1. Getting involved in the hype by reading the papers and/or looking up your stats. After your season is over, then you can check this stuff out. During the season, focus on always improving.

2. Associating with negative people. They will slow you down and taint your progress during the season. Keep your distance from them.

3. Making any particular event or meet “special.” All competitions and practices are important, but nothing is ever special. Special adds pressure. Treat everything the same to stay consistent.

4. Believing ANY opponent you face is unbeatable. There are countless examples of the underdog succeeding – David and Goliath, The Movie “Miracle”, etc. It’s possible for you too.

5. Getting hung on the past or worrying about the future. Only worry about the present and how you can do your best at this moment.

6. Under any circumstances using the word CAN’T. Don’t ever say that word!

7. Dwelling on a setback or loss. The best way to get over a loss is to learn from it. Grow from the mistake and use it to your advantage.

8. Focusing exclusively on winning or titles. Also note when you reach new milestones or personal achievements – they are important too!

9. Competing not to lose. Not losing shouldn’t be your goal – always play to win and achieve your goals.

10. Using extreme self-talk that puts extra pressure on you. Don’t use words like “must,” “should,” or “need to.” Instead, say “I want” and “I choose.”

Jr STAGS Swim Meet Results are attached. Brandon Hamisch had the largest drop in time of the meet with 10 seconds in his 100 back. We also had swimmers in the time trials on both days and Eleah Cabral dropped 17 seconds in his 100 breast. Some of the swimmers in the time trials had never experienced a long course meet.

We would like to thank everyone for their assistance in hosting this championship meet. We could not host this championship meet without your help. Thank you so very much!

We are very proud of all our swimmers and look forward to the short course season!

The psych sheet for the meet Coastal Bend Championship Meet is attached.

Attached is the Coastal Bend Championship Meet Information. Our warm up schedule is as follows:
9-9:30 a.m. both days. Lane 5. Good luck everyone!

The Jr STAGS swim meet is today through Sunday. The our team’s meet entries are in the attached file. The warm up schedule for the meet is as follows:
Friday afternoon warm up: 2:30 p.m. Meet starts 4:00 p.m.
Saturday morning warm up: 7:00 a.m. Meet starts 9:00 a.m.
Saturday afternoon warm up 2:30 p.m. Meet starts 4:00 p.m.
Sunday morning warm up : 7:00 a.m. Meet starts 9:00 a.m.
Sunday afternoon warm up: 2:00 p.m. Meets starts 3:30 p.m.

We are grateful for all our volunteers! If your swimmer is swimming time trials between the sessions, please be at the nat no later than 11:00 a.m. so that we may get them into the meet. Thanks for all you do!