The Week Ahead: 10/24 to 10/29

As we head into the final weeks of the season, there will be lots of important information, times, and dates to keep track of.  Please be sure to read these posts thoroughly and check the blog often in case of any updates.  Thanks!


Taper Info
Those swimmers who have not achieved a state-qualifying time will be "tapering" for our Conference Meet on November 4-5.  In basic terms, a "taper" is a period of rest, the idea being that the athlete will be in peak shape and fully rested for the big meet. We will begin to back off yardage (NOT intensity) and it will gradually decrease throughout  the next two weeks.  We will also focus more on starts, turns, finishes, etc., all the small details that lead to faster swimming.  For us, this will be first evident this coming Wednesday.  Naturally, we will see a significant increase in daily energy levels, which is exactly what we want.  However, we need to store up these reserves, NOT increase other activities simply because we have all this excess energy.  Make sure to get as much sleep as usual, if not more, and limit other vigorous activities.  What we do outside of the pool has as much of an impact on our performance as what we will be doing in practice.

Tuesday (10/25)

• Food and Fun at the Weener's
• We have been invited to the Weener's Tuesday after school.  From there, we will carpool to Zeeland's pool.
• DIRECTIONS
• AWAY Meet @ Zeeland
• Ladies need to be on-deck at 5:15pm for devotions and warm up.
• Meet starts @ 6:30pm.
• This is Zeeland's Senior Night, so they will take some time to recognize their seniors as we did this past Tuesday.

Wednesday (10/26)

• Conference swimmers will be out at 5:15pm.

Thursday (10/27)

• Conference swimmers will be out at 5:15pm.

Friday (10/28)

• EVERYONE will be out at 5:30pm.

Saturday (10/29)

• Practice
• Normal practice times, as doors will open at 7:15am and we will be out of the water for pancakes at 9:30am.
• Compassionate Heart
• Our service project for the season is helping out at Compassionate Heart Ministry in Zeeland, which the we have done for the past couple years.  
• Ladies need to arrive at 1:30pm for set up.  The actual festival goes from 2:00 to 4:30pm.
• DIRECTIONS
• Corn Maze
• After serving at Compassionate Heart, we will be carpooling to the Alexander's for dinner and then heading down to Fennville to Crane's Corn Maze.
• If you plan on going to the corn maze, make sure that you've RSVPed with Shellie Alexander: sralexander63@aol.com or (616) 335-2448.
• We plan on returning to the Alexander's between 10:30 and 11:00pm, so please plan pick-up accordingly.