NO PRACTICE WEDNESDAY

All DP ISD facilities are closed beginning Wednesday, 12/23/2010.  We will have our next practice on Tuesday, 12/28/2010. 

Friendswood Invitational

Looking for the Pool for Saturday's meet at Friendswood?

Friendswood Aquatic Center
1115 Falling Leaf
Friendswood, TX  77546
(281) 992-2505

The bus will leave from in front of the tennis courts at 7:00am.  The meet starts at 10:00am.  I would estimate that it will end around 1:30pm-2:00pm

Please make sure we have extra clothing and towels to stay warm and dry.  There is to be no junk food or drink.  I encourage a large portion of water and healthy snack foods.

Results: Gulf Coast TISCA Championships

Deer Park had a great showing this weekend in Conroe, TX.  All eight of our boys performed very well and showed the work they have put into this season thus far.

Ryan S. was the 3Meter Diving Gulf Coast Champion and placed runner up in the 1Meter diving as well.

Corey D. placed 12th in the 500 Freestyle with a school record time of 4:57.57

Our Boys 200 Medley Relay palced 10th with a season best time of 1:43.09

Remember that holiday practice starts with a swim-a-thon on Monday morning.  This is vital to maintain progress for this season.  I have only recieved a work out plan from one swimmer who is out of town for the holidays at this point.  She will recieve our weekly workout plan to complete while out of town.

Swim-A-Thon

Please remember that Monday's our Swim-a-thon fundraiser.  All athletes should have their paperwork.  This should be a great fundraiser for our team.  All proceeds go to the booster club.  We will use funds for things such as the new record board, team equipment, facility equipment, possibly a future travel trip, etc.

Next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday we will have 1st period swimmers 700-900am, and 7th period swimmers from 900-1030am.  We will be off Thursday - Sunday for the holiday.

TISCA Itinerary

We have seven swimmers and one diver who have made TISCA Time Standards and will be traveling to Conroe ISD Natatorium to compete this Friday morning.  We will meet at the pool to leave at 6:00am.  The meet starts at 8:45am and will be over at approximately 1:30pm.

Athletes should bring extra towels, clothing, goggles, healthy food and drinks.  They can't have enough food and water. 

Anyone who makes the top 16 on Friday will be back on Saturday for finals (Same times).  This is a very fast meet.  Athletes will come in late on Thursday for a warm up swim at 8:30am (Corey at 7:30am).  They should get plenty of rest the next couple of days...eat right, go to bed early.

Contact me if you have any questions.

La Porte Invitational

The Meet Line Up has been posted for this Saturday's swim meet at La Porte.  The bus will pull out from the pool at 8:00AM.  The Meet will start at 10:00AM.  I expect to be back around 1:30-2:00PM.

Swimmers need to bring extra food and drinks, towels and clothing, back up goggles, cap and suit.  They will dress up Friday for school.

NO PRACTICE MONDAY 10/25/2010

Fort Bend Classic

So we finally got to race today!  I thought we showed real signs of improvement.  We had almost all best times, showed that we are beginning to gain some aerobic endurance, and COMPETED all day long.

I'm going to be focused on our turns the next few weeks.  We need to make a greater effort at attacking our walls.  A lot of us are breathing just before the turn, or gliding into the wall.  We need to excelerate in order to turn our feet to the wall quicker and carry momentum off the wall in our streamline kick. 

I liked that some were really working to push the pace faster at the beginning of their races.  100 yard races ARE sprints if you don't race the first 50 you'll probably be out of the race when you come out of your turn, and 200's are controlled sprints - Liesl had perfect splits for her 200 (31/34/34/34). 

I think timing looks good in our relay starts.  Some of you are really getting a great leap out into the race.  Remember, we swing our arms to get momentum off the blocks and we want to leave in a horizontal position, then the head goes into streamline - repositioning your body to enter fingers first...the rest of the body should follow the hole our hands make.  If we leave the blocks with a downward body position, we didn't finish our swing and drive off the blocks with our legs.

SATURDAY MEET

I made a mistake when scheduling the Fort Bend Classic.  Because it was held on Thursday and Friday last year, that is when I scheduled it for this year.  As most of you now know, Diving was today and Swimming is tomorrow.  The Aquatic Director was gracious enough to open the pool and let us get in a practice.  The athletes had a pretty good time, and I think it all turned out well with them.

I'm sorry for the confusion.  Here is tomorrow's timeline...
SATURDAY:
The bus will leave from the pool at 9:30am.

We will warm up at 11:00am, the meet will run from 12:00noon until approximately 4:00pm.  We should be back between 5:00-5:30pm.

Athletes need to wear team warm ups onto the bus.  They should have extra clothing and towels to stay warm and dry at the meet and on the way home.  They need to bring several waters snack foods and a sack lunch to eat during the meet (good lunch ideas include healthy sandwichs, dry vegetables, fruit, granola, trail mix, the more the better...we want them to snack all day).

School Wide Testing Wednesday

We will not have morning practice on Wednesday 10/13/2010 due to school wide testing.  All AM athletes should report to advisory at 8:45am.  There will be normal practice in the afternoon from 3:15-4:45pm.

Swim Meet Thursday @ Fort Bend ISD

The team will travel to Fort Bend's Don Cook Natatorium on Thursday, 10/7/10.  Athletes will be excused from 7th period.  They are to report to the Pool, change into suits, warm ups and be prepared to load the bus at 3:15pm.

I have posted the 20 guys, and 20 girls that will travel to this meet.  I wish I could take everyone, but the bus only holds so many.

The meet actually starts at 6:00pm, and should be over by 8:00pm.

Go Deer!

Order Form

Athletes were given spirit wear order forms today.  There is a firm due date of September 30th for orders to be turned into the coaches.

No Practice Monday

Holiday practice has been canceled for Monday, September 27th.  Our Teacher's schedule has changed to early in the morning and later in the afternoon than what I had expected.  Enjoy the three day weekend!

T-Shirts

Remember, any T-Shirt ideas must be reported to captains, or coaches by Friday.  We will make final decisions on Friday during "team" for the coaches approval.

Great Start!

We've gotten off to a great start.  100% of varsity swimmers are now in the water.  We just have a few JV swimmers who need to make a decision this weekend as to whether they really want to be with us or not.  I hope we were able to get a good grasp on the drills we will start the season trying to perfect.  Remember, at this time of the season it is PERFECT swim technique that will carry us when we are tired and pushed to our limit in November, December and January.
AM Practice is at 7:45am on Tuesday.  See you then.  Hope you have a great weekend!

First Week of Practice

At this point, all athletes should have completed DPISD's Athletic Participation Packet and should have turned it into the campus trainers.

We will begin swimming on Thursday, August 26th. Morning swimmers will splash at 7:45am, afternoon swimmers will be done at 4:45pm.

Welcome!

I want to welcome followers. I am very excited to be taking over the reigns of the Deer Swimmers and Divers this year! I have started this blog as a way to help our athletes and families keep up with news, updates and good swim information as our season progresses.