Hauppauge Swim Club

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Please look at individual entries. If you are not planning on attending, please let Ana Maida or Trish Harmon know ASAP.

Thanks !

Kick-off the Long Course Season at Lehman college May 1st and 2nd.

Meet Information http://www.metroswimming.org/Results/2010/PATS05/PATS05_2010.pdf

Sat & Sun

Friday, March 12th, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. @ Hauppauge High School Commons. It will be a fun filled time for all.

There will be a sign up sheet in the hallway for drinks and dessert; pizza to be provided by the club.

Please RSVP by March 6th at smkmtm@aol.com. Check your e-mail for details.

Congratulations to Jacqueline Dominger who will be swimming on the Metro Zone team 11-12 girls !

Best of Luck in Rochester !

Way to go !!

Best of luck to Hannah Collett, Danielle Hummel, Danielle Pikulik, Shannon Zembrzycki, Daniel Alm, Connor Collett, Thomas Connor, Roberto Groza, Steven Krayewski, Benjamin Mack-Jackson, Hunter Markowitz, Tristan Morlock and Nicholas Reid and of course the relay teams who will representing Hauppauge at the 8 and under Championship Meet !!!

At Nassau County Aquatic Center Eisenhower pool March 13 and 14

Girls Saturday and Sunday 9am warmup – 10am start                   Boys Saturday and Sunday  1:3opm warmup – 2:30pm start

Individual Entries are now posted Entries

Age Group Swim Entries now posted  Entries-A

Meet information  http://www.metroswimming.org/Results/2010/AGE03/AGE03_2010.pdf

If you have any questions regarding signups please speak with Trish Harmon, Ana Maida or any board member.

Meets for enrollment are:  Please note that we have not received confirmation for some of the meets – please check back for further updates.

Patriot Swim Meet – May 1&2 Season Kickoff (Sat-Sunday) at Lehman 

LIE Express:  May 14 – 16 (Friday – Sunday)
Summertime Classic:  June 5 – 6 (Saturday – Sunday)
LIE Express:  June 18 – 20 (Friday – Sunday)
LIAC (Eisenhower):  June 26 – 27 (Saturday – Sunday)
LIAC (Eisenhower):  July 7 (Wednesday)
Sachem:  July 9,10,11  (Friday – Sunday)
LIAC (Eisenhower): July 14 (Wednesday)
LIE Express:  July 17 -  18 (Saturday – Sunday)
LIAC (Eisenhower):  July 21 (Wednesday) 

Qualifying Meets:

 Senior Mets: July 22-25
Junior Olympics: July 30-August 1
Nationals: August 3-7 in Irvine, CA
Juniors: August 9-13 in Irvine, CA
Zones: August 11-14 in Rockville, MD

Open Board Meeting 
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 There will be an Open Board Meeting on Monday April 19th at 7:00 p.m. at Hauppauge High School
 
The first half will deal with the operations of the club, and the coaches will be present to answer questions and concerns in the second half.

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We will begin our long course training sometime in late June.  A long course pool is 50 Meters long (the Hauppauge pool is 25 yards).  So what does that mean to you – a 50 yard freestyle involves 1 turn.  A 50 meter freestyle involves no turns and is about 15% longer (and therfore your times will not be the same due to the increase in distance).  Don’t rely on conversion tools-every swimmers adapts slightly differently to a long course pool.  After age groups, we swim long course meets for the summer.  Some things to keep in mind:
1. Charge the walls. By far the most important single factor is the manner in which the turns are executed. Turns can (and usually do) afford an opportunity to get a little rest. If turns are done with full effort, short course training (in a short course pool) will be equally or more taxing than long course training.I tell my swimmers to “charge the walls.” This means to pick up speed going into each turn, flip as hard and as fast as possible, and kick hard off the walls. Streamline well on the push-off, but don’t overextend the glide. This is good advice for swimmers who train in pools of any length for any type of competition.

2. Extend repeat distance. Since most long course events are ten percent longer, repeats will be adjusted to 125 yards in place of 100’s and 225 yards in place of 200’s. This is not one of the techniques used extensively because all of our workout pace charts are based on 100 yard increments.

3. Note: Adjustment of backstroke flags. Placement of backstroke flags is very important to backstroke and individual medley swimmers. Flags in a long course pool are extended to 5 meters (instead of 5 yards) from the wall during the long course season. When participating in away meets, it is the responsibility of the coach to measure the flag distance prior to warmups and to tell the swimmers where the flags are actually set.   Practice this during warmup at away meets.

4. Increase kicking. Many top short course swimmers who don’t do well in long course often complain that their legs give out. Therefore, plan on doing more and harder kicking.

5. Train harder. Recognize that long course competition can be more taxing and commit yourself to a more strenuous all-around program. Some time and yardage may be added to your workout sessions. There will be a decrease in your amount of rest between repeats. Do extra kicking and more eight-second sprints.