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Kylie Coles Named CVST October Swimmer of the Month The Carrollwood Village Swim Team has named Kylie Coles as the October Swimmer of the Month. Swimming in two meets the nine-year-old Silver Practice Group member raced to eight best times out of eleven events. At the CVST October Friday Night at the Races, Kylie swam to best times in her 50 yard Freestyle, 50 yard Butterfly, and 100 yard Individual Medley. One week later at the Central Florida Marlins Invite held at Ocala’s College of Central Florida, Kylie turned...
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Swimming's Unsung Moments By Mike Gustafson//Contributor | Wednesday, November 15, 2017 Swimming has its own world of “great moments.” Certain accomplishments that have nothing to do with Olympic gold or world record performances, moments that are far removed from podiums and placements, feelings that stay with a swimmer long after the last pair of goggles has been hung up in retirement. These moments are the ones rarely talked about, never covered by NBC during those Olympic final profile videos, and yet, they are the moments we swimmers live for....
Your Brain On Swimming How To Be A Goal Getter Swimming teaches us to set goals, but there is a right way and a wrong way to set them. The first thing to do is communicate with your coach. Goals Thinking about goals the wrong way can be self-limiting and can create barriers. Here is a common example of a self-limiting goal: Continue...
Delusional Parent Disorder (DPD) in Youth Sports By Gordon MacLelland, parentsinsport.co.uk, May 2017 Definition of Delusional Parent Disorder: Parents who have false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions about their children even when confronted with facts: “Watching John yell at his son after the game makes me think he suffers from Delusional Parent Disorder.” I am not a psychologist. To my knowledge, there is no confirmed condition called Delusional Parent Disorder (“DPD”)… Continue
8 Ground Rules to Know about Sports Nutrition By Jill Castle, MS, RDN, November 21, 2017 Swimmers want to win. They want to do better than their last performance, and perform at their best every time they compete. It takes a lot of hard work to get to the next level. Endless hours in the pool, working on stroke technique, weight training and conditioning. Continue
Sportsmanship Should Extend to Parents Editorial, thehour.com, November 3, 2017 In July of 2000, in an incident that focused widespread attention on the growing problem of parental violence in youth sports, one suburban hockey dad killed another during an argument over rough play involving their 10-year-old sons. Editorial writers and TV talk shows hosts, psychologists and sports officials urged a stunned nation to make the Commonwealth of Massachusetts vs. Thomas Junta a wake-up call for fanatical parents whose behavior was ruining children’s sports. The call went unheeded. Sports rage...
