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QU
OTE
S FO
R C
OA
CH
ES
@C
oach
Quo
tes
on T
witt
er
•
Not
eve
ryon
e is
read
y, w
illin
g, o
r abl
e to
be
a pa
rt of
Cha
mpi
onsh
ip C
ultu
re. –
Jef
f Jan
ssen
• H
ard
wor
k sp
otlig
hts
the
char
acte
r of
peo
ple:
som
e tu
rn u
p th
eir
slee
ves,
som
e tu
rn u
p th
eir
nose
s, &
som
e do
n’t t
urn
up a
t all.
– S
am E
win
g
• E
very
body
like
s ea
ch o
ther
unt
il th
ings
get
toug
h. T
hen
you
will
find
out
wha
t kin
d of
team
you
have
. – D
oc R
iver
s
• Y
our s
kills
are
onl
y as
goo
d as
you
r abi
lity
to b
ring
them
out
und
er p
ress
ure.
– T
om C
rean
• R
espo
nsib
ility
nev
er e
nds.
It’s
not
a c
hapt
er. Y
ou d
on’t
finis
h it
and
then
mov
e on
. Res
pons
ibili
ty
is a
con
stan
t sta
te o
f bei
ng. –
Pat
Sum
mitt
• A
t the
end
of t
he d
ay, i
f wha
t you
’re te
lling
them
isn'
t rea
l, it’
s no
t goi
ng to
hel
p an
ybod
y. –
Lin
coln
Rile
y
• C
ham
pion
ship
s an
d gr
eat s
easo
ns a
re w
on in
lock
er ro
oms.
– T
om Iz
zo
• Th
ere
are
two
way
s to
do
som
ethi
ng. T
he ri
ght w
ay, a
nd a
gain
. #N
avyS
EA
LS
• I f
irmly
bel
ieve
that
the
only
dis
abili
ty in
life
is a
bad
atti
tude
. – S
cott
Ham
ilton
• D
isci
plin
e is
not
a li
ght s
witc
h. D
isci
plin
e is
a w
ay o
f life
. – J
ohn
Har
baug
h
• A
s a
lead
er,
your
goa
ls a
nd a
spira
tion
mus
t be
stro
ng e
noug
h to
sus
tain
you
thr
ough
the
toug
hest
of
times
. A
nd t
rust
me,
if y
our
goal
s ar
e se
t hi
gh e
noug
h an
d yo
ur a
spira
tions
are
wor
thy
enou
gh, t
here
will
be
toug
h tim
es. –
Bria
n B
illic
k
• W
e ha
ve th
e ch
oice
eac
h da
y to
giv
e up
, giv
e in
, or g
ive
ALL
we
have
. – C
arol
Bru
ggem
an
• W
inne
rs s
ee th
e dr
eam
and
dev
elop
pla
ns w
hile
lose
rs s
ee th
e ob
stac
les
and
deve
lop
excu
ses.
• R
epet
ition
is th
e ke
y to
suc
cess
– d
oing
wha
t you
hav
e to
do
over
and
ove
r and
alw
ays
doin
g it
right
. – P
ete
Car
ril
• P
ress
ure
sque
ezes
effo
rt ou
t of w
inne
rs a
nd e
xcus
es o
ut o
f los
ers.
– O
rrin
Woo
dwar
d
1
Tabl
e of
Con
tent
sht
tp:w
ww
.nis
caon
line.
org
Janu
ary/
Febr
uary
201
9 Pr
esid
ent’s
Let
ter-
Mar
k O
nsto
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From
the
Edito
r- Be
tsy
Hon
dorf…
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Con
trib
uted
Art
icle
s:
Book
Rev
iew
: Ern
ie M
aglis
cho'
s Sw
imm
ing
Fast
er -
Dav
e Ba
rney
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om F
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ave
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r: M
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irley
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nior
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ff W
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to K
now
Our
Mem
bers
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Dow
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Feat
ure:
Th
e O
.P.T
.I.M
.U.M
. Met
hod
of M
enta
l Pre
para
tion
- Dr.
Jeffr
ey F
ishb
ein
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Hig
h Sc
hool
Coa
ches
Spe
cial
: Te
st P
rep
101 -
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son
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Tech
niqu
es a
nd T
rain
ing:
Th
e Be
nefit
s of
Ply
omet
ric E
xerc
ises
- Way
ne C
oste
r Coo
per a
nd K
im B
row
nlee
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Wat
er P
olo:
H
ow M
uch
Doe
s It
Cos
t to
Star
t a W
ater
Pol
o Pr
ogra
m -
Aaro
n Br
own,
Ill P
olo…
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New
Nat
iona
l Rec
ords
and
Byl
aw C
hang
e Pr
opos
als
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NIS
CA
Nat
iona
l Con
fere
nce
2019
Info
rmat
ion:
So
ft Ag
enda
and
Reg
istra
tion
Form
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Cov
er P
hoto
s:
Phot
o C
redi
t: M
arga
ret M
ason
Th
e Ad
mira
ls o
f Far
ragu
t Hig
h Sc
hool
, Kno
xville
, TN
. Tw
enty
Adm
irals
are
hea
ded
to th
e Te
nnes
see
Stat
e H
igh
Scho
ol S
wim
min
g C
ham
pion
ship
in N
ashv
ille, T
N. T
hey
are
fresh
off
a 3rd
pla
ce fi
nish
at t
he K
noxv
ille
Inte
rsch
olas
tic S
wim
Lea
gue
Cha
mpi
onsh
ip m
eet a
nd h
ave
post
ed a
win
ning
sea
son
of 6
and
1 fo
r the
firs
t tim
e in
four
yea
rs. T
he A
dmira
ls a
re c
oach
ed b
y Be
tsy
Hon
dorf
and
Chr
is F
rank
lin.
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NISCA Hotel Reservation Form 86th Annual NISCA Conference Wednesday Saturday, March 20-23, 2019
Reservations must be made by individual attendees directly with the Hotel
Embassy Suites By Hilton Austin Central
5901 N IH-35 Austin, TX 78723
Check-In Time: 3:00 PM Check-Out Time: 12:00 PM
Tel. 512-519-0460
Cutoff Date for Reservations is Feb. 24, 2019
Date of Arrival: ___________________________ Estimated Time of Arrival: ___________________ Date of Departure: _________________________ Please Reserve: _____ room(s) for ______ people NAME(S) OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE SHARING THESE ACCOMODATIONS:
Rev. 1.1 07-19-2018
Room Rates: Single $149.00 + Taxes (15%) Complimentary Wi-Fi in guest rooms, lobby, meeting rooms. Complementary breakfasts and parking included. Transportation to the hotel from the airport via Super Shuttle is about $15.00. Transportation to and from the meet has been arranged by NISCA and will be by reservation only, paid for in advanced and is not refundable. Hotel reservations must be made by Feb. 24, 2019. Reservations made after this date will be taken on a space available basis only.
Name: _____________________________ Phone: (____) ______________ Address: ______________________________________________________ City: __________________________ State: __________ Zip:___________ School: _______________________________________________________ AMEX _____ VISA _____ MASTERCARD _____ DISCOVER ______ Card Number _________________________ Exp. Date ______________ CVC (Security) Code ______ Signature _____________________________________________________
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In association with NCAA Div. 1 Womens Swimming and Diving
Championships
In association with NCAA Div. 1 Women’s Swimming and Diving
Championships
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM 86th Annual NISCA Conference
Wednesday Saturday, March 20-23, 2019 Reservation Options: Option 1...The Complete Package. Cost $250.00 This option includes EVERYTHING! Conference registration, tickets for all sessions of the NCAA Championships, NISCA Awards Banquet, admission to the mixer and clinics, and eligibility for door prizes. Option 2...NISCA Members and Family for each person. Cost $170.00 This option includes everything in Option 1 EXCEPT the NCAA tickets. Option3...Award Winners and Presenters As an Awardee or Presenter, you will receive free Conference registration, NISCA Awards banquet, admission to the mixer and clinics and eligibility for door prizes. Family and guests will be charged the $170.00 (Option 2) rate for the Conference Registration. Awardee/Presenters Name:__________________________________________________ Additional Banquet Tickets - Cost $65.00 NCAA Tickets are an additional fee of $80.00
Please note the following: 1. Conference materials will NOT be mailed in advance. All
conference materials will be held for each registrant until they check in at the Conference.
2. NISCA has contracted for sixty tickets to the NCAA Division 1 Womens Swimming & Diving Championships. They will be sold on a first come, first serve basis.
3. If you are registering additional coaches, please make additional copies of this form.
Arrival Information: Date and Time ______________________________
Spouses name, if attending the clinic: ____________________________________________
PLEASE MAKE COPIES OF THIS FORM FOR ADDITIONAL REGISTRATIONS
Please indicate your entrée choice for the NISCA Awards Banquet: If you do not indicate your choice, you will be given Beef. Beef _____ Fish _____ Chicken _____ Checks should be made payable to NISCA. Send to: Thomas Wojslawowicz 3015 Shiloh Ln. Charleston, SC 29414-8025
Rev. 1.2 09-18-2018
Name: _____________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________ City: _____________________ State: ______ Zip: __________ Phone (____) ________________________________ e-mail address: ______________________________________ Reservation Options: Option 1 Please reserve _____ @$250.00 $__________ Option 2 Please reserve _____ @$170.00 $__________ Option 3 - Please reserve _____ Free _______ Additional Banquet Tickets @ $65.00 $__________ _______ Additional NCAA Tickets @$80.00 $__________ TOTAL $__________
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wor
ked
out b
ut w
e ho
pe to
hav
e th
is p
rogr
am u
p an
d ru
nnin
g fo
r the
201
9-20
20 s
choo
l yea
r. Th
e sp
ecifi
c pl
an w
ill be
pre
sent
ed a
t our
con
fere
nce.
It
will
have
the
sam
e ba
sic
requ
irem
ents
as
our
othe
r Al
l Am
eric
a pr
ogra
ms,
inc
ludi
ng;
grad
es
9-12
, hi
gh s
choo
l tim
es o
nly
and
elec
troni
c tim
ing
mus
t be
used
.
And
final
ly, s
peak
ing
of A
ll Am
eric
a. I
am s
ad to
re
port
that
our
long
tim
e Bo
ys A
ll Am
eric
a C
hair,
R
ich
Hoo
d is
ret
iring
fro
m t
hat
posi
tion.
Ric
h ha
s be
en r
etire
d fro
m t
each
ing/
adm
inis
tratio
n si
nce
2010
, is
in h
is la
st s
easo
n as
Bur
ke H
igh
Scho
ol h
ead
boys
coa
ch a
nd s
pent
his
las
t ye
ar a
t th
e su
mm
er p
ool
in 2
018.
So,
he
is
wha
t us
ret
ired
folk
s ca
ll “d
one-
done
”. R
ich
is
a N
ISC
A ic
on h
avin
g he
ld m
ultip
le l
eade
rshi
p po
sitio
ns i
nclu
ding
Pre
side
nt (
Pres
iden
t el
ect
and
past
Pre
side
nt),
he a
lso
was
the
orig
inat
or
of o
ur A
cade
mic
All
Amer
ica
prog
ram
and
was
ch
air
for
seve
ral y
ears
. H
e ha
s be
en a
fixt
ure
at c
onfe
renc
e an
d co
uld
alw
ays
be c
ount
ed
on t
o gi
ve in
tellig
ent
reas
oned
opi
nion
s on
the
as
soci
atio
n’s
busi
ness
. So,
I am
sad
for N
ISC
A bu
t I a
m e
csta
tic fo
r Ric
h an
d hi
s fa
mily
!
See
you
in A
ustin
,
Mar
k
http
s://w
ww
.face
book
.com
/Nis
ca-
Nat
iona
l-Int
ersc
hola
stic
-Sw
im-C
oach
es-
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ocia
tion-
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146/
Gre
etin
gs,
Wel
l, th
is i
s m
y la
st
Jour
nal
Pres
iden
t’s
lette
r. I
will
pass
the
“c
erem
onia
l ga
vel”
and
the
Jour
nal l
ette
r w
ritin
g du
ties,
ove
r to
D
iane
H
icks
-Hug
hes
at
the
end
of
our
conf
eren
ce i
n M
arch
. It
has
been
, as
alw
ays,
a
fun,
exc
iting
and
cha
lleng
ing
2 ye
ars
as
pres
iden
t. I r
eally
enj
oy th
e pe
ople
I ge
t to
wor
k w
ith o
n th
e Ex
ecut
ive
Boar
d an
d th
ose
lette
rhea
d m
embe
rs th
at I
inte
ract
with
on
a re
gula
r bas
is.
As w
ell a
s th
e le
tterh
ead,
coa
ches
and
spo
nsor
s I c
onne
ct w
ith m
ore
occa
sion
ally.
I w
ish
I cou
ld
say
that
we
acco
mpl
ishe
d al
l we
set o
ut to
do
but
that
isn’
t tru
e. M
embe
rshi
p ha
s up
tick
ed s
light
ly,
but n
owhe
re n
ear w
hat I
had
hop
ed fo
r. I a
m n
ot
goin
g to
go
thro
ugh
the
acco
mpl
ishm
ents
of t
he
last
2 y
ears
bec
ause
fra
nkly,
the
y ar
en’t
min
e to
bra
g ab
out.
I do
look
forw
ard
to m
y ne
w ro
le
as p
ast p
resi
dent
and
con
tinui
ng a
s Al
l Am
eric
a C
oord
inat
or.
