April 2010 - Swim Ontario

Boles’ Notes April 2010
A Mentor is someone whose hindsight can become your foresight… Chinese Fortune Cookie
Congratulations to the following swimmers who were selected at the Pan Pac Trials in Montreal. Sinead
Russell (DS); Matt Hawes (GO); Joe Bartoch (LAC); Zach Chetrat (Oak); and Colin Russell (DS).
Good job to their coaches: Erin Russell (DS), Paul Midgley (LAC); John Rogers; (UT Centre). We look
forward to a few more swimmers to be added this team this summer.
Ontario clubs in the TOP 10 at Trials: Eswim 6th; TSC 7th; LAC 9th; OAK 10th
Congratulations to the swimmers who have been selected to the 2010 IPC World Championships.
Chelsey Gotell (McMaster); Joe Barker (LAC); Darda Sales (LAC); Devin Gotell (GHAC); Jenna
Skieneh (WAC); Brianna Jennet-McNeill (ROC); Ronald Tang (VVAC); Chris Tsonos (KYPAC);
Summer Mortimer (Ducks) and to their coaches Andrew Cole (McMaster); Andrew Craven (LAC);
Grey Fairley (GHAC); Rob Eynon (ROC); Vicki Keith (KWPAC); Reg Chappell (Ducks); Kaitlyn
Schultz (VVAC) and Bill Park (WAC)
Congratulations to Sinead Russell and her new 200 IM record in the 200 IM.
On the coaching side, congratulations to John Grootveld, TSC head coach for taking a position as a
High Performance Sport Director for the CSC-Ontario. John has built one of the strongest clubs from
“bottom to top” in the country. I had the pleasure of coaching John way back in 1993 at the Canada
Games and then coaching along side with him at the 2007 Pan Am Games. John has consistently put
swimmers on every level of the national program. As we congratulate him on his new position, swimming
will miss his direct contribution through is coaching but we look forward to him continue to help Ontario
swimming in his new role.
The journey continues…The last weekend of March I attended the NEOR LTT camp held at the Forces
Base in North Bay—home of CT 33. The camp had 4 water sessions, several Dry sessions including a
busy day utilizing the Ontario Dry land program designed by Steve Topham (CSC-O), a deadly spin bike
class and a fun & challenging station of wall climbing. Great job by the coaches Tracy McCartney,
Rodney Thomas, Dean Henze, Pierre Simard, Dan Stratton, Nancy Day, and Rick Jutti.
Christy Yaremczuk attended the Western Region LTT and Fundamentals at the University of Guelph the
same weekend. Many thanks to Don and Kendra Burton, Hans Wittola, Joni Marten-Sanders and
Kristy Lyon for their direction and organization for this camp.
The second Train to Compete Camp took place with 17 swimmers at McMaster University. This was
also the launch of the first camp integrated with the NCCP Competitive Development coach series. The
weekend focused on the following:
o Understanding and Applying Personal Responsibility
o Balance (Invisible Training and Well Being)
o Train with Purpose (Swim with Purpose) “it’s not necessarily what the practice is…it’s what you do with
the practice” “Continually improve your practice times”
o Value kicking as one of the key foundations to High Performance Swimming
o Skill Development and Refinement (Stroke Efficiency—Pace Control—Start & Turn skills
o Key Performance Indicators (KPI) in Training
o Dry land; Conditioning and Flexibility components leads to your High Performance Capacity (Winning
Routines)
o Technical Focus (Stroke Length x Stroke Rate = Velocity Stroke Counting and Pace & Rhythm Control
– 3 R’s Range—Rhythm—Relaxation
o Have Fun!
Thanks to Mark Fellner and Christy Yaremczuk who facilitated the coaching portion, Kelly Steeves,
Anne Bell for the organization of the camp and with the help of the CSC-Ontario leaders Tim Sauve,
Trionne Moore, Rob Rupf and Steve Topham, the course proved to be a great learning experience.
Thanks to the coaches who attended with their swimmers and offered great assistance, Don Burton
GMAC, Hans Wittola GMAC, John McLeod NYAC and Victor Delac TSC. The second Com Dev series
takes place in October.
Greg Wells speaks about his Olympic Experience- Winter:
http://cscswimming.squarespace.com/swim-science-blog/2010/4/20/the-olympic-experience-lessonslearned.html
Also TOP 10 Nutritional Tips:
http://cscswimming.squarespace.com/swim-science-blog/2010/4/21/10-nutrition-tips-for-recovery.html
A week spent in the Ottawa area hopefully has opened up the doors and more opportunities. Pierre
Lafontaine and I were able to hold some practices at University of Ottawa and Carleton University. The
swimmers responded well and we look forward to do another week in the 2010-11 season. While I was in
Ottawa I visited Head coach Gord Emmerson of the Ernestown Barracudas (EBSC). EBSC has
always churned out swimmers reaching national team status. A steady stream of swimmers from novice
to national came through the doors. A visit to the Perth Stingrays and new head coach Rod Agar saw a
handful of senior swimmers training at various energy levels. A visit with Rob Eynon, John Hawes and
Claudia Cronin of the ROC at Carleton University along with Head coach Marie Anzai of GFSC and
her swimmers proved to be a good session focused on dolphin kicking off walls, value of kicking in the
stroke and doing all strokes well.
