Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Hey all!


This Last weekend Christiana and I had a wonderful experience working on routine writing for an age group team the North shore Selkies. We each spent time writing two different routines and then spent the day teaching the team inside and outside of the water. The girls were quick learners and willing to try new things. We are both excited to work with them again and finish choreographing their two duets and trio.


As well as writing routines for Age Group swimmers, our team has been finishing up writing our own small routines. Each routine is unique to our own style and while they are not similar, each of them are great in their own way. We have met our Thanksgiving Break deadline for finishing routines and starting swim offs.


On Saturday November 20th we will be hosting and competing in a figure meet here at Wheaton. Masters, Collegate and Age Group swimmers will all be in attendance of this event. It should be a great opportunity to meet swimmers of different ages and abilities.

We look forward to seeing where everyone places.

Happy Thanksgiving all!

Rebecca.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

A Contact Sport

Hello Everyone

Being on top of a lift is risky but when it hits the top, it is so worth all of the falls along the way. As many of you know synchronized swimming IS a contact sport and a lot of risk is involved in making a routine spectacular. In the beginning of October as we were starting our swim offs, the contact part of synchro was demonstrated. In one of our lifts, which is supposed to twirl, was located in shallow waters, we then decided to change the twirl when the lift was positioned in shallow waters. Some of the girls were not aware of this change and spun the lift while others did not. This miscommunication led to my knee dislocation.
The last few weeks for me has been rough between rehab, doctor appointments and taking a week off of practice to rest. Although I am back in the water at this point, I am still limited in my abilities and have been instructed not to eggbeater at this time. Slowly my injury is healing and with the help of the team, the process is moving smoothly.
With this forward progression I should be %100 by Puerto Rico training! Working with an injury is one of the most difficult things to overcome in a sport as intense as synchro but with such a supportive team, we will only grow from this experiance.


~Rebecca~

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Hello,


As you know this weekend was Halloween and to celebrate we had an exciting and spooky practice. We started out by wearing old routine suits to dress up and practice in. After our warm up, coach Rebecca along with Sarah threw apples into the pool for us to bob for (only using our mouths). Next a relay race was put together where the girls split into pairs and did racing laps of spooky faces in egg beater with a witch laugh to their partners upon finishing.


On Saturday we had a Halloween dance where Rebecca's sister came to visit and celebrate with the team. As always we bonded at the dance and saw our teammates wearing some pretty amazing and original costumes.


This month at practice we are working on our figures in preparation for the figure meet which will take place on November 21st. our other goals for this month include filling in missing sections of team and finishing our small routines. For the past couple practices each small routine has done swim offs and demonstrated their impressive choreography skills. Each routine is written with unique styles and we are excited to see how they turn out.


Have a great week!

~Rebecca