Hello CMA Families -
This is Spring Season week 8 of 8
This is our FINAL week of Spring Season!
Attached to this email is:
An 'at a glance' weekly update for this week
Practice Location updates: This week we return to our regularly scheduled practice locations. ALL Shark Groups will be practicing at their normal times at Sartell Middle School. All Senior groups will return to Apollo High School this week (at their normally scheduled practice times).
Quick notes:
- Please review the practice calendar for practice location updates
- Practice T-F > FINAL Week of Spring Season!
- Silicone Team Caps are available for order - Please reach out to Denise via email if your athlete would like a silicone team cap.
- Summer registration is LIVE (The start of Summer season is just 2 Weeks AWAY!)
- Summer Season Registration Link: https://team.commitswimming.com/register/Wp5freYS8niRnJLq9
- If your athlete is in a Shark Group and you want to register early for the summer season, please plan to register for the group they are currently in. We will be conducting move-up testing during weeks 7 & 8 of the season. If your athlete is ready to move groups you will be notified via email. Or you can wait to register until after move-up testing, there will be room for all CMA athletes to swim during the summer season if they would like to.
- Please make sure you update (or Register if you have not done so) your athlete’s USA Team Registration. Our Team Link can be found here: https://omr.usaswimming.org/omr/welcome/C5FDCDF50CA449
Meet Updates:
- Summer Meets have registration deadlines coming up this month. Please make sure you review those opportunities if your athlete is planning on competing this summer.
- TUNA Information is NOW POSTED, Closes 5/31
- Sioux Falls Closes 5/27
- Championship meet information is now posted
- Summer Speedo Sectional Information is also posted but requires special registration, please email Coach Mack and Admin Denise for more information.
Move-Up TESTING:
Shark practice groups are finishing up testing this week. A few important things to know about testing:
- Testing can feel like a really big deal for some of our athletes, they put extra pressure on themselves to perform really well when in reality testing is an opportunity for coaching staff to collect some benchmark data (other than meets) to determine where athletes are at skillwise and endurancewise. Coaching staff will remind athletes to try their best and not worry about the results, but it is IMPORTANT for parents to echo this sentiment. Parents, your athletes will have some anxiety and big feelings these next two weeks over testing. It is imperative that you are their emotional rock, reassuring them with confidence and enthusiasm that you just want them to try their best and are proud of them for putting in their best effort each time (regardless of the results).
- How an athlete does on their move-up testing is not the only determining factor for if an athlete is ready to move to the next group. Coaches also take into consideration stroke development (proper legal skills), listening skills, emotional readiness, coachability, work ethic, etc.
- Coaches keep data from these sets to track improvement from season to season and for many of our athletes this is their first time completing the sets so this season’s data will be used as a starting point for future testing days. This information also helps the coaching staff plan for the next season in terms of development and focus items.
- If your athlete is ready to move to the next level practice group you will be notified this week via email.
A look ahead:
- SUMMER SEASON Starts on MONDAY! Information regarding LCM practices and other summer season specific details will be released on Monday to athletes who are registered for the summer season only.
Please reach out with any questions throughout the season - Email is the easiest way to reach out. Reminder if it is a ‘Dry-side’ Administrative question please reach out to Denise at Denise.lenarz@swimcma.com All ‘Wet-side’ Coaching/Practice/Meet participation questions should be sent to either Coach Annika at Annika.Bordak@swimcma.com or Coach Mack at Mack.Sathre@swimcma.com
Thank you
CMA Staff
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