Fall is over. The first season of the 2017-2018 swim year. Can you believe that it has been 14 weeks already? Fun fact: new research shows that repetition, doing the same thing every day, makes you perceive time moving faster. Conversely, when you do something new and different, you perceive that time moves slower. A good way to slow life down, to make your days not seem like a blur, is to expose yourself to new and challenging things. Did childhood seem like a slog because every day was new, filled with things you weren’t aware of before?
Winter season starts on December 4th, and if you haven’t already, please remember to register!
Navigating the Next Season
New season, new faces; you’ll notice different people at practices as we shuffle swimmers to new groups. I want you to remember that while we do larger moves that coincide with seasons, we also move throughout the swim session. One of my go-to phrases about switching groups is that the “door isn’t closed; we’re just waiting for the swimmer to step through.” If it is clear someone is ready for the next group, we’ll move them instead of waiting 16 weeks.
At the end of a season and with people moving on, and people staying in the same group, I think of our program and how we’re training our swimmers. Take a few moments if you’re interested to get some insight into how I think about teaching swimming.
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