December 3rd-9th, 2017

Weekly Schedule (12/3-12/9):

Monday, 9:30-11:00am @ MHS: Distance Workout, Kris
and 7:00-8:30pm @ MHS: Race Pace, Jim

Tuesday, 9:30-11:00am @ LHS: Stroke Reset/General Training, Dianne

Wednesday, 9:30-11:00am @ MHS: Drill Day, Kris
and 7:00-8:30pm @ MHS: General Training/Optional Distance, Melissa

Thursday, 9:30-11:00am @ LHS: Stroke Reset/General Training, Dianne

Friday, 9:30-11:00am @ MHS: Race Pace, Dianne

Saturday, 7:30-9:30am @ MHS: General Training, Maria

Noteworthy: December is here and it will fly by so be sure to take note of the schedule over the next few weeks. Practices remain the same this week but look out for next weeks schedule, am practices will likely be at Lakeland Monday-Thursday to accommodate the P.E. classes from Milford High School that use the pool each year this time.

Check out the “Shop” link on the website! We have added a MAC fleece half zip that you can order direct from the site complete with monograming. Note: With ordering and monograming, expect the turn around for these will be approximately 4-6 weeks.

Upcoming Events:

December 16 (Practice)    Merry Christmas MAC Relays
December 16                           MAC Christmas Party
Christmas 12/24-01/02   No Regular Practice
December 26                           Flipturn Clinic (pending)
December 27                           Open Turn Clinic (pending)
December 28                           Backstroke Clinic (pending)
December 29                           Start Clinic (pending)
January 3                       Regular Practice Resumes
February 5                     Postal (During scheduled practices)
April 13-15                     Masters State Meet (tentative)
May 10-13, 2018                     Masters Short Course Spring Nationals Indianapolis, IN

 

MAC Christmas Party: 5375 Dillon Drive, White Lake
Bring a munchie to pass and BYODrink! Also, bring a pair of awesome socks as a small gift to pass/trade/keep!

Clinics: Dates for the Clinics over Christmas Break are waiting on approval.

State Meet: Wager Alert!!!!! We are prepared to make a little wager over the meet in order to raise money for our own Jim Young Fund.

  • 1 ticket = $5, 5 Tickets = $20
  • Choose a coach (each coach will have a different ticket color).
  • Write the State Meet event that you want that coach to swim and your name.
  • Event with the most votes will win!
  • In case of a tie, we will have a tiebreaker raffle ($1/ticket, winner decides between the tied events).

This event will start at the Christmas Party on Dec. 16 and run until the Milford Meltdown. Results will be announced after the Milford Meltdown.

From the Coaches:

Kris: Monday Distance: Working hard before Christmas break on our pacing and improve our endurance – come join us!

Wednesday: This week we’ll be trying to get rid of our ‘Stop Sign hands’ on Free and Fly and get those high elbows underwater (a little bit of breaststroke too) in our drill workout.

Dianne: We are looking forward to finishing off breaststroke and get into some backstroke work. I look forward to seeing you all this week!

Oh and just in case you need a little hint for presents:

On the 1st day of Christmas my true love bought for me a mesh bag to keep all my swim gear:

On the 2nd day of Christmas my true love bought for me, a pair of Finis swim paddles:
On the 3rd day of Christmas my true love bought for me, (the best training tool ever says Coach Kris!), a swimmers snorkel!
On the 4th day of Christmas my true love bought for me, nose plugs for learning how to use my snorkel!
On the 5th day of Christmas my true love bought for me, a pair of Zoomers to make my legs stronger on all those kick sets!
On the 6th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a watch for open water swimming (you have a amazing true love don’t let them go!).
On the 7th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a small stretch cord for travelling and you’re so dedicated you don’t want to miss a day of practice (great for small hotel pools – Lane Gainer Sports Swim Belt – 3M)!
On the 8th day of Christmas my true love bought for me, a tempo trainer to make me even faster!
On the 9th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a good pair of googles for going off the blocks at State Meet (April 13-15 at EMU) and Nationals (May 10-13 at Indy) because YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOING! Speedo Speed Sockets are pictured below and are my racing preference but talk to all the coaches to see what their preference is as well.
On the 10th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a tech suit for STATE MEET AND NATIONALS  – DATES ARE ABOVE! PRICES ARE REALLY GOOD DURING CHRISTMAS! Again, if your true love buys you this, they are a keeper! A gift card towards one of these would work really well too as it’s a good idea to try one of these on!
On the 11th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a massage ball for after all my hard practices!
On the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a custom Mac swim parka so I can look as cool as the rest of the team! Ordering info is on the Mac website http://o11.ac1.mywebsitetransfer.com/product/mac-team-parka/ (Don’t forget to order early – they take at least 8 and as long as 12 weeks to arrive. Once you get yours, drop it off to the pool with a note on it with the name you want embroidered on it and send Coach Kris an email to let her know and she will send it out for you. There is an extra charge for embroidery.)

Most of the above items are available at www.swimoutlet.com/milfordathleticclub. Don’t forget to shop through this link or send this to your friends and family to shop through. The team gets a percentage back when you shop that we put towards the Jim “Young Gun” fund for State Meet and this year towards Nationals.

 

On a Personal Note:
I would like to give special thanks Kris Goodrich and to everyone who donated to the team through their participation in the Milford Monsters Meet! We have been able to add to the teams equipment with these generous donations. Kris has purchased additional buckets, Tempo Trainers, zoomers, breaststroke fins, stretch cords (in water), fingertip paddles, and dry erase markers. We are also working on purchasing replacement dryland stretch cords. This could not have been possible without the support and participation of this wonderful team! Thank you! And an additional thank you to Scott Goodrich for assisting Kris in the engineering of the buckets. I am sure that everyone who has attended a Friday workout will be thrilled to know we are getting more!

 

Communication: If you have questions for any of the coaches don’t hesitate to ask! Here’s a quick list of emails to make that a bit easier!

www.milfordathleticclub.org

 

  • Password for the Weekly Communication section of the website is: macswimmers

Dianne: h2oranger@hotmail.com
Kris: kris.goodrich@hvs.org
Jim: jimjtg@icloud.com
Maria: carpelacusnatavi@gmail.com
Melissa: jrichardson90@comcast.net

Facebook: MAC Swimmers – Unofficial team communications

Remind: www.remind.com

 

Go to: www.remind.com
1. Click Sign Up. You will be prompted for a phone number or email address. If you enter a phone number you will get a 4 digit code texted to you for verification. If you entered an email address, you will not get the 4 digit code.
2. You will be asked to enter: First, Last Name and a Password.
3. The next page will ask who you are: Teacher, Student, Parent, or Administrator. Select “Student”.
3. The next prompt is for a class code @_________. Enter: macsw06
4. Click Join. That’s it!