My mid month review ended with attending the Division 1’s in Nepean and Division 2’s in Brantford. I
talked with a few coaches from Division 3’s over the weekend, and all 3 Divisions although in different
parts of the province all shared the excitement, the thrill of performance and the satisfaction of
achievement. Glad you had fun!
What’s coming up
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World Renowned Sports Physiologist Dr Bob Treffene is coming to work with the U of T
centre April 17-24th—Special coaching clinic Saturday April 24 at UT Noon-4:30pmcontact Dean for more information
Carded coaches meeting Calgary April 28-May 1
Tri Camp/Competition May 5-9 at UT
Charlotte Grand Prix- May 12-16
I leave you with this...
Vision 2010 & Beyond... (developed by Swim Ontario’s Technical Staff)
Vision: To help Ontario’s talented swimmers and their coaches develop the attitude, the will and the skills
required to
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Participate on the SNC Senior National Team.
Race to the podium at Senior International competition.
Swim Ontario Mission Statement: “Leading Canadian Swimming at every level”
Measurable Outcomes:
Increase percentage of Swimmers Training in Ontario vs. Ontario swimmers Stateside/Out of Province –
selected to each National Team.
Key Performance Indicators (KPI):
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Number of SNC Senior National Team Members.
Increase % of Best Times.
Number of Ontario/Canadian Records.
Number of Finalists/Semi Finalists at each competition.
Improved World Rankings.
Number of Medals.
“Doing fewer things better…”*Briefing, Debriefing and Communication with Provincial Mentor Coach
CSC-O Director of Sport Performance (and Sport Science Staff if needed) to meet with the Provincial Mentor
Coach on a monthly (or as needed) basis to discuss the implementation, interpretation, monitoring , tracking
of the Sport Science support.
*Swim Ontario Provincial Mentor Coach:
Coordinate with the Carded Coaches the YTP and Race Plans (Objective & Quantitative measures) of the
Swimmers; Fall of each year (prior to the Canada Cup); and ongoing monitoring and assessment. (Individual
Excellence Plan (IEP)
Athletes will be monitored through – Club visitations, Training Camps, Competition analysis (Briefing and
debriefing with COR), electronic communication and phone conversation (constant communication).
Talent & Performance Identification:
Objective (Rankings) and Subjective (Observation – Training and Racing)
Performance Rankings:
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TAS Top 8 Rankings
SNC Power Rankings
Top 100 FINA SCM & LCM
Training:
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Swim Ontario Regional Camps – Fundamentals & Learn to Train
Swim Ontario Provincial Camps – Train to Compete & Train to Excel
High Performance Camps
Club visitations
Centre/Academy Opportunities
Competition & Tour Teams:
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Regional & Provincial Championships
Youth Age Tours
SNC Junior Programs
High Performance Tours
National Championships
International Competitions
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Provincial Coach to communicate and meet with:
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Club Coaches
SNC National Coach
SNC Junior National Coaches
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The Program has evolved>>
The FINA Point performance threshold, to receive an Ontario Card, has improved.
Quality of Swimmers has improved (at the domestic level).
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2007: Female – 734; Male – 699
2008: Female – 768; Male – 760
2009: Female – 802; Male – 788
2010: Female – 799; Male – 755
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Invest in People—Improve the Product—Win at Every Level!
Support to the Coaches of Talent ID Swimmers:
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Sport Science – Integration into each Talent ID Swimmer YTP, ongoing Monitoring and Assessment.
Comprehensive education for the Coach in this area.
Training Camp and Tour Team opportunities with Swim Ontario.
Enhanced Training Camp and Competition opportunities with home club.
Club visitations and support provided by: Provincial Mentor Coach, SNC Junior National Coach, SNC
National Coach.
Mentoring opportunities:
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Swim Ontario Training Camps and Tour Teams.
Swimming Canada Training Camps and Tour Teams.
Center and Academy visitations – as scheduled.
Professional Development:
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High Performance seminars/workshops that are Stroke & Distance Specific.
OSCC Conference.
CSCTA Conference.
Carded Coaches Meeting (SNC and Swim Ontario).
NCCP Certification??
We look forward to new developments with our partners in High Performance Sport and
Swimming.
Dean