Wildcat Swim Club News
While we do not have jobs for this meet, I would love to have snacks and drinks for our swimmers. Please sign up under "Jobs" to donate to our swimmers!
This week we worked on endurance and technique. It is important that our swimmers build stamina for these longer events. While a few of our meets will be short course like they are used to from summer league, most of our meets will be standard high school events. We are prepping them for their future!
T-shirts are available to purchase! Want to show off your team spirit? Tshirts are available for purchase! Parents, grandparents, siblings are all MORE than welcome to show their support!! Shirts are $20. SAVE ON SHIPPING! Select "Porch Pickup" and your order will be delivered to me at Chattahoochee.
Wildcat Swim Club Shirt
I also have a small number of shirts left. If you need to switch sizes, please let me know and I will see what is available.
Did you take any pictures this week? Please add them here!
Wildcats v. Wesleyan- Monday, November 2: We kick off our meets at Wesleyan in Norcross! More information will come soon. You are able to go and declare entry. Please be aware that this is an EARLY meet. Our warm up time is 4:15pm with a start time of 5:00pm. Please keep this in mind.
We do not have any "jobs" for this meet but I am requesting snacks for the snack table. Please take a look and see if there is anything you can donate.
Wildcats v. MJCCA- Friday, November 6: Information will come out regarding this meet soon as well. This meet is at Collins Hill Aquatic Center. You are able to go and declare entry.
Spirit Night at LR Burger Duluth- Tuesday, November 17: Come have dinner and mention Wildcat Swim Club! Part of the proceeds will come back to the swim team!
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A Few Reminders
We are still missing a handful of physicals. Remember, while these are not mandatory for our team, it is a good practice to get into now as they are mandatory for high school. They also provide us with physician documentation that your swimmer is physically cleared to swim. This is incredibly important.
You can very easily get this done at any doctors office or urgent care. Here is the link for the high school physical.
A few things to keep in mind:
1. SwimAtlanta's pool is COLD. That drastic change in temperature will cause cramps. Especially in the calves and sides. In order to lessen your swimmers chance of cramping please be sure they are drinking as much water as possible during the day. They should also be drinking water when they get home.
2. Please be sure they are getting a small snack before swim. This needs to include something carb and potassium heavy. A banana, eggs, crackers, a small protein bar, peanut butter (put peanut butter on a banana or on an apple!! PERFECT option!), yogurt, granola. This will boost their energy and will help.
Also have a snack for after they swim. A small snack and more water in the car on the way home is a plus.
3. It is a MYTH that you do not sweat when you workout in the pool. You absolutely sweat as you swim, especially as hard as we will be swimming in the next few weeks. Send your swimmer with a water bottle. Encourage them to have the water bottle ON DECK with them.
