4Kids.com July All-Star.  Game On 4 Kids web site is Tampa Bay's premier source for youth sports.  To view Brooke's article on the Game On 4 Kids web site, Click Here. 

Coach Randy's FLAGS Blog   Thursday, July 17 - 6:48 pm Abby (Forman) added 21 seconds in the 800 Free.  Finished 14th.  She couldn't get up on top of the water.  Eighth in her heat in finals. Friday, July 18 - 1:23 pm Logan (Ingerick) shattered team record in the 100 free by 3 seconds, 107.75 and best his goal time by 1. (Mabry) Bishop drops time in the 100 free but goes up in her 50 back. Abby (Forman) adds a second in her 200 free. Friday, July 18...

U.S.A. vs. The World: How Do We Look So Far? By Katie Arnold, USA Swimming National Team High Performance Consultant As we all start gearing up for this summer’s Phillips 66 National Championships, there is sure to be plenty of discussion about who will make each team’s roster. While there is little use in speculating about these things before the competition because performance can be so unpredictable, there is still value in looking at current benchmarks. Because the U.S. is the only major swimming nation that has not held a...