Atlantis Newsletter July 2011 - Atlantis Swimming Club

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THE FACTS PAGE: THE ROLE OF LAND TRAINING Land Training was introduced to Atlantis just short of 24 Months ago. Carried out by qualified fitness instructor Sam Stocker, the sessions were introduced to enhance the strength and general flexibility of our more advanced swimmers. It is recognised by the ASA that children of all ages should be encouraged to take part in multiple sports as they develop both physically and mentally. Participating in other sports helps with co-ordination, physical development and a better awareness of competitive sport in general. Atlantis as a club strongly recommends that swimmers in the club pursue outside activities especially in the early years of their swimming life. The club remains committed to the land training programme it offers and equally remains committed to the criteria set when it was first introduced. Land training within the club is not a replacement for other sports however and is designed to specifically enhance swimmers development. It is essential that participants in land training continue to put in the hours in the pool. It is not a substitute for pool time. Time spent in the pool working on technique and developing a high level of fitness is a must for all swimmers. As swimmers develop and find the intrinsic motivation to push themselves, to concentrate on instruction and to set high personal standards, then our Head Coach can look at the next stage of individual swimmers. There are many platforms for our swimmers to aspire to and as a club we try to accommodate them as we grow. Land training is seen as one of these platforms, but only when individuals have reached the height of that platform. Prior to that specialisation swimmers can gain valuable strength & flexibility by working diligently on their stretching exercises at the pool & at home, putting plenty of effort into training, games & school activities and going for long runs and bike rides in safe environments to build up stamina. Age and Swimming Development You may have noticed that in swimming boys stay for one year longer in Age Groups than girls. This is because boys generally develop later than girls in swimming terms. There can also be major variations within groups of boys and girls. Each athlete grows at a different rate; therefore a coach can have, within the same training group, early, average and/or late maturers. A key factor in determining a swimmers physical development is Peak Velocity Height (PVH). PVH is directly linked to the Development Age of athletes. PVH is a measure of the maximum rate of growth in stature during a growth spurt. The age of maximum velocity of growth is called the age at PVH. For girls this occurs just before age 12 and for boys just before age 14. It’s for this reason the the cut off for the ASA Age Group categories is 13 for girls and 14 for boys. SNIPPETS • Kate and Ella Windle have been enjoying the World Swimming Championships in Shanghai with their family and were lucky enough to see two world records broken, Rebecca Adlington and Liam Tancock take gold and Hannah Miley and Ellen Gandy win silver in what is hopefully a taste of what’s to come in London next year - they also managed to get Ryan Lochte’s - the US man of the moment - autograph (See pic P 2); • Bill will be heading home to New Zealand with Hazel at the end of September to watch one of his other loves -rugby. He has all the key tickets for the Rugby World Cup, including the final. His only regret is that he will not be watching it in Christchurch, which was destroyed by the recent earthquake; • Congratulations to all the parents who took part in the rounders in the Summer BBQ - Mrs Nehme, Mrs Hartley, John & Lorraine Eamer your cards have been marked! And here were we thinking it was your children who were the competitive ones! • Well done to Michel Nehme for attracting a sponsor to pay for new back-stroke flags for Steyning and Billingshurst; • Pictures of the BBQ are available to all members of the Atlantis Facebook site. If you haven’t signed up, why not do so www.facebook.com/people/Atlantis-Horsham/100002332207002 IMPROVERS OF THE YEAR - THE 20 SECS CLUB For many the 200m Club Champs was the last competition of the year and saw some fantastic individual performances. Below is the roll of honour of those Atlantis swimmers who took their best time improvement since the start of the season last September to over 20 secs in 200 events: • Beth Britton - fly & back • Lily Cherriman - breast • Eve Clarke - breast & IM • Aimee Davies - breast • Amy Denman - back • Natasha Golding - back, breast & IM • Edward Hundleby - fly • Andrew Kershaw - IM @ fly • Lucy Lee - fly & breast • Poppy Maunder - back • Eleanor Morris - fly WELL DONE EVERYONE! • Cavan Murphy - IM & breast • Lauren Pedel - IM, free & breast • Elise Wheatland - free • Michael White - IM • Tara Williams - IM & free DIARY DATES 14th Aug: Training resumes, Horsham 16th Oct: Eastbourne Level 4 Open Meet 15th Aug: Training resumes, Billingshurst & Steyning 22nd Oct: Atlantis ‘Endless Pools Trophy’ Team Grade B Gala 3rd Sept: Starts & Turns Clinic, Caterham 30th Oct/13th Nov: Sussex Development Meets 1 & 2, Brighton 4th Sept: Sussex County Relay Team Gala, Brighton 12th Nov: National Swimming League, Gala 2 17th Sept: Ken Deeley Level 3 Sprint Meet, Brighton 19th Nov: Crawley ‘Not So Early Bird’ Level 1 Open Meet, K2 24th Sept: Kingsland Paper Trophy Grade B Team Gala, K2 26/27th Nov: Atlantis ‘Christmas Cracker’ Level 3 Open Meet 2nd Oct: Crawley Level 3 Long Course Opportunity Meet, K2 3rd/4th Dec: Winter Regionals, venue tbc 8th Oct: National Swimming League, Gala 1 9th Dec: Atlantis Christmas Party and Awards Night, Holbrook Club 10th Dec: National Swimming League, Gala 3
Sussex County ASA Annual Dinner 2011 Hosted by the President of Sussex County ASA Saturday 24 September The Old Ship Hotel Brighton 7:00pm for 7:30pm till late £30.00 per head (including wine equivalent to half bottle per person) • Auction and raffle • Quiz and prizes • Live music Dress to impress COUNTY NEWS Current ASA President Brian Deval has this year revamped the Sussex ASA Annual Dinner. It will take place in one of Brighton’s well-known hotels - the Old Ship Hotel. It would be great if this year we could take a strong Atlantis contingent to the dinner. If you would like to come please contact Andrew Dunlop at a.dunlop1@btinternet.com. Cheques should be made payable to SCASA Sussex County ASA
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