How
ever
, I w
ill m
entio
n an
exc
iting
new
pro
gram
th
at t
he E
xecu
tive
Boar
d w
ill be
sub
mitt
ing
to
the
mem
bers
hip
pres
ent
at
our
conf
eren
ce
for
appr
oval
in
Au
stin
th
is
Mar
ch.
We
will
prop
ose
addi
ng P
ara
All
Amer
ica
to o
ur A
ll Am
eric
a pr
ogra
ms.
Sev
eral
sta
tes
alre
ady
have
pr
ovis
ions
for
som
e ki
nd f
or P
ara
com
plet
ion.
W
e ha
ve b
een
wor
king
with
Que
enie
Nic
hols
the
Hig
h Pe
rform
ance
Dire
ctor
for U
.S. P
aral
ympi
cs
Swim
min
g to
dev
elop
a p
rogr
am th
at is
on
par
perfo
rman
ce w
ise
as o
ur c
urre
nt s
wim
min
g Al
l Am
eric
a pr
ogra
ms.
The
re a
re s
till d
etai
ls to
be
From
the
Edito
r: Th
e Se
ptem
ber/O
ctob
er i
ssue
alw
ays
feel
s lik
e a
New
Yea
r’s c
eleb
ratio
n to
me.
We
actu
ally
retu
rned
to s
choo
l in
July
, but
hav
e ju
st b
egun
our
sea
son.
I
am w
orki
ng w
ith a
new
team
this
yea
r (Fa
rragu
t Hig
h
Scho
ol in
Kno
xville
, TN
- Go
Adm
irals
!), s
o th
is y
ear
feel
s ev
en li
ke e
ven
mor
e of
a n
ew b
egin
ning
to m
e.
Whi
le g
ettin
g st
arte
d w
ith t
his
new
tea
m,
I ha
ve
lean
ed h
eavi
ly o
n th
e re
sour
ces
that
can
be
foun
d
on th
e w
ww
.nis
caon
line.
org
web
site
. If y
ou h
aven
’t
take
n a
look
und
er t
he “
Coa
ches
Ed”
tab
late
ly,
I
high
ly re
com
men
d it.
The
re a
re s
ampl
e te
am fo
rms,
chec
k-lis
ts a
nd l
ots
of o
ther
res
ourc
es.
Even
if
you’
ve b
een
coac
hing
sin
ce t
he D
ive
and
Plun
ge
was
a c
onte
sted
eve
nt, y
ou c
an fi
nd s
omet
hing
to
help
you
be
bette
r.
In th
is is
sue
we
try to
pro
vide
mor
e of
that
kin
d of
supp
ort.
Ther
e’s
a us
eful
pre
-sea
son
chec
k-lis
t. W
e
have
a g
reat
arti
cle
abou
t th
e pr
oble
ms
you
will
enco
unte
r all
to o
ften
with
sw
imm
ers:
per
fect
ioni
sm.
Ther
e ar
e tip
s fo
r rec
ogni
zing
wha
t you
see
as
wel
l
as s
ugge
stio
ns fo
r how
to m
anag
e it.
We
also
hav
e
a pi
ece
on b
ecom
ing
the
best
coa
ch y
ou c
an b
e-
who
doe
sn’t
need
that
? I a
lso
hope
you
’ll en
joy
som
e
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ISC
A S
wim
min
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ll-A
mer
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eter
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nd re
lay
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oys A
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ational Interscholastic Swim
ming C
oaches Association
2018-19 N
ISCA
Swim
ming A
ll-Am
erica
Yard Time Standards
Top 100 Athletes determ
ined by verified applications will be recognized as All-Am
erica in individual and relay events.
Boys A
ll-Am
erica
High School
G
irls All-A
merica
All A
merica
Consideration
Event in Y
ards
Consideration
All A
merica
1:33.34 1:34.94
200 M
edley Relay
1:46.44
1:44.54
1:38.52 1:40.23
200 Freestyle
1:50.65
1:48.80
1:49.83 1:51.77
200 Individual M
edley
2:04.02 2:01.69
:20.60 :20.96
50 Freestyle
:23.58
:23.23
:48.96 :50.03
100 Butterfly
:55.63
:54.45
:44.99 :45.78
100 Freestyle
:51.13
:50.29
4:28.75 4:33.39
500 Freestyle
4:57.09
4:52.26
1:24.92 1:26.03
200 Freestyle R
elay
1:37.16 1:35.50
:49.53 :50.64
100 Backstroke
:56.11
:54.89
:55.93 :57.11
100 Breaststroke
1:04.05
1:02.60
3:06.24 3:08.93
400 Freestyle R
elay
3:31.27 3:27.79
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From the Editor:
The September/O
ctober issue always feels like a
New
Year’s celebration to me. W
e actually returned
to school in July, but have just begun our season. I
am w
orking with a new
team this year (Farragut H
igh
School in Knoxville, TN- G
o Admirals!), so this year
feels even like even more of a new
beginning to me.
While getting started w
ith this new team
, I have
leaned heavily on the resources that can be found
on the ww
w.niscaonline.org w
ebsite. If you haven’t
taken a look under the “Coaches Ed” tab lately, I
highly recomm
end it. There are sample team
forms,
check-lists and lots of other resources. Even if
you’ve been coaching since the Dive and Plunge
was a contested event, you can find som
ething to
help you be better.
In this issue we try to provide m
ore of that kind of
support. There’s a useful pre-season check-list. We
have a great article about the problems you w
ill
encounter all to often with sw
imm
ers: perfectionism.
There are tips for recognizing what you see as w
ell
as suggestions for how to m
anage it. We also have
a piece on becoming the best coach you can be-
who doesn’t need that? I also hope you’ll enjoy som
e
suggestions and positive perspective on how to
make the m
ost of a one hour practice time.
In addition
to our
regular m
ember
and senior
introductions, we have som
e congratulations and
mem
orials. You’ll also find BOTH
polo and diving in
this issue along with the m
uch anticipated Power
Point results and stats for the year.
There are so many w
ays that NISC
A can support
you as a coach. Be sure to plan to join us in Austin
for some face-to-face interactions (registration form
s
in the back!) and bring a friend!
I hope that those of you with fall seasons have great
Cham
pionships, those who com
pete in winter get off
to a good start and those with spring com
petitions
take some tim
e to be well prepared. Either w
ay,
remem
ber to send me your favorite team
photos!
Best Wishes for Fast Fishes!
Betsy Hondorf
niscajournal@gm
ail.com
865-243-0375
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A Journal is edited and published by N
ISCA
(Editor, Betsy
Hondorf).
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issions, questions
or suggestions
for the
Journal please
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e at
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From the Editor:
January is a time to think about the new
year and the opportunities it brings. W
e are just a few
weeks out of our S
tate Cham
pionship meet, so of
course I’m thinking about opportunities to sw
im
fast, set records, and enjoy spending time w
ith my
swim
mers at an exciting m
eet; however, it’s also a
great time to consider the opportunities w
e have every day.
We have the opportunity to read a classic book
on swim
ming to learn how
to better teach our athletes. W
e have the opportunity to remind a
new generation about events that happened long
ago, but are still shaping their lives. We have the
opportunity to understand something about the
high stakes testing that high school swim
mers have
to conquer before moving on to the next level so
that we can help them
do their very best. We have
the opportunity to help them prepare both m
entally and physically for the dem
ands of competing in our
sport. Som
etimes, w
e even have the opportunity to
start a brand new program
to give students their ow
n opportunites to participate in a high school sport. This issue features articles to help you m
ake the m
ost of each of these opportunities.
There are also opportunities for you within the
NIS
CA organization. A
s we bid farew
ell (again) to our P
resident, Mark O
nstott, we w
ant to remind
you that each of our mem
bers has an opportunity to serve in a m
yriad of roles at NIS
CA
. You have the opportunity to join us in A
ustin this March to
learn, to serve and to be honored. It’s also a great opportunity to w
atch some very fast sw
imm
ing and to socialize w
ith some of the friendliest coaches in
the country.
Finally, I have to say that sometim
es, if you are in the right place at the right tim
e, you get the opportunity to hang out w
ith one of the most
incredible and gracious athletes across the world
of sports for a little while (Yes, that’s m
e with the
legendary Katie Ledecky at the Tyr P
ro Series
meet in K
noxville this month!)
I wish you m
any opportunities for fast swim
ming
and fulfilling coaching!
Betsy H
ondorfniscajournal@
gmail.com
865-243-0375
The N
ISC
A Journal
is edited
and published
by NIS
CA (E
ditor, Betsy H
ondorf). If you have subm
issions, questions or suggestions for the Journal please contact m
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opos
ed B
ylaw
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nges
: 201
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opos
al #
1:
Arti
cle
IV F
inan
ces
SECT
ION
1 D
ues a
nd fe
es:
a. D
ues
and
fees
of t
he A
ssoc
iatio
n sh
all b
e es
tabl
ished
by
the
Mem
bers
hip
and
appr
oved
by
a m
ajor
ity o
f the
vot
ing
mem
bers
pre
sent
at t
he A
nnua
l Gen
eral
Mee
ting.
Ret
ired
mem
bers
who
are
no
long
er c
oach
ing
or te
achi
ng sh
all r
ecei
ve
a 20
% d
iscou
nt o
n th
eir a
nnua
l due
s. A
mou
nts s
hall
appe
ar in
the
min
utes
of t
he A
nnua
l Gen
eral
Mee
ting.
b.
Due
s and
fees
shal
l be
paya
ble
in a
dvan
ce.
c. A
pplic
atio
n fo
r reg
ular
mem
bers
hip
shal
l be
mad
e to
the
Trea
sure
r of t
he A
ssoc
iatio
n.
Rat
iona
l:
The $
50 co
st of
mem
bers
hip
does
not
cove
r the
full
cost
of b
eing
a N
ISCA
mem
ber.
Also
, ret
ired
coac
hes a
re st
ill co
vere
d by
the
insu
ranc
e an
d ge
t all
of th
e be
nefit
s of t
he o
rgan
izat
ion,
eve
n if
they
are
not
cur
rent
ly c
oach
ing
Prop
osal
#2
Arti
cle
IV F
inan
ces
SECT
ION
3 S
tipen
ds:
a. A
ny st
ipen
d m
ust b
e vo
ted
by th
e m
embe
rshi
p pr
esen
t at t
he A
nnua
l Gen
eral
Mee
ting.
Onc
e ap
prov
ed, a
stip
end
will
be
pro
vide
d as
not
ed u
ntil
such
tim
e as
it is
eith
er a
ltere
d or
revo
ked
by si
mila
r vot
e. A
ll sti
pend
am
ount
s sha
ll be
not
ed
in th
e Co
nstit
utio
n or
By-
law
s.
b. T
he Jo
urna
l Edi
tor s
hall
rece
ive
a sti
pend
of $
1500
.00
per a
nnum
. c.
The
Web
Mas
ter s
hall
rece
ive
a sti
pend
of $
1500
.00
per a
nnum
. R
atio
nal:
Th
e jo
b of
web
mas
ter
requ
ires
a gr
eat d
eal o
f tim
e ev
ery
wee
k. T
he w
ebsit
e m
ust b
e m
aint
aine
d, c
onte
nt p
oste
d an
d up
date
s in
stalle
d. C
onte
nt s
houl
d be
pos
ted
on a
dai
ly b
asis.
The
tim
e co
mm
itmen
t and
ski
ll le
vel n
eede
d to
cre
ate
and
mai
ntai
n a
web
site
shou
ld w
arra
nt so
me
com
pens
atio
n.
7
From
the
Boo
kshe
lf: S
wim
min
g Fa
ster
S
wim
min
g Fa
ster
, Er
nest
W. M
aglis
cho.
May
field
Pu
blis
hing
Com
pany
, Pa
lo A
lto,
CA,
19
82,
472p
p,
ISBN
0-8
7484
-548
-3,
and
othe
rs.
Rev
iew
ed
by
Dav
e
Barn
ey, A
lbuq
uerq
ue
Acad
emy,
NM
.
The
Bib
les
of S
wim
min
g Sc
ienc
e
Man
y of
us
olde
r coa
ches
are
wel
l acq
uain
ted
with
the
vario
us v
olum
es o
f wor
k de
vote
d to
the
scie
nce
of s
wim
min
g th
roug
h th
e ag
es.
Mos
t of
tho
se
earli
est
editi
ons
in t
he 2
0th C
entu
ry w
ere
nobl
e of
effo
rt bu
t pa
le in
com
paris
on t
o th
e m
ight
y to
mes
avai
labl
e to
day
with
thei
r enc
ompa
ssin
g in
form
atio
n
abou
t see
min
gly
anyt
hing
and
eve
ryth
ing
to d
o w
ith
the
appl
ied
scie
nce
and
theo
ries
of h
ydro
dyna
mic
prop
ulsi
on, m
ore
com
mon
ly k
now
n to
us
old-
timer
s
as s
wim
min
g. M
uch
of th
e cu
rrent
con
tribu
tions
to
the
scie
nce
of s
wim
min
g ca
nnot
be
foun
d be
twee
n
the
cove
rs o
f a b
ook,
but
rath
er in
the
sphe
re o
f hig
h-
tech
, di
gita
lized
ac
cess
ibilit
y,
incl
udin
g th
e
inex
haus
tible
won
ders
of t
he in
tern
et.
So m
uch
for
mod
erni
ty.
