From mark.rauterkus at gmail.com Sun Feb 20 13:10:13 2022 From: mark.rauterkus at gmail.com (Mark Rauterkus) Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 13:10:13 -0500 Subject: [CLOH-News] busy times Message-ID: Hi, Welcome to some new ISCA members! Hope all is going well for this championship season, so far. ISCA's West Coast Age Group meet is happening this weekend. It ends on Monday, due to the holiday. + + + With ISCA's Meet, I'm not able to reach Doug to ask about banquet tickets -- and as we owe a reply to Dr. Maglischo. + + + Just edited and uploaded a video interview with Jack Simon, ISCA Hall of Fame Inductee this year, and Steve Friederang. This content is going to go out to the world via his e-magazine, Competitive Swimmer. But, I wanted Jack and you here to get a peek first. The first is a 10-minute clip on Trans Swimmers, newsworthy discussion. Then comes the full discussion, 1-hour, 38-minutes. https://read.swimisca.org/courses/global-library-for-isca-members/lessons/jack-simon-isca-hall-of-fame-coach-speaks-with-steve/ More highlight clips are able to be edited from the main interview. Plus, the transcript, now at 18-pages, would be valued too, after it is better formatted. + + + Tip: Might be good to do a little more season-ending goal setting, especially with the kids new to the team who have yet to experience a dramatic taper. What is obvious to the coaches and the seasoned swimmers is often overlooked for the newest members on the squad. The next edition of the ebook, Readings from the Book of Coach Mark, gets a new entry. How would you respond to this anxious parent? Here is my approach, with names and locations removed. Question: My son is a swimmer who is having trouble translating his hard work in practice into success in races. He had a great long course season but this year he has added time. He is searching for solutions, and I hope he will be open to some mental coaching. Do you offer it? What kind of time commitment are we talking about? Coach Mark's first reply: Where are you located? How old is he? What times did he do and how is his time this year? When does he taper for the short course championships? What were his times ONE YEAR ago? What does his coach say? Is he interested in doing some reading on his own? More from the Question asker. We live in US, location removed. He is 17. Last summer July 2021, he swam a long course 200 free 2:01.62. That converts to a short course 1:46. In the following December, he swam a short course 200 of 1:48 and in Feb, just a week ago, he swam a 1:53. A year ago he swam a 1:50. His coach is planning a goal review after the short course season ends in early April. It?s the swimmer?s first year with this team, so the coach is still trying to get a handle on the swimmer. Reading? Maybe. He actually seems in a good place. Like he wants to figure it out. He has a last chance meet in two weeks, his last chance to qualify for sectionals, which is at the end of March. Reply from Coach Mark Thank you for the information. Plateaus are part of senior swimming. It is hard. He is fast. He may drop yet as the taper is where it is at. Stay the course. A goal meeting now may be in good order. Transition from practice to meet times, test set performance. Data can give confidence. Coach has insights and waiting for them may be hard. Can a swimmer and coach appointment be set up in a calm time away from the grind of practice? Phone call even. The cover of a swimming in college opinion may also be worthy. The biggest thing you wrote is that he is in a good place. Great. Nuff said. Cherish these days w the kid. They end in a blink. Support and parental love by the truckload. Peace Last follow-up: Thank you Mark! Beautiful thoughts. All the best -- Ta. Mark Rauterkus Mark at Rauterkus.com Webmaster, International Swim Coaches Association, SwimISCA.org 412 298 3432 = cell From mark.rauterkus at gmail.com Sun Feb 20 13:10:13 2022 From: mark.rauterkus at gmail.com (Mark Rauterkus) Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 13:10:13 -0500 Subject: [CLOH-News] busy times Message-ID: Hi, Welcome to some new ISCA members! Hope all is going well for this championship season, so far. ISCA's West Coast Age Group meet is happening this weekend. It ends on Monday, due to the holiday. + + + With ISCA's Meet, I'm not able to reach Doug to ask about banquet tickets -- and as we owe a reply to Dr. Maglischo. + + + Just edited and uploaded a video interview with Jack Simon, ISCA Hall of Fame Inductee this year, and Steve Friederang. This content is going to go out to the world via his e-magazine, Competitive Swimmer. But, I wanted Jack and you here to get a peek first. The first is a 10-minute clip on Trans Swimmers, newsworthy discussion. Then comes the full discussion, 1-hour, 38-minutes. https://read.swimisca.org/courses/global-library-for-isca-members/lessons/jack-simon-isca-hall-of-fame-coach-speaks-with-steve/ More highlight clips are able to be edited from the main interview. Plus, the transcript, now at 18-pages, would be valued too, after it is better formatted. + + + Tip: Might be good to do a little more season-ending goal setting, especially with the kids new to the team who have yet to experience a dramatic taper. What is obvious to the coaches and the seasoned swimmers is often overlooked for the newest members on the squad. The next edition of the ebook, Readings from the Book of Coach Mark, gets a new entry. How would you respond to this anxious parent? Here is my approach, with names and locations removed. Question: My son is a swimmer who is having trouble translating his hard work in practice into success in races. He had a great long course season but this year he has added time. He is searching for solutions, and I hope he will be open to some mental coaching. Do you offer it? What kind of time commitment are we talking about? Coach Mark's first reply: Where are you located? How old is he? What times did he do and how is his time this year? When does he taper for the short course championships? What were his times ONE YEAR ago? What does his coach say? Is he interested in doing some reading on his own? More from the Question asker. We live in US, location removed. He is 17. Last summer July 2021, he swam a long course 200 free 2:01.62. That converts to a short course 1:46. In the following December, he swam a short course 200 of 1:48 and in Feb, just a week ago, he swam a 1:53. A year ago he swam a 1:50. His coach is planning a goal review after the short course season ends in early April. It?s the swimmer?s first year with this team, so the coach is still trying to get a handle on the swimmer. Reading? Maybe. He actually seems in a good place. Like he wants to figure it out. He has a last chance meet in two weeks, his last chance to qualify for sectionals, which is at the end of March. Reply from Coach Mark Thank you for the information. Plateaus are part of senior swimming. It is hard. He is fast. He may drop yet as the taper is where it is at. Stay the course. A goal meeting now may be in good order. Transition from practice to meet times, test set performance. Data can give confidence. Coach has insights and waiting for them may be hard. Can a swimmer and coach appointment be set up in a calm time away from the grind of practice? Phone call even. The cover of a swimming in college opinion may also be worthy. The biggest thing you wrote is that he is in a good place. Great. Nuff said. Cherish these days w the kid. They end in a blink. Support and parental love by the truckload. Peace Last follow-up: Thank you Mark! Beautiful thoughts. All the best -- Ta. Mark Rauterkus Mark at Rauterkus.com Webmaster, International Swim Coaches Association, SwimISCA.org 412 298 3432 = cell