Weekly Update - 7 September 2015

Happy Labor Day!

I hope everyone enjoys their day off...we have lots coming up in the month of September :)

The coaches and I are so proud of how noble everyone was at Thursday's meet. We were very impressed at how you honored the opposing team through great sportsmanship, as well as saying thank you to the bus driver and your coaches. I was personally ecstatic about all of the personal bests! When you stay focused in your training, you can do outstanding things!

This week's character quality is Trust. Trust is something that is not earned immediately, it takes time to become worthy. But when trust is established (in a relationship, a team, a classroom), it brings great harmony to that group of people. Most importantly, make sure you are trusting yourself. During practice, trust your body that it can endure more pain that you could ever imagine and that your body knows that correct technique (after practicing it over and over again). On a meet day, trust that your training has put you in a position to excel and reach new limits. lastly, trust your teammates and your coaches that they will be by your side every step of the way! This week we have a meet against two of the best teams in the state, Brophy and Xavier. For the swimmers, I will be organizing the line up (a little differently than last week) to give us the best opportunity of winning, which means not everyone will be able to swim. I want to remind you that this is a very competitive team and our goal is to put ourselves in a position that will give the best results. Having said that, this is a learning experience and in order for new comers to grow, they need to be competing. At meets against smaller schools, such as last week, most swimmers will be swimming at least one individual event. No matter what the line up looks like, your coaches expect everyone to be at each meet supporting one another and cheering the team on!

We will ALL meet in the same location (E building) after school for the buses to pick us up at 2:30 pm. On Thursday, wear your new navy blue t-shirts (not polo) to school/meet (If you have not received it yet, I will pass them out at practice on Tuesday).

Location: Brophy College Prep...4701 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85012

Important Upcoming Dates:
September 14th: No school, NO practice
September 16th: Krispy Kreme monies are due to Mrs. LaPorte in the college & career center. You can turn them in sooner than that.
Also, the diver will be competing at the Wolves invitational!
September 19th: Wolves Swimming Invitational, more details to come. This will be a selected group
September 23rd-25th: No school...we WILL have practice on Wednesday the 23rd because we have an away meet on Thursday the 24th!!

Go Pioneers!!!