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ASCA NEWSLETTER AMERICAN SWIMMING COACHES ASSOCIATION 2013 EDITION | ISSUE 6 10 SELECTED AS THE 2013 Kim Seaman ASCA Fellows Dana Kirk Stuart Jefferies Annie Stein Chris Van Slooten Brian Thomas Joey Sementelli Jackie Norgren Amy Montgomery In This Issue: The Power of Habit / 05 Tweet Me Your Questions / 06 Sport Specialization at a Young Age / 16 Ozzie Quevedo The Capacity to Perform / 18 Too Many Kids Today are Soft / 24 ASCA NEWSLETTER | 2013 EDITION 6 1 ASCA Newsletter Official ASCA Sponsors Published for the American Swimming Coaches Association by the American Swimming Coaches Council for Sport Development. Board of Directors PRESIDENT Richard Shoulberg VICE-PRESIDENTS Steve Morsilli, Jim Tierney MEMBERS Jack Bauerle, Don Heidary, Ira Klein, Matthew Kredich, David Marsh, Tim Murphy, Eddie Reese, Gregg Troy, Bill Wadley, Chuck Warner EXECUTIVE Committee Jennifer Gibson, Tim Welsh ASCA Staff EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND EDITOR John Leonard CLINICS AND JOB Services Guy Edson FINANCE AND SALES Gail Morgan SwimAmericaTM Sponsors MEMBERSHIP Services Melanie Wigren Certification Kim Witherington TECHNICAL Services AND WSCA Matt Hooper WEBMASTER Hiley Schulte PUBlications DIRECTOR Mary Malka SWIMAMERICATM AND ALTST Lori Klatt, Julie Nitti VOLUNTEER PROOFREADER Buddy Baarcke [email protected] GENERAL COUNSEL Richard J. Foster The Newsletter for Professional Swimming Coaches A Publication of the American Swimming Coaches Council for Sport Development, American Swimming Magazine (ISSN: 0747-6000) is published by the American Swimming Coaches Association. Membership/subscription price is $70.00 per year (US). International $100.00. Disseminating swimming knowledge to swimming coaches since 1958. Postmaster: Send address changes to: American Swimming Coaches Association 5101 NW 21st Avenue, Suite 200 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 (954) 563-4930 I Toll Free: 1(800) 356-2722 I Fax: (954) 563-9813 swimmingcoach.org I [email protected] © 2012 American Swimming Coaches Association. 2 ASCA NEWSLETTER | 2013 EDITION 6 On the Cover The ASCA Fellows program is a swimmers ages 4-18. mentoring program for swimming coaches designed to foster the future Joey Sementelli coach-leaders of our sport. The Palo Alto Stanford program annually takes a select group Aquatics, California Before becoming Head Age of coaches and pairs them with mentor Group Coach with PASA, coaches to work on a year-long project. coached with the Shawmut For the 2013 class, their project Aquatic Club, a premiere goal is to research a rationale and team in New England. a manual of how coaches become Was the lead coach for the Senior Development leaders in our sport. Program, and an assistant By looking at the historical paths with the Age Group teams some of our great coaches took to and Senior/National Group. reach their leadership positions, and by examining the historical reasons, Amy Montgomery the rationale, and the major issues Fallbrook Associated Swim that have led coaches into positions Team, California of leadership and power in swimming, Novice Coach with F.A.S.T., a year-round Swimming program at Rutgers University, the class will use their research to competitive aquatic program offering and served as an assistant coach for the identify leadership roles and the coaching to athletes of all abilities: novice men’s and women’s swimming and diving roads that lead to them. to national qualifiers. F.A.S.T. is a chartered program at the University of Connecticut. member of USA Swimming, the San Diego Also served as Head Coach and Director The American Swimming Coaches Imperial Local Swim Commitee (LSC), USA of Swimming Operations for The University Association is proud to announce Waterpolo, USA Diving and AAU Diving. Aquatic Club in Storrs, CT from ‘05 to ‘09. the 2013 Fellows class, composed of these coaches: Annie Stein Ozzie Quevedo De Anza Cupertino Aquatics, California NTC Aquatics, Florida Stuart Jefferies Age Group Swim Coach with the DACA Member of the Venezuelan National Island Aquatics, Hawaii Competitive Program. Has coached Swimming Team from ‘87-’04 who ASCA Level 3 Assistant Coach, swimmers to elite levels, both locally and represented Venezuela in the 2000 Age Group, Senior and Masters on the national stage and has guided Sydney Olympic Games. Began coaching swimmers. Former Assistant Coach athletes to Far Western Championship titles career as a volunteer assistant coach at for Team Hawaii at Western Zone and high point distinctions, Western Zone Auburn University and Auburn Aquatics Championships in ‘10 and ‘11. Championship titles, Pacific Swimming from the late 90′s until ‘04. Has worked and Records, and National Age Group individual developed NCAA Champions, Olympians Kim Seaman and relay top-10 rankings. and World Champions as well as Age Stingrays Swimming, Georgia Group National Ranked swimmers and Lead Swim Coach, with years of Jackie Norgren Junior/Senior Nationals qualifiers. experience as