But i
t’s b
ooks
we’
re d
ealin
g w
ith in
this
pie
ce F
rom
the
Boo
kshe
lf. E
rnie
Mag
lisch
o’s
body
of
wor
k,
som
etim
es r
efer
red
to a
s th
e “S
wim
min
g Fa
ster
Serie
s,”
outd
ista
nces
mos
t al
l pr
eced
ing
wor
ks,
incl
udin
g w
hat w
as o
nce
belie
ved
to b
e th
e ul
timat
e
writ
ten
wor
d on
th
e sc
ient
ific
inve
stig
atio
n of
com
petit
ive
swim
min
g: n
amel
y, “D
oc” C
ouns
ilman
’s
epic
boo
k: T
he S
cien
ce o
f Sw
imm
ing,
pub
lishe
d in
the
late
196
0’s
and
follo
wed
by
his
New
Sci
ence
of
Com
petit
ive
Sw
imm
ing,
pub
lishe
d in
the
early
‘70’
s.
Befo
re I
dig
int
o M
aglis
cho’
s la
te 2
0th C
entu
ry
cont
ribut
ion
to o
ur s
port,
it m
ight
be
wor
thw
hile
to
men
tion
a br
ief
chro
nolo
gy o
f th
e m
ore
nota
ble
publ
icat
ions
in th
e fir
st h
alf o
f the
20th
Cen
tury
, som
e
of w
hich
foun
d th
eir w
ay in
to th
e va
st in
ner-s
anct
um
of w
hat
even
tual
ly b
ecam
e kn
own
as t
he B
arne
s
Spo
rt Li
brar
y.
Man
y of
tho
se b
ooks
wer
e pu
t
toge
ther
by
som
e of
the
mos
t fam
ous
colle
ge a
nd
Oly
mpi
c co
ache
s in
our
spo
rt’s
hist
ory.
But b
efor
e th
ere
wer
e so
-cal
led
coac
h/au
thor
s, th
ere
was
Geo
rge
Cor
san,
a C
anad
ian
mas
ter t
each
er o
f
aqua
tics
who
wro
te tw
o of
the
earli
est b
ooks
on
the
scie
nce
of
swim
min
g:
A
t H
ome
in
the
Wat
er
publ
ishe
d in
191
4, a
nd T
he D
ivin
g an
d S
wim
min
g
Boo
k pu
blis
hed
a de
cade
late
r in
1924
. B
oth
book
s
wer
e pu
blis
hed
by A
.S.
Barn
es &
Com
pany
, a
prot
otyp
ical
ver
sion
of
the
Bar
nes
Spo
rt Li
brar
y.
Cor
san
was
not
a s
wim
min
g co
ach
per
se, b
ut h
e
was
an
early
20th
cen
tury
sw
imm
ing
guru
for
man
y
of t
he m
ost
fam
ous
swim
coa
ches
of
that
era
,
incl
udin
g Bo
b Ki
phut
h of
Yal
e, E
d Ke
nned
y of
Col
umbi
a, M
att M
ann
of M
ichi
gan,
Dav
e Ar
mbr
uste
r
of I
owa,
and
Cha
rles
“Red
” Si
lvia
of
Sprin
gfie
ld
Col
lege
. Be
yond
fe
atur
ing
wha
t m
ost
of
the
succ
eedi
ng b
ooks
wou
ld h
ave
to s
ay a
bout
teac
hing
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33
Water Polo:
HO
W TO
STAR
T A W
ATER
POLO
PRO
GR
AM
? A
aron Brow
n, IllPolo.com
W
hat are the basics needed in order to start a water
polo program? This is a great question that I hear
from tim
e-to-time, as it typically m
eans someone
might be thinking about helping the sport grow
by
providing a water polo program
where one does not
currently exist.
Here is a general list of the considerations needed
in order to start a water polo program
:
1) Balls
2) Caps
3) Coaches
4) Equipment
5) Goals
6) Mem
bership Fees
7) Officials
8) Pool Time
9) League/Tournament Fees
10) Transportation
There are major differences betw
een starting a local,
comm
unity-based (club) program versus starting an
official high school team. R
egulation equipment,
coaching stipends, league fees, and transportation
are a few of the item
s a school district might handle
for a high school program that m
ight be better
explained in a separate article.
So, maybe the better question is: how
do you start a
water polo program
on a shoestring budget? Here
are some suggestions:
1) Ask for equipment donations. Established team
s
or program
s m
ay have
balls, caps,
and other
equipment to either lend or donate in order to help a
new program
get started.
2) Seek out current players or parents who can lend
a hand as volunteers.
3) Make hom
emade goals using PVC
pipes.
4) Take a comm
unity-based approach and see if the
local park district or a comm
unity college might help
run the program to save on pool rental fees and
other costs.
5) Stay
local and
host scrim
mages
to avoid
transportation costs or tournament fees.
6) Be creative. Starting a new w
ater polo program
can be a daunting task, but there are ways to keep
costs low w
ith a little bit of creativity, especially in the
early stages.
Can you think of any other advice for anyone
interested in starting a water polo program
? Please
send an
e-mail
to illpolostaff@gm
ail.com if
you w
ould like to comm
ent and possibly be included in a future article.
8
stroke, Corsan’s books included prose dedicated to
other aquatic considerations: chapters devoted to
teaching lifesaving for instance, as well as attem
pts
to em
brace the
psychology of
teaching sm
all
children to swim
, not to mention entertaining the
notion of “Why W
omen Should Learn To Sw
im.“
Another chapter
entitled “Stunts
and Fancy
Swim
ming” addressed survival sw
imm
ing with feet
and hands tied together, an idea I remem
ber making
some use of in the late 1950’s w
hen I was engaged
by the
Peace C
orp to
teach a
drown-proofing
initiative to Peace Corp candidates.
Next in line of those early books cam
e to us in 1928,
courtesy of Robert Kiphuth, the venerable Yale
University and four-tim
e Olym
pic coach. His book,
entitled merely S
wim
ming, contributed several new
thoughts about the science of swim
ming, am
ong
them the ideas of w
hat we know
today as dryland
conditioning and interval training. As an aside, I
might add that Kiphuth’s design of his signature pool
in the Payne-Whitney G
ymnasium
at Yale became
the prototype for the design of a whole era of
competitive sw
imm
ing pools in this country and
elsewhere, including the one I sw
am in at the
University of N
ew M
exico in the late 1950’s. Also of
note is Kiphuth’s pioneer role in the Ritter-Jockers
experimental process of w
hat turned out to be the
earliest attempts to create an autom
atic system for
timing sw
imm
ing races.
Matt
Mann’s
book S
wim
ming
Fundamentals
was
published in
1940.
Whereas
Mann
did the
talking in this book, his scribe per
se, Charles Fries, a professor of
English at
the U
niversity of
Michigan, did the w
riting. This book contains a
glowing Forew
ord, written by Ed Kennedy, C
olumbia
University coach and editor of the N
CA
A S
wim
ming
Guide from
1932 to 1939, espousing Matt M
ann’s
contribution to the literature of swim
ming. The thrust
of the book focuses on the fundamentals of stroke.
One exception to this is the curious m
ention of the
“fish-tail kick, featured by a photograph depicting the
rhythmic
thrashing of
legs up
and dow
n and
accompanied by the statem
ent that “the fish-tail kick
would revolutionize leg m
ovements in breaststroke if
only it were ever allow
ed.” Mann footnotes this
statement
by m
entioning the
on-going dolphin-
breaststroke experimentation being conducted by
David Arm
bruster at the University of Iow
a, a two-
decade experimentation, as it turned out to be, w
hich
ultimately led to the notion of an entirely new
and
autonomous stroke (separated from
breaststroke in
1953) called butterfly. Most of the photographs in
Mann’s book feature a fifty year-old M
att Mann
himself dem
onstrating the nuances of stroke or
groups of boys posing and practicing in water at his
world-fam
ous Cam
p Chikopi in northern O
ntario. In
this regard, I’m proud to say, like m
any others, that
in some sm
all way I’m
a Matt M
ann disciple, having
taught sailing and coached swim
ming at C
hikopi for
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32
The
girls
200
med
ley
rela
y of
the
Pin
gry
Sch
ool,
Bas
king
Rid
ge, N
J. T
he re
lay
just
bro
ke th
e sc
hool
’s
med
ley
rela
y re
cord
from
201
4. T
he n
ew re
cord
hol
ders
are
Dar
lene
Fun
g, G
race
O'M
ara,
Abb
y D
iGio
rgio
, an
d A
llie
Rid
dell.
The
reco
rd w
as 2
:03.
69 a
nd th
e ne
w re
cord
was
2:0
3.11
. The
ladi
es o
f the
Big
Blu
e ar
e co
ache
d by
Dei
rdre
O'M
ara.
9
alm
ost
two
deca
des,
al
beit
mos
tly
in
this
ne
w
cent
ury
of o
urs
and
certa
inly
not
in M
att M
ann’
s tim
e
at th
e ca
mp
stem
min
g ba
ck to
192
0.
Dav
id A
rmbr
uste
r, th
e ve
nera
ble
Uni
vers
ity o
f Iow
a
swim
coa
ch fo
r mor
e th
an fo
ur d
ecad
es, p
ut to
geth
er
thre
e ed
ition
s (1
942,
195
0, 1
958)
of h
is in
itial
boo
k
Sw
imm
ing
& D
ivin
g.
Col
labo
ratio
ns i
n th
e th
ird
editi
on
with
Br
uce
Har
lan,
di
ving
co
ach
at
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Mic
higa
n, a
nd w
ith U
nive
rsity
of I
owa
opht
halm
olog
ist
and
med
ical
illu
stra
tor
Lee
Alle
n,
elev
ated
the
book
to n
ew le
vels
of c
ompr
ehen
sion
and
set a
sta
ndar
d th
at w
ould
be
mirr
ored
by
man
y
swim
coa
ch/b
io-k
inet
icis
ts in
the
futu
re T
here
are
no
phot
ogra
phs
in t
his
book
, bu
t Al
len’
s dr
awin
gs,
crea
ted
sequ
entia
lly fr
om p
hoto
grap
hs, l
eave
littl
e to
the
imag
inat
ion
and
prov
ide
us w
ith a
fra
me
by
fram
e, a
s it
wer
e, g
raph
ic e
xpos
ition
of
a di
ve o
r
stro
ke.
I a
m in
clud
ing
Alle
n’s
repr
esen
tatio
n of
a
forw
ard
two
and
one-
half
som
ersa
ult,
pike
div
e he
re
to g
ive
the
read
er s
ome
idea
of
the
sequ
entia
l
exce
llenc
e of
his
dra
win
gs.
Beyo
nd t
he g
raph
ics,
Arm
brus
ter’s
pro
se is
muc
h
mor
e ex
act
in e
xpla
inin
g th
e so
met
imes
obt
use
mat
ter
of b
io-k
inet
ic p
rinci
ples
. O
n th
e m
atte
r of
orga
niza
tion
. . .
from
cov
er to
cov
er a
nd fr
om th
e
listin
g of
and
exc
elle
nce
of i
ts i
llust
ratio
ns t
o its
exte
nsiv
e in
dex
and
its d
etai
led
anal
ysis
of
stro
ke
and
dive
, th
is b
ook
sepa
rate
s its
elf
from
pre
viou
s
book
s an
d op
ened
the
doo
r, so
-to-s
peak
, fo
r la
ter
coac
hing
sc
ient
ists
to
pu
rsue
th
e ch
alle
nges
asso
ciat
ed
with
ad
dres
sing
m
oder
n re
sear
ch
stan
dard
s in
prin
t T
he f
irst
man
to
take
on
that
chal
leng
e in
the
so-
calle
d m
oder
n er
a w
as J
ames
“Doc
” C
ouns
ilman
, th
e le
gend
ary
colle
ge
and
Oly
mpi
c co
ach
at th
e U
nive
rsity
of I
ndia
na.
Cou
nsilm
an’s
fir
st
book
, Th
e
Sci
ence
of
Sw
imm
ing
publ
ishe
d
in 1
968,
initi
ated
a w
hole
ser
ies
of
book
s un
der
his
auth
orsh
ip,
incl
udin
g Th
e N
ew
Sci
ence
of
Sw
imm
ing,
and
The
Com
petit
ive
Sw
imm
ing
Man
ual.
W
hile
purs
uing
a d
octo
rate
deg
ree
in p
hysi
olog
y at
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Iow
a, C
ouns
ilman
fell u
nder
the
spel
l of
Iow
a sw
im c
oach
Dav
e Ar
mbu
ster
. C
ouns
ilman
’s
initi
al
writ
ings
on
th
e sp
ort
evol
ved
from
an
emul
atio
n of
Arm
bust
er’s
res
earc
h m
etho
ds b
ut
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31
in w
hich muscles tend to be at their w
eakest point.
By conditioning the muscle at its w
eakest point, (full
stretch) it is better prepared to handle this type of
stress in a real or game environm
ent.
Why
are Plyom
etric Exercises
Important
for Injury R
ehabilitation? M
ost injury rehabilitation programs fail to realize that
an eccentric muscle contraction can be up to three
times
more
forceful than
a concentric
muscle
contraction. This is why plyom
etric exercises are
important in the final stage of rehabilitation, to
condition the muscles to handle the added strain of
eccentric contractions.
