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ok, so there's water polo game today, but i cant go because there's no one to take me to practice. a.k.a. my parents are busy. and since the bus has already left for MBMS, i'm stuck here. everyones at p.e. and i cant find the other exempt people! they probably left. :[ also, all the computers are blocked so i cant go anywhere fun!! (well, except for americangirl.com :) lol ) i should probably go to the library and read something, but if i do that i might as well just do my homework, which i don't want to do… more »

Today I worked on butterfly & a little bit of breast stroke. For butterfly, I need to make sure my shoulders are touching my ears and when I come up for a breath going forward, not up and down. For both breast and fly, I worked on the breakout stroke. In the breakout stroke I worked on not coming up so high and keeping eyes down. more »

Check out round four of the FINA World Cup taking place in Singapore, Singapore. The FREE and LIVE coverage starts Saturday and goes till Sunday, (Nov. 1-2). Watch as the new Aussie world record breakers Jaukovic and Hurley enter to shake things up in the competition after making their names heard in their first appearances in Sydney. The Aussie leaders are still on top: Marieke Guehrer leading the Women’s side and Christian Sprenger leading the Men’s side, but with a new level of competition pushing their reign. The top Americans in the competition right now is reigning champ Randall Bal… more »

Practice has become very boring more »

Have a great Halloween all you Gators! more »

I started practices on Saturdays for some of my more dedicated kids, calling it the Elite Group practice. I required all of them to purchase swimmer's snorkels so that they could concentrate on other aspects of their strokes (like rotating properly, since none of them do that very well). My kids are in middle school, so 11-14 year olds. So, the first set on Saturday is the snorkel set. Lots of 25s to start with to get them to learn to breathe through it. Then some 25s from mid pool to have them figure out how in the heck they're… more »

Hay Gators hope you have the greatest holloween ever dont get too sick for practice more »

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A new habit I have developed, other than actually 'putting out' (navy term for working hard) in practice, is to grade myself on a scale of 1 to 5 on how much effort I put into work out. Because of previous years of degrading habits, I had swum last year against the coaches, that is everything they said, every set, I wanted to stick it to them. If they thought I would swim well, I would swim terribly, if they thought it was too much for me to handle....then I would actually swim ok. But on the whole I developed… more »

I knew I was in trouble last year when I tried to edit some video off my cool new mini-DVD video camera. The process was a nightmare I never want to relive, and I barely wound up getting what I wanted after hours of sweat and swearing. I have a system down, now, for getting video through that sodding camera to the laptop when we do on-deck video work. I am very proud of that system. I decided it would be cool to post our C1 group practices here alongside video of the practice. So, I charged up the camera,… more »

sick nasty is my word! more »

Beat 18 on my stroke count. Use my arms instead of just moving them around. Think about my stroke count at practice. more »

I am very tired after spook splash more »

Guess what I feel like we should talk about random stuff and so I have. more »

i love twilight almost?as much as i love swimming "SHOCK!" more »

Open Turns: I need to come in to the wall and bend my arm, bring my knees to my chest at the same time with my feet on the wall turn my upper body then bring my leading hand back and forward slicing through the water and not to make a rainbow with my following hand. Come in to the wall long on top of the water. more »

omg so we took a container of cream cheese and scooped some on justinas face when she was sleeping so funny couldnt fall asleep!!!! more »

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Continued working on breaststroke. Worked on a smaller kick, arms in front, elbows in front. more »

If you wantot email me my email is julimar.avila@gmail.com. Sorry about the inconvinience about that!! Julimar more »

Sorry, I put an invalid email. MY BAD! more »

Im like reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally tired and i dont knw why....... more »

Come watch the third part of the FINA World Cup taking place in Sydney, Australia. The FREE and LIVE coverage starts Saturday and goes till Sunday, (Oct. 25-26). Keep track of whose gaining the most points. Currently the Aussies are leading the way, with Marieke Guehrer leading the Women’s side and Christian Sprenger leading the Men’s side. The top American in the competition right now is reigning champ Randall Bal who stands in third place as he dominates the backstroke events. Click on the link below to watch the broadcast! Direct link to the broadcast of the FINA World Cup:… more »

Okay boys and girls. Listen up! The deck change is an art… but it is an art that requires great skill. If you are not practiced in the art of the deck change, FOR CRYIN OUT LOUD DON’T DO ONE! Some of us are tired of getting flashed by inexperienced rookies! If you need a friend to hold up a towel for you to block spectator viewing, you have no business changing on deck. The locker room is not miles away, and a deck change is not a two person job! If your racing suit is so tight that you… more »

I LOVE MY PICTURE AND MICHEL PHELEPS more »

What partypeoples have you been to any fun partys latly more »

hey gators i cant list all of the ppl i know on the team (way 2 many names) but hope ya all do well this season wish ya luck !! more »

