TAKE YOUR SWIMMING or COACHING TO A NEW LEVEL IN 2009!
US MASTERS SWIMMING ANNOUNCES THE SWIM FEST
FOR COACHES & MASTERS SWIMMERS
MAY 22-24, 2009!
Location: Shenendoah, TX – New The Woodlands Aquatic Facility
Info & Registration:
http://www.usms.org/swimfest
Register EARLY - Space is limited and expected to fill quickly!
Coaches are FREE!
USMS swimmers, $85 a day*
* FINIS snorkel, event shirt, video-taping
Video tour of The Woodlands, CISD Natatorium
www.floswimming.org/.../124000
COACHING STAFF:
SUSAN INGRAHAM -Masters of South Texas / 2008 USMS Coach of the Year
KERRY O’BRIEN -Walnut Creek Masters / 1987 Coach of the Year / 2007 USMS Club of the Year
JIM MONTGOMERY - Dallas Aquatic Masters / 3 time Olympic Gold Medalist / 2002 USMS Coach of the Year
KRIS HOUCHENS -- IndySwim Fit / 2007 USMS Coach of the Year
WHITNEY HEDGEPTH - Olympic Gold Medalist / Longhorn Aquatics Masters
SARA MCLARTY - 3 time Olympic Trial Qual. / 2006 USAT Triathlon Athlete of the year
MIKE COLLINS - NOVA Masters / 1990 USMS Coach of the Year
Over all it was great.
These are minor criticisms as it was over all great.
Also,nice to meet Wookie.
Allen and QBRAIN both told me they would meet me at SwimFest... but I never met either. At least by name. Sharks!!
But I have to say that I met and put faces to names on several Forumites and Facebook friends at both SwimFest - and at Nationals in Clovis. There is no doubt that these two avenues have changed my little swimming world and are worth mentioning - and encouraging more swimmers to join.
USMS Coaches Chair, Chris Colburn and I were talking on the last day and I brought this point of connections made, up with him.
I'd like to encourage coaches to post more to the USMS Forum Coaches Thread and create the support and some of the comaraderie that we have generated as swimmers.
Usually all it takes to build viewers is a post a day of something new and relevant. Similar to the daily blogs of some of the members here on the Forum.
I don't have to tell anyone here, that our masters coaches are always in need of support, information, and inspiration.
Swimmers asking direct coaching questions on the coaching thread also serves well.
Thanks to all for making SwimFest09 everything I had hoped it would be and yet - plenty of room for building and improvements in the next year!
Can't wait to hear WHERE it will land!!
Over all it was great.
These are minor criticisms as it was over all great.
Also,nice to meet Wookie.
Allen and QBRAIN both told me they would meet me at SwimFest... but I never met either. At least by name. Sharks!!
But I have to say that I met and put faces to names on several Forumites and Facebook friends at both SwimFest - and at Nationals in Clovis. There is no doubt that these two avenues have changed my little swimming world and are worth mentioning - and encouraging more swimmers to join.
USMS Coaches Chair, Chris Colburn and I were talking on the last day and I brought this point of connections made, up with him.
I'd like to encourage coaches to post more to the USMS Forum Coaches Thread and create the support and some of the comaraderie that we have generated as swimmers.
Usually all it takes to build viewers is a post a day of something new and relevant. Similar to the daily blogs of some of the members here on the Forum.
I don't have to tell anyone here, that our masters coaches are always in need of support, information, and inspiration.
Swimmers asking direct coaching questions on the coaching thread also serves well.
Thanks to all for making SwimFest09 everything I had hoped it would be and yet - plenty of room for building and improvements in the next year!
Can't wait to hear WHERE it will land!!