Neglecting
this final
stage of
the rehabilitation
process can often lead to re-injury, because the
muscles have not been conditioned to cope w
ith the
added force of eccentric muscle contractions. D
o not
perform plyom
etric exercises on concrete, asphalt or
other hard surfaces. Grass is one of the best
surfaces for
plyometric
exercises. Technique
is
important. As soon as you feel yourself getting tired
or your form starts to deteriorate, back off.
Don't over do it. Plyom
etrics are very intense. Give
yourself plenty of rest between sessions, and don't
do plyometric exercises tw
o days in a row.
Recom
mendation:
Concerning
plyometic
exercises, the
National
Strength and
Conditioning
Association (N
SCA)
recomm
ends that:
The stretch-shortening
cycle,
characterized by a rapid deceleration of a mass
followed alm
ost imm
ediately by rapid acceleration of
the mass in the opposite direction is essential in the
performance of m
ost competitive sports, particularly
those involving running, jumping and rapid changes
in direction.
A plyometric training program
for athletes should
include sport-specific exercises. Carefully applied
plyometric exercise program
s are no more harm
ful
than other forms of sports training and com
petition,
and may be necessary for safe adaptation to the
rigors of explosive sports.
Only athletes w
ho have already achieved high levels
of strength through standard resistance training
should engage in plyometric drills.
Depth
jumps
should only
be used
by a
small
percentage of
athletes engaged
in plyom
etric
training. As a rule, athletes weighing over 220 lbs.
should not depth jump from
platforms higher than 18
inches.
Plyometric drills involving a particular m
uscle/joint
complex should not be perform
ed on consecutive
days. Plyometric drills should not be perform
ed
when an athlete is fatigued. Tim
e for complete
recovery should be allowed betw
een plyometric
exercise sets. Footwear and landing surfaces used
in plyometric drills m
ust have good shock absorbing
qualities. (Best in grass or similar surface).
A thorough set of warm
-up exercises should be
performed before beginning a plyom
etric training
session. Less demanding drills should be m
astered
prior to attempting m
ore complex and intense drills.
10
gradually expanded into what could only be called
uncharted territory. Most im
portantly, perhaps, he
found a
way
to explain
complicated
scientific
principles associated with the sport in language that
even non-coaches could understand. Although not
the first to do so, his attention to the matter of film
ing
swim
mers
underwater
became
a universally
accepted practice by swim
coaches everywhere and
anywhere
there w
as a
pool w
ith underw
ater
window
s. His contributions to the ideas of creating a
pace clock to govern interval training sets, as well as
his deliberations on the matter of lift vs drag in
swim
ming w
as just a small part of that “unchartered
territory” I mentioned a m
oment ago. Taken as a
singular body
of w
ork, C
ounsilman’s
books
dominated
the m
arket and
readership of
swim
coaches for almost a quarter of a century. W
hat we
are left with here is an echoing of “D
oc” said this or
“Doc” said that, or “D
oc” did it that way, in short, the
mantra of coaches everyw
here.
Finally w
e com
e to
Ernie M
aglischo and
his
comprehensive guide to S
wim
ming Faster series of
books. To begin with, the im
mensity and degree of
scientific expertise in these books, and how that
expertise is
presented is
readily apparent.
Sw
imm
ing Faster is simply bigger, better-bound,
fuller, more com
plete and exact, and more w
idely
referenced and indexed than any previous volume in
the literature of swim
ming science. For the m
ost
part, the books in this series are divided into three
parts. Part I devotes itself to the notion of propulsive
swim
ming and the m
echanics therein: stroke, starts,
turns, finishes, etc. Part II focuses on ancillary
considerations applied to the physiology of training
swim
mers:
i.e. energy
metabolism
, oxygen
consumption, anaerobic threshold conditioning, as
well as an exam
ination of the parameters involved in
planning the swim
season. Part III addresses other
aspects of training: pacing for all distances and
strokes, w
arm-up,
nutrition, etc..
The books
conclude w
ith a
short sub-section
entitled
“Evaluating Body
Com
position.”
Collectively,
Maglischo’s narratives are chocked full of tables,
graphs, photographs, and even a drawing or tw
o,
but, for my m
oney, the drawings fall short of the
magnitude of Professor Allen’s depictions in the
Armbruster book.
Examining
these books
in a
line is
an
interesting exercise. As you would expect, they
increase in size incrementally. The oldest and
shabbiest in my collection is the 1924 C
orsan book.
Its binding
barely holds
its pages
together, a
testimony of sorts to its alm
ost century year-old
existence. Furthermore, on the inside of the front
cover is an ownership stam
p, bearing a picture of a
stately, columned-building, identified as the Library
of The Ohio State U
niversity. Long over-due, I might
add, from its Septem
ber, 1932 return date. But
where did it com
e from and how
did it find its way to
me? The only answ
er I can come up w
ith after all
these years is probably that it was given to m
e by my
revered friend
and once
mountain-clim
bing
companion, Bruce Bennett, venerable O
hio State
University sports history professor and author of the
widely circulated and m
uch studied History of W
orld
Sport. Bruce Bennett died several years ago, but
my m
any mem
ories of him live on in m
y mind’s eye
and on my bookshelf, as does the aw
areness of the
other coach/authors I have mentioned in this review
.
Page 11
30
Tech
niqu
e an
d Tr
aini
ng:
THE
BEN
EFIT
S O
F PL
YOM
ETR
IC E
XER
CIS
ES
Way
ne C
oste
r Coo
per a
nd K
im B
row
nlee
, Cha
mpi
onsh
ip P
erfo
rman
ce
The
follo
win
g is
a c
hapt
er
exce
rpt f
rom
the
new
boo
k:
Tota
l Ath
lete
Dev
elop
men
t:
70
Com
petit
ion
Test
ed
Way
s to
ge
t M
enta
lly
Toug
her,
Phys
ical
ly M
ore
Dom
inan
t, an
d Be
the
Best
Lead
er
for
Your
Te
am.
Exce
rpt
by p
erm
issi
on o
f
Cha
mpi
onsh
ip P
erfo
rman
ce P
ublis
hers
.
Wha
t are
Ply
omet
ric E
xerc
ises
?
In th
e si
mpl
est o
f ter
ms,
ply
omet
rics
are
exer
cise
s
that
inv
olve
a j
umpi
ng m
ovem
ent.
For
exam
ple,
skip
ping
, bou
ndin
g, ju
mpi
ng ro
pe, h
oppi
ng, l
unge
s,
jum
p sq
uats
, and
cla
p pu
sh-u
ps a
re a
ll ex
ampl
es o
f
plyo
met
ric e
xerc
ises
.
How
ever
, fo
r a
mor
e de
taile
d de
finiti
on w
e ne
ed
som
e ba
ckgr
ound
in
form
atio
n ab
out
mus
cle
cont
ract
ions
. Mus
cles
con
tract
in o
ne o
f thr
ee w
ays:
1. A
n Ec
cent
ric m
uscl
e co
ntra
ctio
n oc
curs
whe
n
your
mus
cle
cont
ract
s an
d le
ngth
ens
at t
he s
ame
time.
An
exam
ple
of a
n ec
cent
ric m
uscl
e co
ntra
ctio
n
is l
ower
ing
your
self
from
a c
hin-
up p
ositi
on.
The
bice
p (u
pper
arm
) m
uscl
e co
ntra
cts
and
leng
then
s
as y
ou lo
wer
you
rsel
f fro
m th
e ch
in-u
p ba
r.
2. A
Con
cent
ric m
uscl
e co
ntra
ctio
n oc
curs
whe
n
your
mus
cle
cont
ract
s an
d sh
orte
ns a
t th
e sa
me
time.
An
exam
ple
of a
con
cent
ric m
uscl
e co
ntra
ctio
n
is li
fting
you
rsel
f int
o a
chin
-up
posi
tion.
The
bic
ep
mus
cle
cont
ract
s an
d sh
orte
ns a
s yo
u ra
ise
your
self
up to
the
chin
-up
bar.
3. A
n Is
omet
ric m
uscl
e co
ntra
ctio
n oc
curs
whe
n
your
mus
cle
cont
ract
s, b
ut d
oes
not
chan
ge i
n
leng
th.
An
exam
ple
of
an
isom
etric
m
uscl
e
cont
ract
ion
is h
angi
ng fr
om a
chi
n-up
bar
with
you
r
arm
s be
nt
at
90
degr
ees.
Th
e bi
cep
mus
cle
cont
ract
s, b
ut d
oes
not
chan
ge in
leng
th b
ecau
se
you'
re n
ot m
ovin
g up
or d
own.
Get
ting
back
to
the
form
al d
efin
ition
, a
plyo
met
ric
exer
cise
is a
n ex
erci
se in
whi
ch a
n ec
cent
ric m
uscl
e
cont
ract
ion
is
quic
kly
follo
wed
by
a
conc
entri
c
mus
cle
cont
ract
ion.
In o
ther
wor
ds, w
hen
a m
uscl
e
is r
apid
ly c
ontra
cted
and
len
gthe
ned,
and
the
n
imm
edia
tely
follo
wed
with
a fu
rther
con
tract
ion
and
shor
teni
ng,
this
is
a
plyo
met
ric
exer
cise
. Th
is
proc
ess
of c
ontra
ct-le
ngth
en,
cont
ract
-sho
rten
is
ofte
n re
ferre
d to
as
the
stre
tch
- sho
rteni
ng c
ycle
.
Her
e's
anot
her
exam
ple
of a
ply
omet
ric e
xerc
ise.
Con
side
r the
sim
ple
act o
f jum
ping
off
a st
ep, l
andi
ng
on t
he g
roun
d w
ith b
oth
feet
, an
d th
en j
umpi
ng
forw
ard.
All
done
in o
ne s
wift
mov
emen
t.
Whe
n yo
u ju
mp
off t
he s
tep
and
land
on
the
grou
nd,
the
mus
cles
in
your
leg
s co
ntra
ct e
ccen
trica
lly t
o
slow
you
r bod
y do
wn.
The
n, w
hen
you
jum
p fo
rwar
d
your
mus
cles
con
tract
con
cent
rical
ly t
o sp
ring
you
off
the
grou
nd.
This
is
a cl
assi
c ex
ampl
e of
a
plyo
met
ric e
xerc
ise.
Why
ar
e Pl
yom
etric
Ex
erci
ses
Impo
rtan
t fo
r In
jury
Pre
vent
ion?
Pl
yom
etric
s ar
e of
ten
used
by
athl
etes
to
deve
lop
pow
er fo
r th
eir
chos
en s
port.
Th
ese
exer
cise
s ar
e
also
impo
rtant
to p
reve
nt in
jurie
s.
Plyo
met
ric e
xerc
ises
for
ce t
he m
uscl
e to
con
tract
rapi
dly
from
a fu
ll stre
tch
posi
tion.
Thi
s is
the
posi
tion
11
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efits
of N
ISC
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embe
rshi
p 17
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CA
Mem
bers
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efit
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g:
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ITY
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CA
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DER
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50
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te D
irect
ors
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ne D
irect
ors
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erou
s C
omm
ittee
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irper
sons
and
sea
ts
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ecte
d O
ffice
rs
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NS
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onlin
e.or
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-Mon
thly
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CA
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nal
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h Sc
hool
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ches
Man
ual
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CA
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stitu
tion
and
By-L
aws
BEN
EFIT
S TO
MEM
BER
S Sa
ving
s on
Sw
imm
ing
Wor
ld M
agaz
ine
Savi
ngs
on jo
int m
embe
rshi
p w
ith A
SCA,
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icat
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ervi
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ear S
ervi
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ervi
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ecia
tion
Awar
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olle
giat
e Sc
hola
stic
Aw
ard
Dav
id H
. Rob
erts
on E
xcel
lenc
e in
Coa
chin
g Aw
ard
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l of F
ame
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d
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TEA
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RD
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eric
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ards
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irls/
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imm
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ater
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o G
irls/
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hola
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nal D
ual M
eet C
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pion
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VIC
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ITTE
ES
Annu
al m
embe
rshi
p m
eetin
g: C
linic
, Aw
ards
Din
ner,
Doo
r Priz
es, C
oach
es S
ocia
l, Fe
llow
ship
H
igh
Scho
ol R
ules
: Inp
ut o
n ru
le c
hang
es
Spec
ial P
roje
cts,
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er P
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ing,
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Arc
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rofe
ssio
nal A
war
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onst
itutio
n
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gro u
p of
men
and
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en w
ho h
ave
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ided
the
LEAD
ERSH
IP th
roug
h th
eir t
ime
and
effo
rt to
mak
e YO
UR
or
gani
zatio
n th
e ‘F
INES
T’ o
f its
kin
d.
GET
IN T
HE
SWIM
WIT
H N
ISC
A “T
o Ed
ucat
e –
To P
rom
ote
– To
hon
or”
Page 12
29
The Burnet B
ulldogs swim
team
of Burnet, Texas. The
Bulldogs have been training
hard for a long time and it
paid off!!! Both boys &
girls team
placed
3rd
at their
District S
wim
Meet!!! They
had almost 100%
PR
's, they broke 2 school records, 9 individuals and all 6 relays qualified
for R
egion!!! C
oach Pegues w
as voted B
oys Sw
im Team
Coach of
the Year and G
irls Diving
Coach
of the
Year
for D
istrict 19-5A
The Jam
estown,
ND
Blue Jays
boys State
team from
2018
12
FRO
M FLA
ND
ERS FIELD
S D
ave Barney, A
lbuquerque Academ
y, Albuquerque, N
M
Like m
ost of
NIS
CA
’s “old
guard,” I grew up
during W
WII,
served in
a so-
called “Police
Action,” that
became
euphemistically a “C
onflict” before morphing into
what it w
as all along . . . a nasty little war on the other
side of the world near the 38
th Parallel that killed a
lot of good men and a few
good wom
en. That aside,
I mustered out of that contradiction of term
s in 1955
and then settled back to bear witness to other
disagreements on the other side of oceans. I didn’t
have to wait long. The next one tore our country
apart, bringing discord to comm
unity and contempt
for our troops. That ugliness was follow
ed by various
struggles along lines drawn in the sand in the M
iddle
East. Now
, many years later, those confrontations
are on-going.
