Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Extra Champ Tees
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Support OSU Water Polo
The OSU Men's Water Polo team is hosting a club tournament this week-end at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. Cheer on JJ and his teammates as they take on Miami, Pitt, Purdue and Loyola. Game times:
Saturday, March 31
11:00 vs. Miami
3:00 vs. Pitt
Sunday, April 1
9:00 vs. Purdue
1:00 vs. Loyola
Scarlet 2 and Senior preseason
March 27-April 13
MON, WED & FRI
4pm-5pm, Core Workouts
5pm-6pm, Drills and Kicking
TUES & THUR
4pm-4:45pm, Aerobic Dryland
4:45-6:00pm, Water Polo Intro
Core Dryland and Aerobic Fitness The first portion of practice will consist of core strengthening and aerobic fitness. We will incorporate shoulder stability exercises, abdominal and back strengthening, leg conditioning (including some running), and weight-room use. Please wear appropriate clothing and shoes. For those unable to run, other options will be available.
Water Polo Intro
Coach JJ will conduct these hour-long water polo sessions. Focus will be on learning the game of water polo (including rules, positions, and basic game-play). Specific drills will be used to learn the game as well as continued development of aquatic fitness. Coach JJ brings years of experience and was part of the State Champion UA water polo teams while in high school.
Open Practices
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Buckeye 1, Combo and Too Schedule
Group
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Sunday
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Monday
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Tues
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Weds
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Thursday
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Friday
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Sat
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Buckeye
1-ders
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4:00-4:45
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6:00-6:45
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Combo (pick 2 days to swim)
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4:45-5:30
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4:15-5:00
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4:15-5:00
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6:45-7:30
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Buckeye
Too
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5:30-6:30
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5:00-5:45
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5:00-5:45
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Patty has grouped her swimmers as follows, please contact Patty with any questions or concerns at rippleschnout@aol.com
Buckeye 1-ders
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Evelyn McGill
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4½
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Anthony Varckette
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4 ½
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Andrew Walters
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4 ½
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Buckeye Combo
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Miriam Rife
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5
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Pierce Bateman
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4½
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Bailey Kearney
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5½
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Maddie Eaton
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5½
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Lincoln Shirley
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5
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Ty Ritzler
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5½
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Ayla Krieger
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5½
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Jack McGrath
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5
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Buckeye Too
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Maggie Holzhauser
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6½
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Elise Robinson
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5½
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Lucy Scheibeck
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6
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Michael McGrath
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6½
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Reed Bateman
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7
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Daniel Carmona
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8
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Friday, March 16, 2012
Sectional Team
Buckeye swimmers are the best. Our entire team volunteered to time at tonights finals. Here's a picture of anthony and tom timing Peter Vanderkaay and Ryan Lochte's heat of the 200 free.

USA Swimming Safety Contest
The objective of the Safety Poster Contest is to build awareness for safety in the competitive swimming environment. Each Local Swim Committee (LSC) gets to pick its winner. From the LSC winners the Safety Education Committee will pick 10 posters to be displayed at Olympic Trials. The Grand Prize winner will be selected at Olympic Trials based on voting by visitors to the display.
All athlete members are eligible. Contact your LSC’s Office or your LSC’s Safety Chair - John Pristash at jpristash@bex.net for details on how to submit your Safety Poster.
Awards:
•All entries at LSC level will receive a specially designed Deck Pass Patch
•Each LSC winner will receive a specially designed USA Swimming London Olympics commemorative pin
•Top 10 will receive USA Swimming merchandise
•Grand Prize winner will receive a $250 gift certificate to Kiefer Swim Shop
SLEEP TIGHT, SWIM FAST: BUILDING GOOD SLEEP HABITS
The term many people use for sleep habits is “Sleep Hygiene.” Good sleep hygiene means you DECREASE the behaviors and thoughts that keep you up, and INCREASE the behaviors and thoughts that encourage sleepiness. Sleep is what your body naturally wants, so if you can create an environment that encourages it, sleep will happen.
What to DECREASE when you find you have trouble sleeping:
- Decrease Naps – If you nap and you are having
trouble falling asleep at night, then drop the nap. While a nap may be
good during the heaviest part of training, as you approach a taper and
decrease energy spent in practice, you do not need to nap.
- Decrease Sleeping in – one of the best habits for
good sleep is to get up and go to bed at the same time every day. Don’t
sleep in (much) on the one day you don’t have early practice.
