Kenora Swimming Sharks

The Soggy Log ~ April 26 – May 6, 2010

Spring is definitely here, and we have been having some incredibly beautiful weather for everyone to enjoy. I just want to let all KSS parents know that I have been really very pleased with our swimmers efforts during the past few glorious weeks. We been having excellent workout attendance, with some swimmers maintaining perfect attendance [...]

The Soggy Log ~ March 22-27, 2010

Welcome back everyone to the KSS 2010 Spring Session.  This is absolutely the very best time of the year to be swimming, as our outside temperatures warm up and we can finally see summer on the horizon.  This is also the most exciting time of the Swim Season as our swimmers reach the absolute pinnacle [...]

The Soggy Log ~ March 1 -13, 2010

We have one more week scheduled for our Winter Session (March 8 – 13/10), with all swimming ending on Saturday March 13/10. March 8 – 13/10 is KSS Swim-a-thon Week. Please refer to the Swim-a-thon 2010 information on the reverse side of this Soggy Log. During the week of March 15 – 20/10 (School Spring [...]

The Soggy Log ~ Feb 1-7, 2010

Manitoba Marlins New Years Swim Meet, January 23 & 24, 2010  ~  A good swim meet for the five KSS swimmers who traveled to Winnipeg on Friday afternoon; the other five KSS swimmers who had planned to travel into Winnipeg on either Saturday or Sunday AM’s were unable to make the trip due to the [...]

The Soggy Log ~ January 18 – 23, 2010

NWO Regional Education & Training Camp, January 15, 16, 17, 2010 in Thunder Bay  ~   A long weekend, and an excellent swim camp. Our swimmers did a minimal amount of swimming (in terms of “hard” work in the pool) but lots of time was spent working on skills and basic training concepts such as “even” [...]

The First SOGGY LOG of 2010

Welcome back everyone after a short Christmas Holiday break in training, and then all the hard work done during our Christmas Schedule. All our swimmers appeared to enjoy their Christmas break, with relaxing and eating and sleeping-in being high on the list of things to do. Then they really got back into some hard training, [...]

The Soggy Log ~ December 14 – 19, 2009

Welcome everyone to the KSS 2009 – 2010 Winter Session. And a very special welcome to a number of new Junior Sharks Program members who will be starting their swimming careers today (Monday) and/or Wednesday PM’s. Some hints for all our swimmers:  Please make certain that you dry your hair and wear a hat after [...]

Swimmer’s Ten Commandments

Or, How To Get The Most Out Of Your Swimming

Take responsibility for your swimming.
Continually strive to improve your practice times.
Measure the measurable  ~  keep a log book. Record your distances and average times on sets, etc.
Value kicking ~ a minimum of 20% of the daily volume with intensity indicators.
“Encourage your teammates”  ~  Be a positive [...]

The Soggy Log ~ November 16-21, 2009

KSS Fall Invitational Swim Meet:  A super swim meet for the KSS. Congratulations to all our swimmers who swam so very well, and to all our many KSS parents and other volunteers who worked so very hard during the whole weekend to make sure that this swim meet ran so smoothly. We pushed through a [...]

News for Swim Parents ~ Practice Is Too Hard!!!!

Published (edited and amended by BF) by the American Swimming Coaches AssociationYes, sometimes some of the things we do in practice are “hard”. We prefer to use the word “challenging”. Part of what we do in practice is to challenge swimmers to extend themselves beyond what they think they are capable of doing. We do [...]