But it’s poppies, not military politics, I w
ant to dwell
on here. Put aside our Mem
orial Day in M
ay for the
mom
ent and focus on a day in Novem
ber instead.
This country remem
bers war veterans collectively
(those who survived and those w
ho didn’t) on or
about Novem
ber 11th w
ith bugle calls, parades, and
proclamations
celebrating w
hat w
e now
call
Veterans’ Day. In m
y youth, Novem
ber 11th w
as
called Armistice D
ay to remind us of the term
ination
of The Great W
ar in 1918, a combat fought m
ostly
along an elongated quagmire of holes in the ground
that stretched more than 500 m
iles from the Sw
iss
border all the way to the English C
hannel. As a teen,
our celebration
of Arm
istice D
ay included
the
wearing of a sm
all, red, paper poppy, a symbolic
salute, if
you w
ill, intended
more
toward
the
casualties of that war than to its survivors. But that
was
yesterday or
a m
illion yesterdays
ago.
Currently, m
ost of Europe, as well as C
anada
celebrate Novem
ber 11th as R
emem
brance Day: not
Veterans’ Day, not Arm
istice Day, not M
emorial D
ay
. . . but Rem
embrance D
ay, which brings m
e to our
swim
team and its particular observance of that day
and the wearing of the poppy.
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row
on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard am
id the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt daw
n, saw sunset glow
, Loved and w
ere loved, but now w
e lie, In Flanders fields beneath the crosses. Row
on row.
Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you from failing hands w
e throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high, If ye break faith w
ith us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
Betw
een the crosses row on row
In Flanders fields.
Page 13
28
$15,
000
in m
erit
mon
ey to
Bay
lor
Uni
vers
ity, f
or e
xam
ple.
Hig
her A
CT
test
scor
es m
ight
als
o m
ake
a st
uden
t sta
nd
out a
gain
st a
pplic
ants
for l
ocal
or
regi
onal
sch
olar
ship
s as
wel
l.
2.
Bad
days
--A s
econ
d re
ason
is th
at a
stud
ent m
ight
hav
e ha
d an
off
day
whi
le
test
ing.
The
bad
thin
g ab
out A
CT/
SAT
test
ing
is th
at it
all
hing
es o
n on
e da
y of
a
stud
ent’s
life
. It’s
real
ly o
nly
one
smal
l,
four
hou
r win
dow
. If a
stu
dent
’s s
core
s
seem
off,
then
hav
e th
em re
test
.
Con
trary
to p
opul
ar b
elie
f, sc
hool
s do
not
frow
n up
on tr
ying
the
ACT
and
SAT
mul
tiple
tim
es.
3.
Expe
rienc
e--L
astly
, som
etim
es s
core
s
will
rise
just
with
the
expe
rienc
e of
sitt
ing
thro
ugh
a te
st. I
use
the
anal
ogy
of a
stud
ent t
akin
g th
e dr
iver
’s li
cens
e te
st. A
s
pare
nts,
we
wor
k w
ith o
ur c
hild
ren
for
mon
ths
to p
repa
re fo
r tha
t tes
t. W
e ge
t
out t
he c
ones
and
wor
k on
par
alle
l
park
ing.
We
quiz
them
tim
e an
d ag
ain
over
the
mat
eria
ls in
the
hand
book
and
stre
et s
igns
we
pass
as
we
driv
e. In
cont
rast
, we
send
our
stu
dent
s in
to th
e
ACT
or S
AT b
lindl
y. N
othi
ng c
an im
itate
the
long
AC
T or
SAT
test
s lik
e ta
king
the
actu
al te
st. S
omet
imes
that
nex
t tim
e
they
test
pro
duce
s a
slig
htly
hig
her s
core
due
to e
xper
ienc
e.
My
advi
ce is
to te
st e
arly
and
test
ofte
n. Y
ou m
ight
just
sur
pris
e yo
urse
lf w
ith y
our
resu
lts! I
f you
hav
e
othe
r qu
estio
ns a
bout
the
AC
T te
st o
r AC
T te
st
prep
arat
ions
, ple
ase
feel
free
to re
ach
out t
o m
e vi
a
my
web
site
: w
ww
.jenh
enso
nact
prep
.com
.
For
a
free
high
sch
ool c
heck
list
of t
hing
s to
do
at e
ach
grad
e le
vel t
o pr
epar
e fo
r col
lege
, clic
k he
re.
13
Firs
t of a
ll, w
e ar
e a
team
that
hol
ds th
e m
emor
y of
thos
e w
ho m
ade
the
supr
eme
sacr
ifice
for
our
coun
try in
the
high
est r
egar
d. T
o ho
nor t
he id
ea o
f
serv
ice
and
sacr
ifice
in s
ome
smal
l way
, we
swim
two
mem
oria
l m
eets
eac
h ye
ar,
one
to b
egin
the
seas
on a
nd o
ne n
ear t
he e
nd o
f it.
The
latte
r one
is
nam
ed t
he T
om C
asey
Mem
oria
l C
halle
nge
and
hono
rs t
he m
emor
y of
one
of
our
own
swim
mer
s,
Cap
tain
Tom
Cas
ey, a
you
ng a
rmy
offic
er k
illed
by a
snip
er’s
bul
let i
n Ira
q in
ear
ly 2
008.
The
oth
er o
ne,
whi
ch i
nitia
tes
our
seas
on,
is c
alle
d th
e P
eter
B.
Bar
ney
Mem
oria
l Rel
ays,
an
all-r
elay
mee
t cre
ated
by m
e to
hon
or t
he m
emor
y m
y fe
llow
coa
ch a
nd
youn
ger b
roth
er P
eter
. Th
e da
tes
of th
at m
eet h
ave
tradi
tiona
lly f
alle
n on
or
abre
ast
of N
ovem
ber
11th
.
This
is a
day
on
whi
ch m
any
Amer
ican
s an
d m
ost
Can
adia
ns a
nd U
nite
d Ki
ngdo
m fo
lks
wea
r th
e re
d
popp
y to
hon
or th
e m
emor
y of
thos
e w
ho n
ot o
nly
foug
ht t
hat
war
but
pai
d th
e su
prem
e sa
crifi
ce i
n
doin
g so
. T
his
year
(20
18)
mar
ks t
he 1
00 y
ear
obse
rvan
ce o
f tha
t arm
istic
e.
The
phot
ogra
ph
that
ac
com
pani
es
thes
e w
ords
capt
ures
the
cul
min
atin
g m
omen
t of
our
trib
ute
to
thos
e ve
tera
ns. O
ur te
am s
tand
s fa
cing
our
nat
iona
l
bann
er, w
hich
you
can
not s
ee, a
nd th
e pl
ayin
g of
the
Nav
y H
ymn,
“Ete
rnal
Fat
her,”
w
hich
you
can
not
hear
, bu
t w
hich
hon
ors
Pete
r Ba
rney
’s m
ilitar
y
serv
ice
in t
he U
.S N
avy
durin
g th
e C
uban
Mis
sile
Cris
is.
The
nigh
t bef
ore
the
mee
t, fo
llow
ing
prac
tice,
the
team
com
es to
geth
er in
our
sch
ool’s
din
ing
room
for d
inne
r and
a s
hort
expl
anat
ion
of th
e si
gnifi
canc
e
of th
e tra
ditio
n of
“wea
ring
the
popp
y.”
The
high
light
on h
is e
ve o
f ref
lect
ion
is a
rea
ding
by
one
of th
e
swim
tea
m c
apta
ins
or b
y m
e of
the
fam
ous
WW
I
poem
In F
land
ers
Fiel
ds, a
pie
ce o
f poe
try w
ritte
n by
a C
anad
ian
WW
I c
omba
t ph
ysic
ian
nam
ed J
ohn
McC
rae.
This
po
em
is
read
in
cl
assr
oom
s
thro
ugho
ut C
anad
a an
d G
reat
Brit
ain
and
give
s
paus
e to
peo
ple
arou
nd t
he w
orld
at
the
elev
enth
hour
on
the
elev
enth
day
of t
he e
leve
nth
mon
th, o
f
each
yea
r, th
e ex
act
mom
ent
the
arm
istic
e w
as
sign
ed in
191
8 en
ding
The
Gre
at W
ar.
Page 14
27
type of prep work. I (and others in m
y field) know this
claim to be com
pletely false with the proper help.
Students who choose the right tutor can im
prove
their score significantly: I have had students who
worked w
ith me w
ho improved as m
uch as 12 points
in a sub-section. Take, for instance, Devin D
. from
Cincinnati, O
H. D
evin came to m
e with a science
score of a 26. Not a bad score (w
ell above the state
and national averages), but I knew w
ith a few
adjustments he could do better. O
n score release
day, I received a call from his m
om. D
evin’s science
score improved to a 36: a perfect score! I also cite
Tory N. from
Cincinnati w
ho met m
e at Panera over
my yearly sum
mer visit to O
hio. Tory was excited to
improve her score, but her m
om w
as a bit hesitant
about spending any money w
ithout a guarantee.
They signed Tory up, and through my program
she
brought her 25 composite up to a 30, w
ith a near
perfect 35 on the English section! I have taken 9
composites to 18s—
the success stories are really
endless and all have the same m
essage: with proper
teaching and preparation, a student will continue to
improve. There is a rum
or that a student will m
ax out
a score after taking the test 3 times. I am
glad Lauren
M. from
Ohio did not listen to that tall tale. Lauren
prepped with m
e for 2 tests but continued to practice
the strategies
she learned
and take
released
practice tests. On her fifth attem
pt at the test, Lauren
maxed out her score to a 30—
her goal score (she
started at a 25)!
There are some sim
ple strategies that students can
employ to im
prove their scores. First, buy and
complete
practice tests
from
books w
ith valid
practice tests. There are many books out there, but
I prefer “The Official AC
T Prep Guide” as it is full of
released tests that they ACT proctored w
ithin the last
couple of years and “Cracking the AC
T” by the
Princeton Review
. Many of those books contain
rules for gramm
ar and math concepts that student
need to know. I have com
piled the punctuation rules
in one document you can find on the next page.
Another tip is to make sure to leave no bubbles blank
on the answer sheet. N
one. Pick a letter to guess
and stick with that letter throughout the entire test if
you are unsure of an answer O
R run out of tim
e. No
joke: a student could bubble all “A and F” and score
a 14 composite (disclaim
er: I am not sure the AC
T
would consider this a valid test though!). Lastly, a
comm
on mistake that students m
ake on the math
portion of the ACT is to rush through the easier
problems (1-20) and potentially the m
edium rigor
problems (21-40) to get to the hard problem
s (41-
60). This is a huge mistake. M
any students can’t
answer the questions at the end confidently, so this
“rushing” approach in the Math AC
T causes them to
miss easy questions and spend valuable tim
e on
tough questions.
My advice about testing is alw
ays “Test early and test often.” W
hy should students take the A
CT test m
ultiple times? There are a few
simple
reasons.
1. M
oney--There are a few reasons but the
biggest motivation is m
oney. Students
can earn merit scholarships for schools,
which are autom
atic scholarships that
students receive if they meet test score
and GPA criteria. An increase of as
little as one ACT point can m
ean tens of
thousands of dollars in reduced tuition
rates. One of m
y recent students took the
June ACT (after he had graduated from
high school!) and earned an additional
14
BEST. PR
AC
TICE. EVER
: M
arney Shirley, A
ll Am
erica Chair; Form
er Head C
oach at Jamestow
n High S
chool, Jam
estown, N
D
Jam
estown H
igh School Girls Sw
imm
ing Team did
this workout during our Teachers C
onference break.
This particular year about 15 mem
bers of our team
went to the sam
e camp. The cam
p coaches were all
NISC
A coaches. Two of the girls w
ere in the training
camp and the rem
ainder were in the stroke cam
p.
When I have athletes go to a cam
p I send them off
with a notebook and a pencil so that they can tract
their workouts, drills and cam
p coaches corrections
and wisdom
. This way w
e could use the drills and
the advice at practice to continue the experience.
From the notebook of the tw
o girls at the training
camp cam
e the workout and the nam
e “Cam
p”. We
did this workout every year the last 11 years that I
coached at the same tim
e of the season.
We had unlim
ited pool time and practice tim
e. The
goal and rule was once w
e started the workout no
one left the pool until it was com
pleted. It seems
team m
embers w
ould get really worked up about the
workout and hyper ventilate out of it so w
e talked
about the importance and value of the w
orkout and
achieving the team goal.
At the end of each round our team had the habit of
team cheers to rem
ind them of the accom
plishment
and to provide encouragement.
Our favorite cheers w
ere: H-A-L-F-T-I-M
-E halftime,
halftime yes sireee! And L-A-S-T-O
-N-E last one last
one yes sireee!