a Swim Coach for Western Kentucky Aquatics, Kentucky various summer league, school, and Aquatics Graduate Assistant who works Chris Van Slooten USA club teams in the Atlanta area. exclusively with the age group team. Has Fork Union Military Academy, Virginia coached swimming for the past six years and Joined FUMA in July ‘11 as Head Swim Dana Kirk is currently pursuing a masters degree in Coach. Coached the Covenant School in Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics, California Recreation and Sports Administration. Charlottesville, and Holmes High School in Former competition swimmer, San Antonio. Has led three high school boys Olympian and Pan American Games Brian Thomas conference titles; finished in State Top Ten medalist. Founded PASA-DKS, an Western Kentucky University, Kentucky in ‘95, ‘96, ‘97, and has successfully led a affiliate of Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics. Assistant coach for the Western Kentucky personal business providing individual and The team has grown to over 150 college team. Volunteered with the Women’s group swim instruction. ASCA NEWSLETTER | 2013 EDITION 6 3 4 ASCA NEWSLETTER | 2013 EDITION 6 The Power of HABIT By Coach Don Swartz Charles Duhigg has written a potentially small advantage,” one Cornell professor swimming as the summer unfolds. powerful book about “The Power of Habit.” wrote in 1984. “Once a small win has been Thanks to Theresa for recommending it. We accomplished, forces are set in motion that Note that we have the breaststrokers and wish we could say we have finished it… not favor another small win.” IM’ers do breaststroke kick. They must yet and have understood everything read finish each kick completely streamlined. so far… not yet. Perhaps when late August Duhigg writes, “Small wins fuel It is a chore to do it correctly, like most rolls around and we have more time. transformative changes by leveraging tiny things. We think the small win here is the advantages into patterns that convince ability to drive the kick at the end of the pull One of the discussions centers on people that bigger achievements are through, when they have held their breath “keystone” habits. He writes, “Keystone within reach.” for nearly six seconds and would love to habits offer what is known within academic grab some air prematurely. literature as ‘small wins.’ They help As a coach, that is exactly what our other habits to flourish by creating new profession is about: convincing our But not all of these small wins necessarily structures, and they establish cultures swimmers that bigger achievements predict a logical outcome. Karl Weick is where change becomes contagious.” are within reach. So, how do we do that a prominent organizational psychologist. exactly? Pick something small. Do that He writes, “Small wins do not combine in We think being able to change is huge one small thing really well; then move a neat, nonlinear, serial form, with each when talking about making progress in on from there. Pick something that has step being a demonstrable step closer to life and competitive swimming. Without multiple impacts so that more than one some predetermined goal. More common change everything stays the same – or good “next thing” can happen. is the circumstance where small wins are worse, is subject to the direction of the scattered like miniature experiments that “wind” blowing in your life. We’ve had some success having our test implicit theories about resistance and swimmers do vertical dolphin-kicking Duhigg discusses the impact that Bob opportunity and uncover both resources holding a small weight plate. We’re using Bowman had on Michael Phelps when he and barriers that were invisible before the 7.5 and 10 pound plates. We do 3 sets of changed a few “core routines” and that the situation was stirred up.” 10 every two minutes, maybe 5-6 rounds. other more significant things fell into place. The first two sets, they hold the plate on Human growth, it seems to us, is shaped He goes on to say, “Small wins are their chest. The 3rd set, they hold it over by change. No change, no growth. Pick exactly what they sound like, and are a their head (much heavier that way). We something “small” that you can do, and huge part of how keystone habits create have several kids who can actually keep then commit to doing it until it is a new widespread changes. A huge body of their chin at the surface on the 3rd set. habit. Then you no longer have to think research has shown that small wins about it. It, the new behavior, has become It is our ideas that they are learning how to have enormous power and influence you. Then move on from there. hold their breath while dolphin-kicking – a disproportionate to the accomplishments small win – while simultaneously learning of the victories themselves.” See you at the pool. Hold your breath, or how to kick faster – another small win. dolphin-kick… or do both at the same time! “Small wins are a steady application of a We will expect to see this move into their Or finish your stroke, every time.