January 2021 Newsletter
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A Competitive Edge in Swimming BOARD BULLETIN: light to start Open Water Swim- JANUARY ming. We swam at Wildwood, Trout HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone. Lake and Lake Erie for the next Hope Christmas went well for all. EVENT 6 weeks. At the beginning of Au- Unfortunately we are in lockdown gust, after being approved by Swim and not in the water. CALENDAR Ontario, we were given some pool Everyone should have received a HEAD TO HEAD TALK time to resume training and we Team Unify email from the Pres- WITH YURI KISSEL were back at it. The 2020-2021 sea- ident to have been completed by 9 16 JAN son took off in September. Things looked different but we were able to pm Thursday Dec. 31, 2020. If you 1:00 PM (13yrs +) haven’t done it you will be billed for swim and see our friends, although Option #1 for each of your swim- 2:30 PM (<12yrs) we still had to social distance and mers. swam in smaller groups, we at least SPECIAL EVENTS were able to swim. We are hoping to be back in the wa- FRIDAYS! ter at all 3 pools the week of January HOUSE TEAM COMPETITONS We have had many guest speak- 23, 2021. ers: university coaches from Ontar- As COVID-19 keeps throwing RETURN TO POOL io, New York State and New Bruns- curves remember that we have a lot 23 JAN wick, paralympic athlete Danielle of tools available to us that will al- ALL LOCATIONS Campo, and Adam Purdy. low you to change our self talk to On 30 August Coach Joni, Sarah March 14th was the last time I saw be positive. Try refocusing mentally and Zach were part of a crew that most of you all together at a prac- more than once a day. supported ACE Julia Notebomer in tice. It took us three weeks to get her historic swim across Lake Erie. This will end. something in place for you all to This swim had a lot of challenges but be able to see each other again and We will get through this. Julia fought through and became work together. I will be happy to see everyone again, the youngest swimmer to ever swim when we are back in the water. April 6th we started on-line learn- Lake Erie. ing and dryland. We offered ses- Take care and stay safe As we start 2021, we once again find sions on: mental skills you can train, ourselves out of the water, the coach- Jackie Buehlow, Aces President how to work on swim technique es are working on new, exciting dry- (even outside of a pool), goal setting, land and weights programs, as well ON THE DECK: nutrition, imagery, anxiety reg- as great mental training sessions ulation, breathing, shoulder exer- HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020 has and bringing in guest speakers. ended, and for many reasons, it has cises for swimmers, concentration, I know it is tough to be online again, been a very tough year; but there are mindfulness, along with weekly believe me I am doing everything I many positives to take away from dryland sessions and conducted the can to get us back in the water safely this season. ACES spirit challenge. We had Tera talk about social media and technol- when the facilities re-open. Jan-March we were swimming with- ogy habits, managing physical dis- As we enter 2021 look at your goals, out a care in the world, we worked tancing, and many more topics. in and out of the pool, what do you hard, and all swam so amazingly at want from this year? I am working the beginning of March. In late June, we were given the green 2 on my one word, a word that can help me through the year, guiding me. What will your “one” word be? I learned a lot this year. I learned that we have to take care of ourselves, no one else will. I started exercising dai- ly, and wow, inactivity for 30 years in the form of regular workouts wasn’t easy and definitely hurt my pride, but I have managed to workout daily for over three months and feel better then ever before. I hope you all are able to continue doing something while out of the water. For those going online for workouts I will see you starting Jan 4th. for everyone else I hope to see you Jan 23rd back at the pool. JANUARY PRACTICE CALENDAR WEEK ONE BEGINNING 4 JANUARY • MENTAL TRAINING 4-5 PM MON, WEIGHTS 6:30-7:30 AM TUES AND 4-5 PM