I changed the workout into m
ultiple little workouts
within the big one so that everyone w
as starting at
MarneyShirley
“CampW
orkout”Set 5
X1200
yardswith
descendingnum
berof
IM’s
andascending
numberof100’s.
•5X200IM
on3:00-3:30•2X100freeon2:00
•4X200IM
on3:00-3:30•4X100freeon2:00
•3X200IM
on3:00-3:30•6X100freeon2:00
•2X200IM
on3:00-3:30•8X100freeon2:00
•1X200IM
on3:00-3:30•10X100freeon2:00
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26
HIG
H S
CH
OO
L SP
ECIF
IC:
TEST
PR
EP 1
01:
Expe
rt A
dvic
e fr
om J
en H
enso
n by
Jen
Hen
son,
M.E
d.
As
a
certi
fied
high
scho
ol
teac
her
and
test
pre
p ex
pert,
the
ques
tion
I he
ar m
ost
ofte
n fro
m p
aren
ts a
nd
stud
ents
is,
“W
hat
is
the
diffe
renc
e
betw
een
the
ACT
and
SAT
test
s?”
Alth
ough
ther
e is
no
one
wor
d
(or
even
on
e
sent
ence
) an
swer
for
tha
t, th
ere
are
som
e di
stin
ct
diffe
renc
es. I
will
list a
few
of t
hose
diff
eren
ces
here
and
expl
ain
in-d
epth
in th
e ar
ticle
bel
ow!
• SA
T m
ath
cont
ains
som
e “n
on-
calc
ulat
or” q
uest
ions
• SA
T m
ath
cont
ains
a fe
w m
ath
ques
tions
for w
hich
no
mul
tiple
cho
ice
is
prov
ided
• AC
T co
ntai
ns a
sep
arat
e sc
ienc
e
sect
ion
• SA
T te
st m
ixes
the
scie
nce
in w
ith th
e
lang
uage
, rea
ding
and
mat
h se
ctio
ns
• SA
T al
low
s a
bit m
ore
time
per q
uest
ion
on re
adin
g bu
t sho
rter t
ime
on E
nglis
h
The
mos
t ob
viou
s di
ffere
nce
is t
hat
the
SAT
test
cont
ains
som
e m
ath
ques
tions
tha
t yo
u ar
e no
t
perm
itted
to u
se a
cal
cula
tor o
n AN
D s
ome
that
are
not m
ultip
le c
hoic
e qu
estio
ns b
ut y
ou m
ust i
nste
ad
prov
ide
an a
nsw
er o
n a
grid
. Th
e AC
T ha
s a
sepa
rate
and
dis
tinct
sci
ence
sec
tions
, whe
reas
the
SAT
mix
es th
e gr
aphs
/cha
rts in
to th
e re
adin
g/w
ritin
g
sect
ions
. A th
ird m
ain
diffe
renc
e in
the
SAT
vers
us
ACT
dist
inct
ion
is t
he t
imin
g: t
he S
AT d
oes
allo
w
mor
e tim
e pe
r qu
estio
n ov
eral
l. H
owev
er,
I ha
ve
anal
yzed
que
stio
ns f
rom
bot
h te
sts
and
ther
e is
a
diffe
renc
e in
the
rigor
of t
he re
adin
g co
mpr
ehen
sion
ques
tions
. Th
e SA
T is
tou
gher
; so
, st
uden
ts d
o
rece
ive
mor
e tim
e on
tou
gher
que
stio
ns.
I am
not
sure
that
ext
ra ti
me
is a
true
adv
anta
ge th
en. T
hat
bein
g sa
id, t
here
are
stu
dent
s w
ho fa
re b
ette
r on
the
SAT
than
the
ACT.
My
advi
ce is
to s
it fo
r bot
h an
d
then
for
the
stu
dent
to
dete
rmin
e w
hich
the
y lik
ed
bette
r. Fo
r mor
e sp
ecifi
c in
form
atio
n, p
leas
e se
e m
y
Free
Spe
cial
Rep
ort
entit
led
“Com
parin
g th
e SA
T
and
ACT.
Shou
ld s
tude
nts
take
thes
e th
e AC
T an
d SA
T te
sts
mul
tiple
tim
es?
The
answ
er is
a re
soun
ding
“YES
!”
My
advi
ce t
o pa
rent
s is
to
have
you
r ch
ild s
it fo
r
eith
er th
e SA
T or
AC
T w
ith n
o pr
ep to
see
a b
asel
ine
scor
e. T
hen,
see
wha
t you
are
up
agai
nst a
nd c
reat
e
a pl
an. A
noth
er g
reat
deb
ate
in th
e re
alm
of t
est p
rep
is w
heth
er o
r not
to s
eek
a tu
tor f
or th
ese
test
s. W
ill
the
mon
ey in
vest
ed in
tuto
r ope
n do
ors
for s
tude
nts
in te
rms
of o
ppor
tuni
ty o
r ext
ra s
chol
arsh
ip m
onie
s?
Then
of c
ours
e it
is w
ise
to in
vest
in th
is h
elp,
just
as
pare
nts
pay
for s
treng
th c
oach
es a
nd h
ittin
g le
sson
s
and
priv
ate
mus
ic le
sson
s. T
he A
CT
clai
ms
that
a
stud
ent w
ill on
ly r
aise
thei
r sc
ore
3 po
ints
with
any
15
the
sam
e tim
e an
d en
ding
at t
he s
ame
time.
Th
e
dist
ance
and
stro
kes
wer
e ch
ange
d to
acc
ompl
ish
this
. O
nce
som
e of
the
athl
etes
wer
e no
t doi
ng fu
ll
IM’s
the
min
dset
and
atti
tude
cha
nged
.
Afte
r the
war
m d
own
and
long
er th
an u
sual
sho
wer
s
the
team
hea
ded
to o
ne o
f the
sen
iors
hom
e to
mak
e
and
cons
ume
a la
rger
than
usu
al b
reak
fast
. Ea
ch
pers
on in
atte
ndan
ce d
rew
for
a “jo
b” to
do
to h
elp
with
the
even
t. T
he s
enio
rs/c
apta
ins
usua
lly d
id th
e
cook
ing.
O
ther
jobs
incl
uded
: cl
eani
ng v
eget
able
,
chop
ping
veg
etab
les,
set
ting
the
tabl
e, c
lear
ing
the
tabl
e, s
wee
ping
the
floor
. Ev
eryo
ne h
ad s
omet
hing
to d
o so
that
they
had
to w
ork
as a
team
.
War
m-u
p –
200
swim
, kic
k, p
ull,
kick
, sw
im
5 X
1200
yar
ds w
ith d
esce
ndin
g nu
mbe
r of I
M’s
and
as
cend
ing
num
ber o
f 100
’s.
5 X
200
IM o
n 3:
00-3
:30
2 X
100
free
on 2
:00
4 X
200
IM o
n 3:
00-3
:30
4 X
100
free
on 2
:00
3 X
200
IM o
n 3:
00-3
:30
6 X
100
free
on 2
:00
2 X
200
IM o
n 3:
00-3
:30
8 X
100
free
on 2
:00
1 X
200
IM o
n 3:
00-3
:30
10 X
100
free
on
2:00
C
ool-d
own
– 10
X 1
00 o
n 10
sec
onds
rest
IM
’s –
for k
ids
who
cou
ld n
ot m
ake
the
send
-off
they
di
d 15
0 IM
’s ro
lling
the
skip
ped
stro
ke
Non
-IMer
s di
d 20
0 fre
e or
150
free
The
dist
ance
was
adj
uste
d so
that
the
team
cou
ld
stay
on
the
sam
e se
nd-o
ff An
alte
rnat
ive
way
to d
o th
is fo
r the
sw
imm
ers
that
di
d no
t do
IM’s
or 2
00’s
5
X 10
0 fre
e or
5 X
75
free
on 2
:15-
2:30
2
X 50
stro
ke o
n 1:
15 to
1:3
0 4
X 10
0 fre
e or
5 X
75
free
on 2
:15-
2:30
4
X 50
stro
ke o
n 1:
15 to
1:3
0 3
X 10
0 fre
e or
5 X
75
free
on 2
:15-
2:30
6
X 50
stro
ke o
n 1:
15 to
1:3
0 2
X 10
0 fre
e or
5 X
75
free
on 2
:15-
2:30
8
X 50
stro
ke o
n 1:
15 to
1:3
0
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25
The W
arriors of
Penn-Trafford High
School in Harrison City, PA have a unique,
in-the-pool cheer.
The W
arriors are
coached by Dave Babik
16
SENIO
R SPO
TLIGH
T: Jeff W
iedoff, Waukesha N
orth/Kettle M
oraine/Pew
aukee swim
ming and diving
Jeff has
comm
itted to the
University
of
Illinois-Chicago
to sw
im
along
with Ben G
abby
from
Muskego
High School.
Jeff has qualified
in two individual
events for the
Wisconson H
igh
School State Meet all three years. Freshm
an year
in the 200 Freestyle and 100 Butterfly. The past
two years it w
as the 50 Freestyle and 100
Butterfly. His best finished w
as 9th last year in the
50 Free. This year he will be looking to go back in
the 50 Freestyle and 100 Butterfly.
An All-around swim
mer that ranks in Top 20 in
school history in all events in either yards or
meters. In yards, ranks 7th in the 200 Free, 2nd in
the 50 Free, 2nd in the 100 Fly, 4th in the 100
Free, 11th in the 100 Back.
When Jeff w
as a freshman and sophom
ore we had
leaders on the team and Jeff w
as just filling in his
role on the team. These past tw
o years, Jeff has
been the catalyst for being a team leader. H
e has
embraced the role as C
aptain and taken himself
and the team to the next level. Being unselfish and
swim
ming events outside of his com
fort zone
allowed us to go undefeated in hom
e dual meets
this year. This attitude allowed us to w
in our first
Saturday invite in 6 years.
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24
NIS
CA
Sw
imm
ing
All
Am
eric
a
Rul
es:
1. A
pplic
atio
ns m
ust b
e su
bmitt
ed o
n-lin
e at
http
://w
ww
.nis
caon
line.
org.
2.
All
parts
of t
he a
pplic
atio
n m
ust b
e co
mpl
eted
. Fai
lure
to c
ompl
ete
any
sect
ion
will
dela
y th
e pr
oces
sing
of
your
app
licat
ion.
3.
For
an
indi
vidu
al e
vent
, the
full
hom
e ad
dres
s an
d ho
me
tele
phon
e nu
mbe
r of t
he s
wim
mer
mus
t be
incl
uded
. 4.
Rel
ay te
ams
are
limite
d to
FO
UR
sw
imm
ers.
ALL
REL
AY S
WIM
MER
S M
UST
BE
LIST
ED A
LON
G W
ITH
TH
EIR
NU
MER
IC G
RAD
E LE
VEL.
ALL
SW
IMM
ERS
MU
ST B
E IN
GR
ADE
9 -12
TO
APP
LY. O
nly
ON
E TE
AM
PE
R S
CH
OO
L pe
r eve
nt.
5. A
ll tim
es s
ubm
itted
mus
t be
achi
eved
in a
reg
ular
ly s
ched
uled
inte
rsch
olas
tic m
eet (
no ti
me
trial
s) a
nd w
ill in
clud
e tim
es a
chie
ved
up to
and
incl
udin
g S
TATE
ME
ET
PE
RFO
RM
AN
CE
S. N
O T
IME
AFT
ER
TH
E O
FFIC
IAL
STA
TE A
SS
OC
IATI
ON
CH
AM
PIO
NS
HIP
ME
ET
WIL
L B
E A
CC
EP
TED
. •
USA
Sw
imm
ing
OR
YM
CA
mee
t tim
es w
ill N
OT
be c
onsi
dere
d. N
atio
nal F
eder
atio
n R
ules
mus
t gov
ern
the
mee
t. 6.
All
times
mus
t be
subm
itted
to th
e on
e-hu
ndre
dth
of a
sec
ond.
NO
MAN
UAL
TIM
ES A
CC
EPTE
D. A
utom
atic
tim
ing
ON
LY!
7. F
or ti
mes
sw
um a
t a p
ool l
ocat
ed a
t an
altit
ude
abov
e 30
00 fe
et, e
nter
the
time
as s
wum
and
the
corre
ct
altit
ude
for t
he lo
catio
n of
the
mee
t. D
O N
OT
ADJU
ST T
HE
TIM
E.
8. A
ll m
eet t
imes
mus
t inc
lude
doc
umen
tatio
n (c
opy
of, o
r lin
k to
, the
offi
cial
mee
t res
ults
).
• N
on-C
ham
pion
ship
mee
t tim
es M
UST
incl
ude
the
sign
atur
es o
f the
Mee
t Man
ager
and
Mee
t Ref
eree
. 9.
Onl
y 25
yar
d or
25
met
er ti
mes
will
be a
ccep
ted.
10
. A s
wim
mer
may
be
liste
d in
as
man
y ev
ents
as
his/
her t
imes
qua
lify.
Eac
h ev
ent w
ill re
quire
an
appl
icat
ion.
Al
l app
licat
ions
will
be p
aid
for a
s a
grou
p at
the
end
of th
e ap
plic
atio
n pr
oces
s.
Pr
oced
ures
: 1.
