Mental Toughness: Having "That" Conversation with Mom & Dad By Dr. Alan Goldberg//Competitivedge.com How you interact with your parents in relation to your swimming can mean the difference between loving to swim, staying calm pre-meet and consistently racing to your potential or hating the sport, being a nervous wreck pre-meet and consistently underachieving. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR PARENTS Loving parents want two things for you as their child: 1.To be HAPPY 2.To be SUCCESSFUL But, have you ever had that really upsetting conversation with your parents during...

Top Quick Service Restaurant Choices for Swimmers By Chris Rosenbloom, PhD, RD, CSSD Last year I posted information on healthy choices at fast food restaurants. While many think healthy eating and dining out are not compatible, there are more healthy options than ever before at restaurants. Many of you wrote to me and wanted more healthy options at several quick service restaurants. The top restaurants you asked about were: Olive Garden, Chipotle, Panda Express and Panera Bread. To be sure, there are many high calorie, high fat and high sodium...

Four Tips to be Fast at the End of a Fly Race By Russell Mark, USA Swimming National Team High Performance Consultant How can the best 200 fly swimmers finish the race so well? Are they just less tired than everyone else at the end of a race? Good race strategy and management certainly plays a factor, but I believe that technical adjustments can also be made at the end of a fly race to help achieve the optimal finish. For the most part, swimming fly is about having good...

CVST Swimmers Get Surprise At Practice Last Night   The CVST Coaching Staff surprised all CVST Swimmers that were registered with the team at the end of the last session and the beginning of this session with a Team Gift.  Everyone received an new CVST / Speedo warm-up jacket.  Everyone was excited and suprised by the gifts and they look great!  Anyone not at practice last night can pick their jacket up at their next practice.   CVST Silver-Gold Group Swimmers Sporting Their New CVST Swag!

USA Swimming Makes New Parent Education Available   USA Swimming presents its new monthly Parent Excellence Academy.  We are excited to announce a special relationship with Growing Champions for Life, an organization dedicated to creating cohesive families and principle-centered athletes who win at life, not just at swimming. Every month, you will be able to access new content from inspirational videos and educational webinars to interesting articles and informative newsletters right here on our web site. Check out this great new resource now! Click here  to access this today!  

CVST Has Great Gasparilla Meet   The Annual Gasparilla Invitational hosted by TBAY Swim Team at Tampa Preparatory School, February 7-9th, brought CVST some fast swimming and some big barrier breakers early this season:   Senior 2 practice group member, Abby Forman (12) smashed her personal best 100 yard Freestyle time to go 59.95, also her first time under a minute, coming in 4th overall in her age group. Forman was too excited for words after her race, finally accomplishing a goal she had set her sights on earlier this...

Words of Wisdom By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio 1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good. 2. When in doubt, just take the next small step. 3. Life is too short – enjoy it. 4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will. 5. Pay off your credit cards every month. 6. You don't have to win every argument. Stay true to yourself. 7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone. 8. It's...

From The CVST Handbook   Periodically we will be posting sections of the CVST Handbook here in the CVST News section of the web site for informational purposes and when there are updates to the CVST Handbook.  Click Here to view the entire CVST Handbook.   TARDINESS There is nothing more disruptive to a coach and his workout organization than to have swimmers entering the workout late.  Please do all that you can to be on time and in the water at the time the workout is scheduled to begin...

GameOn4Kids February All-Star – Kaitlyn Labella CVST's Kaitlyn Labella (8) has been named a GameOn4Kids.com February All-Star.  Game On 4 Kids web site is Tampa Bay's premier source for youth sports.  To view Kaitlyn's article on the Game On 4 Kids web site, Click Here.   

CVST Parents, Swimmers, Do You Have These Aps Yet?  If Not You Are Missing Out!           On-Deck Parent App (Android & Apple) OnDeck Parent is the worlds first mobile application designed for parents on swim teams. It links directly with the CVST Web Site and gives you access to many of the functions of the site in Ap format.  Born from the extraordinary success of OnDeck Coach, OnDeck Parent is available for parents on Swim Teams, such as CVST, utilizing the SwimOffice Swim Team Management Platform...