WED, TECHNICAL 6:30-7:30 AM THURS WEIGHTS 8-9 AM SAT (GOLD) • MENTAL TRAINING 4-5 PM MON, DRYLAND 4:30-5:30 PM TUES, TECHNICAL 6:30-7:30 AM THURS, WEIGHTS 8-9 AM SAT (TEALE) • MENTAL TRAINING 6-7 PM TUES, DRYLAND 6:30-7:30 AM WED, FUNDAMENTALS 5-6 PM THURS (GREEN) • DRYLAND 5:30-6:30 PM MON, MENTAL TRAINING 9:15-10:15 AM SAT (BLACK) • DRYLAND 5:30-6:30 PM WED, MENTAL TRAINING 9:15-10:15 AM SAT (WHITE) WEEK TWO BEGINNING 11 JANUARY • MENTAL TRAINING 4-5 PM MON, WEIGHTS 6:30-7:30 AM TUES AND 4-5 PM WED, TECHNICAL 6:30-7:30 AM THURS WEIGHTS 8-9 AM SAT (GOLD) • MENTAL TRAINING 4-5 PM MON, DRYLAND 4:30-5:30 PM TUES, TECHNICAL 6:30-7:30 AM THURS, WEIGHTS 8-9 AM SAT (TEALE) • MENTAL TRAINING 6-7 PM TUES, DRYLAND 6:30-7:30 AM WED, FUNDAMENTALS 5-6 PM THURS (GREEN) • DRYLAND 5:30-6:30 PM MON, MENTAL TRAINING 9:15-10:15 AM SAT (BLACK) • DRYLAND 5:30-6:30 PM WED, MENTAL TRAINING 9:15-10:15 AM SAT (WHITE) WEEK THREE BEGINNING 18 JANUARY • MENTAL TRAINING 4-5 PM MON, WEIGHTS 6:30-7:30 AM TUES AND 4-5 PM WED, TECHNICAL 6:30-7:30 AM THURS WEIGHTS 8-9 AM SAT (GOLD) • MENTAL TRAINING 4-5 PM MON, DRYLAND 4:30-5:30 PM TUES, TECHNICAL 6:30-7:30 AM THURS, WEIGHTS 8-9 AM SAT (TEALE) • MENTAL TRAINING 6-7 PM TUES, DRYLAND 6:30-7:30 AM WED, FUNDAMENTALS 5-6 PM THURS (GREEN) • DRYLAND 5:30-6:30 PM MON, MENTAL TRAINING 9:15-10:15 AM SAT (BLACK) • DRYLAND 5:30-6:30 PM WED, MENTAL TRAINING 9:15-10:15 AM SAT (WHITE) POOL SCHEDULE BEGINNING SATURDAY 23 JANUARY (UNLESS PROVINCIAL LOCKDOWN IS EXTENDED) TILLSONBURG WILMOT DRYLAND • 4:30-6:30 TUES/THURS (GREEN) • 4:00-5:00 WED/FRI (WHITE) • MONDAY 5:00 (WHITE) • 4:30-6:00 TUES/THURS (BLACK) • 6:00-7:00 TUES/THURS, 9:00- • MONDAY 6:30 (GREEN) • 5:30- 6:30 TUES/THURS (WHITE) 10:00 SAT (BLACK) • WEDNESDAY 5:30 (BLACK) • 8:00-10:00 SAT (GREEN) • 6:00-7:30 WED, 3:45-5:45 • WEDNESDAY 7:15 (TEALE/GOLD) THURS, 11:00-1:00 SUN (GREEN) WOODSTOCK • 4:00-5:30 MON, 3:45-5:45 • 4:30-5:30 MON/FRI (WHITE) TUES, 6:00-7:30 AM THURS, • 4:15-5:45 MON/FRI (BLACK) 6:45-8:45 AM SAT (TEALE) • 4:00-6:00 MON/WED/FRI (GREEN) • 4:00-5:30 MON • 6:00-7:30 AM TUES/THURS, 3:45-5:45 TUES, 6:45-8:45 AM SAT, 11:00-1:00 SUN (GOLD) • 6:00-7:30 TUES/THURS (MASTERS) 2 JAN -LOGINS FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS SENT TO SWIMMERS EMAIL ACCOUNTS Visit Us Online at: https://www.teamunify.com/team/canwaasc/page/home 3 The coaches thank you all for your commitment to the Team Hearts: team. Have a Happy New Year and see you all soon. Donation to the Food Bank and gave a $50 donation to Stay safe and healthy the House of Blessings in Stratford. Coach Joni Team Diamonds: PARENTS TAKE NOTE Cards made and delivered to the Woodstock General •— Billing will happen on 1 Jan, 2021. Charges re- Hospital to thank our Frontline Workers. Additional- flecting the forms filled out prior to 31 Dec. ly a 50.00 donation was made to the Wilmot Resource •— Check email 2 Jan for practice logins. center for a food bank purchase. Team Spades: ACES ACHIEVEMENTS Donated outdoor clothing to the Women’s Empower- Virtual Tracker: Rounds 1-2 results of the Swim On- ment Center in Woodstock and created cards for Front- tario Virtual Tracker for Age Group and Para swim- line workers at Stratford General Hospital. mers have been posted. Round 3 will be posted this month as well as the overall results. See how WAAC Team Clubs: ranks! Swimmer Results Donated 50.00 to the Tumaini Children’s Foundation made greeting cards for the River Garden Retirement FUNDRAISING Residence in Stratford for the residents. Volunteers are still needed to help out with fundrais- ing for the New Year, lots of ideas but need the help. TEAM WEAR Still hoping to put together a Craft brewery raffle/ Team Aquatics: You can order draw but will be waiting until into the new year to al- fins, paddles, boards, goggles low us all to settle after the holidays. etc. at the club discount - use FlipGive is doing great we are almost at $500 raised the code WIL280 at checkout. simply for buying stuff people planned to anyways! Check it out and join or refer family and friends. Rheo fundraiser is over but was helpful to several fam- ilies, hopefully next year we will start it earlier and cir- cumstances will be different for all of us.