In o
rder
for a
sw
imm
er to
be
cons
ider
ed a
s a
NIS
CA
Hig
h Sc
hool
All-
Amer
ican
he/
she
mus
t com
pete
for a
n in
ters
chol
astic
team
and
be
scho
last
ical
ly e
ligib
le a
s de
term
ined
by
his/
her s
tate
ath
letic
ass
ocia
tion
or s
choo
l au
thor
ity. A
ll sw
imm
ers
mus
t be
in a
t lea
st th
e 9t
h gr
ade
leve
l of s
choo
l to
be e
ligib
le. S
wim
mer
s ar
e lim
ited
to
8 co
nsec
utiv
e se
mes
ters
of e
ligib
ility.
Fift
h ye
ar s
enio
rs, 7
th a
nd 8
th g
rade
stu
dent
s ar
e no
t el
igib
le f
or
cons
ider
atio
n. S
ee N
FHS
Nat
iona
l Rec
ords
Com
mitt
ee P
olic
y H
andb
ook
Def
initi
on #
1.
2. A
pplic
atio
ns c
an b
e su
bmitt
ed o
nlin
e be
ginn
ing
on N
ovem
ber 1
st. A
pplic
atio
n de
adlin
es a
re:
•
Fall
seas
on -
Dec
embe
r 31st
• W
inte
r sea
son
– M
arch
31st
• Sp
ring
seas
on –
Jun
e 15
th
3. F
all a
nd w
inte
r se
ason
coa
ches
will
be c
harg
ed a
$30
.00
late
fee
for
each
app
licat
ion
ente
red
afte
r yo
ur
seas
on’s
dea
dlin
e.
4. T
he a
pplic
atio
n po
rtal w
ill cl
ose
on m
idni
ght (
East
ern)
Jun
e 15
th a
nd n
o ap
plic
atio
ns w
ill be
acc
epte
d on
ce th
e po
rtal h
as c
lose
d.
5. N
on N
ISC
A m
embe
rs w
ill be
cha
rged
a $
30.0
0 no
n-m
embe
r fee
per
app
licat
ion.
N
ISC
A M
embe
rshi
p is
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bers
hips
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line
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bers
hip
appl
icat
ions
can
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to 2
4 ho
urs
to p
roce
ss.
6. T
he fa
stes
t one
hun
dred
(100
) sub
mitt
ed a
nd a
ccep
ted
times
in e
ach
even
t will
be n
amed
All-
Amer
ica.
•
Che
ck a
pplic
atio
ns s
ubm
itted
and
acc
epte
d at
ht
tp://
ww
w.n
isca
onlin
e.or
g/aa
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min
g/Ap
psPr
oces
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ck a
pplic
atio
ns s
ubm
itted
but
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cept
ed a
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onlin
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g/Ap
psR
ecei
ved.
aspx
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Sw
imm
ers
who
are
sel
ecte
d to
the
All-A
mer
ica
team
s w
ill be
mai
led
one
com
mem
orat
ive
certi
ficat
e.
• Ad
ditio
nal c
ertif
icat
es m
ay b
e pu
rcha
sed
afte
r the
All
Amer
ican
Tea
m h
as b
een
anno
unce
d. C
ertif
icat
es
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orde
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OM
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DRES
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ess
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etes
ho
me
addr
ess
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r res
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ot re
spon
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opy
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icat
ion
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ent r
ecei
pt fo
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ords
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proo
f of s
ubm
issi
on.
17
GET
TO
KN
OW
OU
R M
EMB
ERS:
A
rt D
owne
y, E
dina
Hig
h S
choo
l, M
inne
apol
is, M
N
By
Ann
ette
Thi
es
Art
Dow
ney
retir
ed in
April
afte
r 62
year
s as
Hea
d Bo
ys C
oach
at
Edin
a H
igh
Scho
ol in
Min
neap
olis
,
Min
neso
ta.
Ar
t al
so
taug
ht
mat
h an
d
phys
ical
ed
ucat
ion
and
retir
ed
afte
r 34
year
s.
As
Art s
aid,
“I
retir
ed f
rom
my
day
job,
but
kep
t my
nigh
t
job.
” D
urin
g hi
s lo
ng c
aree
r he
has
gar
nere
d
awar
ds, t
augh
t you
ng m
en to
be
gent
lem
en a
bove
ever
ythi
ng e
lse,
and
mad
e m
any
frien
ds.
Acc
ompl
ishm
ents
and
Vol
unte
eris
m
Thr
ough
out
his
62
year
s of
co
achi
ng
Art
has
rece
ived
fou
r pr
estig
ious
aw
ards
fro
m N
ISC
A; t
he
Hal
l of
Fa
me,
C
olle
giat
e-Sc
hola
stic
, D
avid
H
.
Rob
erts
on,
and
Life
time
Mem
ber.
He
has
been
indu
cted
into
nin
e ha
lls o
f fam
e, c
oach
ed m
any
All-A
mer
ican
s Ac
adem
ic A
ll Am
eric
ans
and
won
num
erou
s st
ate
and
sect
iona
l cha
mpi
onsh
ips.
Ar
t
was
hon
ored
six
tim
es a
t Sta
te C
oach
of t
he Y
ear
and
elev
en ti
mes
as
Sect
ion
Coa
ch o
f the
Yea
r. H
e
is a
foun
ding
mem
ber
of th
e M
inne
sota
Sw
imm
ing
Coa
ches
Ass
ocia
tion
(whe
re h
e he
ld p
ositi
ons
of V
P
and
Pres
iden
t), fo
undi
ng m
embe
r of t
he E
dina
Sw
im
Clu
b, a
nd C
hairm
an o
f th
e M
inne
sota
Sw
imm
ing
Hal
l of
Fam
e.
The
Min
neso
ta G
over
nor
decl
ared
April
26,
200
6 Ar
t Dow
ney
Day
to h
onor
his
firs
t 50
year
s of
coa
chin
g. A
nd, t
he n
ew h
igh
scho
ol p
ool
was
nam
ed th
e Ar
t J D
owne
y Po
ol.
His
team
was
on a
Whe
atie
s bo
x an
d a
bobb
lehe
ad h
as b
een
prod
uced
in A
rt’s
liken
ess.
H
e w
as h
onor
ed a
t a
stat
e m
eet
whe
n 15
0 pa
irs o
f bl
ack
horn
-rim
med
glas
ses
(his
sig
natu
re g
lass
es) w
ere
pass
ed o
ut fo
r
coac
hes,
offi
cial
s an
d sw
imm
ers
to w
ear
in h
is
hono
r.
Ar
t has
had
the
priv
ilege
to c
oach
thre
e
gene
ratio
ns fr
om o
ne fa
mily
. Q
uite
a lo
t in
62 y
ears
,
or a
s Ar
t lik
es to
say
“the
12th
yea
r of t
he s
econ
d 50
.”
Beg
inni
ngs
Art p
laye
d a
lot o
f spo
rts g
row
ing
up b
ut d
idn’
t foc
us
entir
ely
on s
wim
min
g un
til a
frie
nd s
ugge
sted
he
join
the
high
sch
ool s
wim
team
in 1
0th
grad
e. H
e w
as
youn
g fo
r his
gra
de, a
ski
nny
swim
mer
who
won
the
100
and
200
free
his
seni
or y
ear a
t the
ir C
onfe
renc
e
Mee
t. H
e at
tend
ed t
he U
nive
rsity
of
Min
neso
ta
whe
re h
e sw
am f
or t
wo
year
s be
fore
joi
ning
the
Arm
y.
In 1
956
Edin
a H
igh
Scho
ol b
uilt
a ne
w p
ool
and
need
ed a
coa
ch.
This
was
gre
at ti
min
g fo
r Art
and
his
colle
ge s
wim
coa
ch,
Nie
ls T
horp
e, t
old
a
scho
ol b
oard
mem
ber
they
sho
uld
hire
Art
and
he
bega
n ca
reer
as
Hea
d bo
ys’ c
oach
at
Edin
a H
igh
Scho
ol.
Art
adde
d a
4-ye
ar s
tint a
s a
club
coa
ch
then
dec
ided
to fo
cus
only
on
high
sch
ool s
wim
min
g.
He
has
seen
a lo
t of c
hang
es n
otin
g th
ere
wer
e no
gogg
les,
no
lane
line
s or
circ
le s
wim
min
g w
hen
he
first
sta
rted
coac
hing
.
Page 18
23
to yourself
thereby giving
yourself the
greatest
chance to succeed.
MA
NA
GEM
ENT:
“The art
of m
anaging, directing,
handling, and
controlling yourself.” I
often tell
athletes about
the im
portance of
managing
their lives
emotionally,
physically,
psychologically, organizationally, and so on. I once
worked w
ith a player who w
as demoted to Triple A
after starting the season with the big league club. In
attempting to understand his recent struggles, it w
as
determined that m
ore than anything on the field, it
was that he w
as completely disorganized in his life
outside the field. He w
ould bring these feelings of
being overwhelm
ed to the park every night and could
not perform as a result. As w
e “cleaned up” his life
off the field, his play began to improve on the field.
As he became m
ore organized, he became less
anxious. He developed a system
for organizing his
life and it paid dividends on the field. This particular
player has been in the big leagues ever since he
returned later that year. For those who play sports,
it’s important to rem
ember that you are people w
ho
play baseball,
basketball, football,
etc…N
OT
baseball, basketball, or football players. As you
learn to keep your life as an athlete in perspective,
you will find m
ore success on the field.
Dr. Jeffrey A
. Fishbein w
ww
.dr-fishbein.com
At R
ight: The Long Beach P
oly boys and girls doing their annual C
anned Food Jog (running over to the local food bank). The Jackrabbits are from
Long B
each, CA
and are coached by Kalani C
aldwell and
Eddie K
im.
Above left: K
atelyn La Joie: Burnet Bulldogs C
aptain, 4.0 GP
A, 2nd in her class, hardest w
orker her coach, Stephanie
Pegues has ever m
et. All around am
azing young wom
an. Broke 3 school records 200 Free, 50 Free, 200 Free
Relay. Is on track to break the 100 Free. D
istrict Cham
pion in the 200 Free. Loves swim
ming and loves her
teamm
ates!!!
18
Coaching and Life Philosophy
As a novice coach his philosophy was m
odeled on
what he’d learned from
his high school and college
coaches. Art says he also learned a lot from fellow
Minnesota coaches throughout the years. As long
as his program w
as successful, he didn’t make
significant changes until needed. This consistency
is reflected elsewhere in his life as those that know
Art will attest
Art alw
ays had
three goals
each high
school
season: 1) that the athletes and their families have
a good high school athletic experience that everyone
could enjoy, 2) that the athletes improved as people,
and 3) that the athlete fulfilled his potential in all
areas; academic, social and sw
imm
ing. Art said,”
when I started coaching, I thought I w
as coaching
swim
ming but as the years w
ent by, I’d like to think I
was not a sw
imm
ing coach, but I coached high
school boys and my vehicle to reach them
was
through sw
imm
ing.” This
statement
was
corroborated when I spoke w
ith his Assistant Coach
of 26 years, Scott Johnson. Scott said, “Art was
never all about swim
performance, tim
e, or placing.
These w
ere secondary
to instilling
values and
character in his athletes. He expected the boys to
be gentlemen and give their best perform
ance in all
they did.
Because family w
as important to Art, he chose not
to teach summ
ers and instead spend time w
ith daily
family activities and trips to the lake. W
ith four
children Art was busy; coaching tw
o of his boys in
swim
ming,
all three
boys in
baseball and
his
daughter in softball. He says, “I really did enjoy
coaching all my kids in their sports.” Art is a “glass
half full person” and admits to view
ing life through
“rose-colored glasses.” When asked to describe
the highlight of his coaching career he replied,” it
always been the season I’m
in.”
NISC
A Involvem
ent
Art joined NISC
A when Bob Erickson, then N
ISCA
secretary and
fellow
Minnesota
swim
coach,
suggested he join. Art believes the NISC
A awards
for athletes; All America, Academ
ic All-America and
Scholar awards, are “the rocks that w
e cling to, that
stabilize all high school swim
programs across the
country” and he hopes that every high school coach
takes advantage of these awards.
Art has rarely missed a conference since 1979 and
says it is “like visiting family - alw
ays a good time.”
Art tells how, as a young coach he read articles in
the NISC
A Journal by icons such as Dick H
annula,
Dave R
obertson and Lanny Landtroop. Then when
he attended the conferences, he had the opportunity
to meet and becom
e friends with these m
en. The
conference was alw
ays held at the same tim
e as the
Men’s N
CAA’s and Art said, “I alw
ays enjoyed
watching the fastest sw
im m
eet in America outside
of the Olym
pic Trials.” Any NISC
A mem
ber that
regularly attends these conferences will tell you - Art
goes to every prelim and final event during the m
eet.
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22
MIN
DFU
LNES
S:
“The
sk
ill
of
payi
ng
atte
ntio
n to
th
e m
omen
t, on
pu
rpos
e,
with
out j
udgm
ent.”
Pa
ying
atte
ntio
n to
the
mom
ent y
ou a
re in
is a
valu
e to
any
ath
lete
. W
heth
er y
ou a
re a
bas
ebal
l
play
er w
ho ju
st s
truck
out
or a
bas
ketb
all p
laye
r
who
just
turn
ed th
e ba
ll ov
er, y
our j
ob a
s an
ath
lete
is to
sta
y no
n-ju
dgm
enta
l and
pre
sent
focu
sed.