- Decrease Caffeine (cut down or eliminate, no
caffeine after breakfast)
- Decrease Liquids later in the evening to eliminate
the need to urinate during the night.
- Decrease Light exposure in the evening (more light
= less melatonin production– sleep hormone that
is created by the brain).
- TV and Computer Screens make blue light that
lowers melatonin production – TV may make you
feel “zoned out” and ready for sleep, but it also can make it harder to
fall asleep once you turn it off.
- If you want to read or do puzzles before bed, use a
low watt (15 watt) light bulb in your bedside light.
- Decrease Alcohol Use (alcohol may make you feel
sleepy, but can cause night waking. Alcohol can be a stimulant for some
people but it disturbs the balance of the sleep cycle, frequently
decreasing the deep sleep phase).
- Decrease Worries – don’t take your problems to bed.
Writing them down before bed is a good way to “park” them for the night.
- Decrease Stimulating activity in the evening – a
hard workout in the evening can create a lot of energy and make it hard to
fall asleep. However, a very light workout may be helpful. Stimulating
activity can also include getting together with a bunch of friends later
in the evening or working on a big project.
- Don’t TRY to fall asleep. If sleep does not come
naturally after about 15 minutes, get out of bed and do something relaxing
for a while – meditate, take a warm shower, listen to some quiet music,
read, do a puzzle. Don’t get back into bed until you feel sleepy.
- Don’t watch the clock. In fact, hiding it is not a
bad idea. Staring at the clock will only create more worry about not
sleeping.
- Don’t worry if you wake in the middle of the night. Night-waking
is actually very common – when dealt with by decreasing stimulation and
increasing sleep-producing behaviors, your remaining sleep will be
sufficient.
- You just may not be tired when you go to bed. Cut
down on your sleep for a night or two (sleep restriction) and natural
sleepiness may just set in.
- YOU DO NOT NEED TO “MAKE” YOURSELF SLEEP. Your body will
do it naturally when the conditions are right.
- Increase Bedroom Comfort – freedom from light and
noise, comfortable temperature. Coolness and darkness increase melatonin production.
- Increase Physical Comfort – don’t go to bed hungry
or over-full. A light snack before bed is OK if you are feeling hungry.
Protein and some carbohydrates are the best mix to promote sleep (like
toast with peanut butter, plain yogurt with some fruit, even warm milk).
- Create “winding down rituals” – meditate, read, do
a puzzle, listen to quiet music, take a warm shower. These activities
relax the mind and help you “let go” of the busy mental activity that can
keep you awake.
- If you don’t have any regular winding-down activities
established, try deep-breathing. Take deep breaths (you
should be able to feel your diaphragm or stomach area rising with each
intake of breath), at a natural pace. Try to slow down the pace a little,
but not so much that you feel that it is difficult or you are not getting
enough air. Focus on the breath and the worries will drop off.
- Increase white noise – if you are particularly
sensitive to noises (“things that go bump in the night”), think about
adding a white noise generator to your bedroom. It will cancel out the odd
nighttime noise and help you sleep.
Everyone has occasional problems sleeping. When you are in training, sleep comes easily because of exhaustion. When you are rested, it may take longer to fall asleep – 10-20 minutes is not uncommon and not a sign of insomnia or inability to fall asleep. If you have regular sleep problems – at least three nights per week for a period of time, as well as daytime distress or poor functioning – consult a physician. A sleep study can find biological causes for poor sleep. Primary insomnia (persistent trouble with sleep without a medical cause) can be treated with cognitive-behavioral therapy and does not require medication.
If your physician recommends the use of sleep medication, remember to consult with the USADA web site prior to use to make sure that your medication is allowed. Additionally, consider the potential side effects of sleep medications, and risks of long term use.
JENNY G STADLER, PHD, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
USA SWIMMING SPORTS MEDICINE TASK FORCE
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Spring Schedule
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Team Banquet
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Go Cats!
We had a nice surprise tonight when two Grand Prix swimmers showed up at our pool to get in a pre-meet swim. When one of the young men learned that one of our boys wants to go to Arizona he gave him his cap off his head! One of the many things I love about this sport is how selfless many swimmers truly are. This young man has a great story, as he switched from soccer to swimming late in high school and promptly caught the eye of the coaches at Arizona. He will represent Brazil in the London 2012 games.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Practice dad of the year.
Dedicated practice dads like Brian work so hard they need to taper for the big meets too!

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