So
ofte
n, a
thle
tes
will
be c
ritic
al o
f the
ir pe
rform
ance
and
that
reac
tion
will
impa
ct th
em fo
r the
nex
t
play
/at b
at, s
hot,
etc.
So
in u
sing
this
ski
ll, y
ou
mus
t rem
embe
r to
disc
onne
ct fr
om th
e m
ista
ke a
s
quic
kly
as p
ossi
ble
and
be m
indf
ul o
f wha
t’s a
head
.
I lik
e th
e co
ncep
t of r
einf
orci
ng th
e go
od a
nd
obse
rvin
g th
e ba
d. I
rece
ntly
had
a s
tude
nt a
thle
te
who
wou
ld b
eat h
imse
lf up
afte
r a m
isse
d sh
ot a
nd
igno
re h
is s
ucce
sses
. I h
ad h
im re
vers
e hi
s
reac
tions
so
that
afte
r do i
ng s
omet
hing
goo
d lik
e
hitti
ng a
“3,”
I wou
ld h
ave
him
ack
now
ledg
e th
at
with
a li
ttle
fist p
ump
or a
“way
to g
o” u
nder
his
brea
th.
Whe
n he
mis
sed
a sh
ot, I
taug
ht h
im to
igno
re it
as
thou
gh it
did
n’t e
ven
happ
en.
This
is
bein
g m
indf
ul a
nd th
is k
eeps
an
athl
ete
in th
e he
re-
and-
now
, a p
lace
whe
re o
ptim
al s
ucce
sses
occ
ur.
UN
DER
STA
ND
ING
: “Th
e m
enta
l qua
lity
and
stat
e of
bei
ng a
war
e.”
Und
erst
andi
ng is
def
ined
as
the
men
tal q
ualit
y an
d
stat
e of
bei
ng a
war
e. T
he im
porta
nce
of th
is c
once
pt
is re
ally
und
erst
andi
ng o
f how
the
min
d w
orks
so
as
to in
crea
se th
e po
wer
you
hav
e ov
er in
fluen
cing
the
outc
ome
of y
our p
erfo
rman
ce.
The
mor
e yo
u kn
ow
abou
t how
the
min
d w
orks
, the
mor
e yo
u w
ill be
abl
e
to in
fluen
ce y
our p
erfo
rman
ce.
Ther
e ar
e tw
o pa
rts
of
the
min
d:
the
cons
ciou
s m
ind
and
the
subc
onsc
ious
min
d. C
onsc
ious
aw
aren
ess
is b
eing
logi
cal,
ratio
nal,
and
anal
ytic
al.
The
cons
ciou
s m
ind
mak
es
deci
sion
s an
d ex
cuse
s,
it ju
dges
an
d
criti
cize
s, a
nd h
as a
sho
rt-te
rm m
emor
y fo
r go
od
thin
gs,
but
a lo
ng t
erm
mem
ory
for
bad
thin
gs.
Subc
onsc
ious
aw
aren
ess
is b
elow
con
scio
usne
ss.
It is
em
otio
nal
and
rece
ives
ins
truct
ions
fro
m t
he
cons
ciou
s m
ind.
The
sub
cons
ciou
s ho
lds
mem
orie
s
from
the
past
. Th
ose
mem
orie
s co
me
in th
e fo
rm o
f
your
inst
inct
s in
you
r par
ticul
ar s
port.
The
goa
l her
e
is to
brin
g th
is in
form
atio
n to
the
surfa
ce if
giv
en th
e
right
set
of
inst
ruct
ions
. T
he c
onsc
ious
min
d w
ill
thin
k of
wha
t you
wan
t to
do b
y w
hat y
ou s
ay, w
hich
beco
mes
the
inst
ruct
ion
to th
e su
bcon
scio
us.
The
subc
onsc
ious
then
sea
rche
s fo
r the
mem
ory
and
will
ask
itsel
f wha
t it n
eeds
to d
o to
per
form
the
task
you
wan
t. It
then
find
s th
e in
form
atio
n an
d ca
rries
out
the
inst
ruct
ion.
An
ins
truct
ion
that
man
y at
hlet
es
use,
but
one
whi
ch is
des
truct
ive
to p
erfo
rman
ce is
the
use
of th
e w
ord
“DO
N’T
”.
Beca
use
the
subc
onsc
ious
m
ind
does
no
t
unde
rsta
nd t
he w
ord
“don
’t”,
it w
ould
hea
r th
e
follo
win
g gi
ven
thes
e sc
enar
ios
disc
usse
d w
ith
man
y of
my
big
leag
uers
: Pitc
her s
ays:
“don
’t w
alk
this
guy
”…in
terp
rete
d as
“w
alk
this
guy
”. B
atte
r sa
ys: “
don’
t stri
ke o
ut”…
inte
rpre
ted
as “
strik
e ou
t”.
Fiel
der
says
: “d
on’t
mis
s th
e cu
toff
man
”…in
terp
rete
d as
“mis
s th
e cu
toff
man
”. So
then
it fin
ds th
e m
emor
y an
d th
e m
uscl
e m
ovem
ents
in
the
subc
onsc
ious
of t
he la
st ti
me
you
did
that
and
repe
ats
the
perfo
rman
ce.
So s
tay
away
from
don
’ts
and
get y
ours
elf t
hink
ing
abou
t the
righ
t way
to ta
lk
Stay
aw
ay fr
om “d
on’ts
” and
get
yo
urse
lf th
inki
ng a
bout
the
right
w
ay to
talk
to y
ours
elf,
ther
eby
givi
ng y
ours
elf t
he g
reat
est c
hanc
e to
succ
eed.
19
Sele
cted
Dow
ney
Quo
tes
Con
cern
ing
stoc
king
cap
s in
the
win
ter:
“A h
ead
with
noth
ing
on it
is a
hea
d w
ith n
othi
ng in
it.”
“Life
by
yard
is h
ard.
Life
by
inch
is a
cin
ch.
And
if
you
get e
noug
h in
ches
, you
can
be
the
rule
r.”
“It is
eas
y fo
r a te
ache
r to
retir
e be
caus
e w
e pr
actic
e
retir
emen
t for
thre
e m
onth
s ev
ery
sum
mer
.”
Ret
irem
ent
Art f
eels
fortu
nate
to h
ave
coac
hed
62 y
ears
at t
he
sam
e sc
hool
his
ent
ire c
aree
r. A
s a
resu
lt, w
hene
ver
he g
oes
som
ewhe
re in
Edi
na h
e is
reco
gniz
ed.
And
Art t
ells
of t
he ti
me
he w
as b
oard
ing
a pl
ane
to D
alla
s
and
the
pilo
t rec
ogni
zed
Art a
s hi
s hi
gh s
choo
l sw
im
coac
h.
Scot
t Jo
hnso
n sa
ys A
rt w
as v
ery
quie
t ab
out
his
retir
emen
t and
wai
ted
until
the
end
of th
e 20
17-1
8
seas
on to
ann
ounc
e it
publ
icly
. A
hum
ble
man
, he
didn
’t re
ques
t a
party
.
How
ever
, th
e sw
imm
ing
com
mun
ity w
hich
hig
hly
resp
ects
Art
cam
e up
with
a
com
prom
ise.
The
y w
ill ho
ld a
sm
all p
arty
afte
r one
of th
e du
al m
eets
in J
anua
ry.
One
won
ders
if th
ey
will
don
the
trade
mar
k bl
ack
horn
rim
gla
sses
?
The
Min
neso
ta s
wim
sea
son
star
ted
in N
ovem
ber
and
Art p
lans
on
bein
g Ed
ina
Hig
h sc
hool
s #1
sw
im
fan.
H
e pl
ans
to s
tay
invo
lved
with
the
Min
neso
ta
Swim
min
g H
all o
f Fam
e, c
ontin
ue p
layi
ng c
ribba
ge
nigh
tly w
ith h
is w
ife C
arol
, do
a lit
tle fi
shin
g, a
nd s
tay
in to
uch
with
frie
nds.
Art
relu
ctan
tly c
onfe
sses
that
he n
ever
thro
ws
anyt
hing
aw
ay s
o on
e of
his
pro
ject
s
will
be
sorti
ng
pape
rwor
k (o
ther
wis
e kn
own
as
swim
min
g hi
stor
y).
Now
beg
ins
the
1st y
ear
of h
is
new
50.
W
hen
talk
ing
with
Art
this
int
ervi
ewer
sens
ed
that
Ar
t is
n’t
tota
lly
aver
se
to
poss
ible
indi
vidu
al a
thle
te c
oach
ing
as t
ime
allo
ws
and
is
need
ed.
The
1st y
ear o
f his
new
50
is ju
st u
nfol
ding
and
he’ll
see
wha
t it b
rings
. N
ISC
A m
embe
rs th
at
have
nev
er a
ttend
ed N
ISC
A’s
year
ly c
onfe
renc
e
shou
ld c
onsi
der a
ttend
ing.
It
is y
our o
ppor
tuni
ty to
mee
t a s
wim
min
g le
gend
.
The
Cla
rke
Cou
nty
Hig
h S
choo
l sw
im
team
of B
erry
ville
, V
A. T
he E
agle
s ar
e co
ache
d by
Car
ol
Mar
shal
l and
Jas
on
Pot
eat.
Page 20
21
PR
EPAPR
ATIO
N:
“The com
mitm
ent to
being prepared for any situation.” Preparation is related to preparing your m
ind and
body for elite performances. The N
orthwestern
student athletes
are often
taught how
quality
practice wires the m
ind and the muscles so that
when they have to perform
during crunch time, they
don’t have to think about how to, they just let their
instincts, wired through quality preparation, take
over.
TO
UG
HN
ESS: “The ability to consistently perform
at
a high
level despite
the circum
stances.” In m
y experience in working w
ith some of the best
pitchers in major league baseball, I have seen the
best ones able to manage their em
otions and stay
resilient despite the circumstances occurring around
them.
In
teaching them
how
to
control their
emotions, I often use the expression, “every pitch is
a new gam
e.” What I try to have them
think about is
to look at each pitch (shot, play, point depending on
the sport) as a brand new entity, having them
repeat
the mantra, “w
hat was and w
hat will be w
ill take
away from
what is.”
IMA
GIN
ATIO
N: “The language that the m
ind uses to com
municate w
ith the body.” Im
agination is simply about using the pow
er of your
mind to influence the body prior to your
performance. Im
agery or Visualization prepares
the body to perform the skill you w
ant to perform
because as you visualize you are actually creating
a pathway in your brain. This pathw
ay increases
your level of confidence because your brain already
believes you have succeeded at the task you just
visualized. Rem
ember that Visualization
incorporates all of your senses prior to a
performance, either before, during, or after
competition.
I teach many of the golfers w
ith whom
I work to
incorporate visualization as part of their pre- and
post-shot routines. For example, one of m
y
collegiate golfers recently was 97 yards aw
ay from
the hole. When I teach golfers to visualize their
shot from w
ithin 100 yards, I have them see, feel,
and see the shot from start to finish, ending w
ith the
ball rolling into the cup. My client did exactly this,
and made an eagle. This w
ill not of course happen
every time, but you w
ill increase your chances at
hitting a great shot. This technique can obviously
be applied across sports.
What w
as and what w
ill be will take
away from
what is.
20
FEATU
RE:
THE
O.P.T.I.M
.U.M
. M
ethod of
Mental
Preparation From
Total Athlete D
evelopment
Dr. Jeffrey Fishbein, P
sy.D
The follow
ing is a
chapter excerpt
from the new
book:
Total Athlete
Developm
ent: 70
Com
petition Tested
Ways
to get
Mentally
Tougher,
Physically M
ore
Dom
inant, and
Be
the Best Leader for
Your Team
.
Excerpt by
permission
of C
hampionship
Perform
ance Publishers.
O.P.T.I.M
.U.M
. ™
m
ethodology captures
the
essence of
the m
ental gam
e through
the
incorporation of an easy to remem
ber acronym.
Each letter in the acronym incorporates a m
ental skill
to be utilized by the athlete.
Each mental skill is reinforced by sound research
and theory but can be used in a very applied and
practical manner. The O
.P.T.I.M.U
.M. approach has
already been
field-tested and
has yielded
championship results across all sports and all levels.
Dr. Jeffrey Fishbein has utilized this m
ethodology
with
the Florida
Marlins
and the
Northw
estern
University W
ildcats athletic program.
OPTIM
ISM:
“The practice
of explaining
events to your benefit.” M
ost athletes think that optimism
is nothing more
than positive thinking. How
ever, Optim
ism, as
defined by Seligman, is defined as the m
anner in
which an individual explains the events that happen
to him/her on the playing field. O
ptimists tend to
internalize their successes, saying something such
as, “I had a great game tonight because I am
a great
player and have been working hard on this part of
my gam
e.” In addition, Optim
ists believe that their
successes affect not only their play on the court that
day, but that it permeates to m
any aspects of their
life outside the game.
Finally, O
ptimists
believe that
their successful
performances w
ill continue indefinitely. A good
example of the last issue cam
e when Luis C
astillo, a
former Florida M
arlin, set a record for a Latino player
for a 35 game consecutive hitting streak in 2002. H
e
was often heard as stating that every gam
e was an
opportunity to get a hit and additionally he thought
that the streak would never end. This is how
an
Optim
istic athlete should think.
Optim
ists tend to internalize their successes…believe
that their success affect many aspects of their life
outside the
game…
.believe that
their successful
performances w
ill continue indefinitely.