I got a cramp in my leg today and it still hurts. P.S. ow more »

hey all you bernals gator swim club peoles its maddie walsh i hope you add me as a friend whoever is on mt team i lov ya all more »

hey all you bernals gator swim club peoles its maddie walsh i hope you add me as a friend whoever is on mt team i lov ya all more »

go gators! My friends from gators.... there are way to many to list so if your reading this your probably one of them i know everyone wants to be my friend its true im just too cool for you more »

Hello everybody. I love to swim it's my favorite sport but I want to know why do you like to swim and how did you get started? Julimar more »

Come watch the second part of the FINA World Cup taking place in Durban South Africa. The FREE and LIVE coverage starts tomorrow, Friday and goes till Saturday, (Oct. 17-18). Keep track of whose gaining the most points. Coming out of the first leg in Belo Horizante, Brazil for the Men Christian Sprenger of Australia is in 1st with 25 points, Stanislov Donets of Russia is in 2nd with 20 points, and Cesar Cielo Filho of Brazil is in 3rd. The top performer for the USA for the Men’s side is Randal Bal the reigning overall champ who is in… more »

The MAKOS Sharks in Jackson MS put on a great meet, this has to be one of my favorite meets all year. First meet of the year the kids cut time and the first timers fall in love with a great sport. Brian and Eddie do a great job hosting this meet in a great facility. Some highs of the meet State times for all three groups fist time state cuts went to Madelyn Reganold, Hannah Grace Bellot, Haley Poole, Denver Dixon, Rachel Briggs, Cole Borel and Alec Cleveland. Super Job First time A times Cole Boreland, Thomas Siskron, Kaden… more »

Here are The Screaming Viking!'s top 5 reasons why swimming is better now than it was back when I was an athlete: (1983-1996 for those who are curious.) 5. THE SHIFT IN THE FOCUS OF TRAINING: There are a lot of kids who were scared away from our sport by the training back in the day. I certainly won’t say that the days of mega-yardage are gone, (not by a long shot,) but coaches from D1 college programs all the way down to the summer leagues are focusing differently. Core strength, balance, stability, explosiveness, stroke rate… these were buzz words… more »

I can't what for the next meet. If it was as fun as the last meet and if I do as good. Then that is another reason to be excited. more »

I have chosen to put this up for everyone to express their favorite training sets/ideas. This will also allow variety for other coaches and in turn help the important ones, THE SWIMMERS. Regards Matt more »

Dives - Pull up and back with my arms until half my weight is on my back foot. Pull my face towards my foot. Move my arms straight up instead of circling around. Dive off the side of the block. more »

Today we did our normal warm up.Then we did 9 rounds of 3 50s. Then we did a 500 pull with our pull byoe. Then we went to our FIP lanes and did 4 rounds of 3 100s free and 3 100s back on the 1:25. Then until the end of practice we did 50s of butterfly kick on my back and then a 50 freestyle kick with our kickboard. more »

this is out of boredom sooooo um i go to falls vally elementry.And I love animals they are sooo cute and i love my cat especially!!! more »

Worked on breaststroke. Worked on eyes down, strike with everything I've got, and hide my feet. more »

Butterfly - arms straight. arms same. undulate. dragging my thumbs in the water.  Feel when my arms are pulling differently. more »

Was today Wednesday? No it was Thursday! Today we did our noramal warmup and after 8 50s Im. Every set was Im. Then we did 20 25s on 30. Then we did 16 25s im on 30. Then we did 20 25s on the 25. Then we did 16 25s on 25.Then we did 20 25s on 20. Then we did 16 25s on 20. Then practice was almost over so we did a 200 warm down. Do you know what was amazing to me? I made almost all of them exsept breaststroke on 20. more »

If anyone is interested in watching LIVE and FREE coverage of the 2008 FINA World Cup taking place in seven different countries from Oct. 11th- Nov.16th go to universalsports.com. It starts in Belo Horizante, Brazil and ends in Berlin, Germany with big time U.S swimmers such as Randall Bal and Tara Kirk. Hope you enjoy! Let me know what you think, or if you have any questions or concerns. Direct link to the live coverage: http://www.universalsports.com/mediaPlayer/media.dbml?CLIP_ID=43961&_MODE_=COUNTDOWN&db_oem_id=23000 Heather more »

Today we did our warm up and after we did 8 50s.Then we a 500 with a pull bouye on and a strap around our feet. Then we did another 500 but this time we did a fast flipturn at the white marks on the lane lines. After that we did our MAIN SET. Here comes the big one 33 100s on 1:30. I was first in the lane. I made all of them. My times were 1:19, 1:16, 1:13( Thats for you Jay so you remmember. And that was our Wednesday Set! Tamarac more »

I want to have a positive attitude and strong sets at practice. I know that I must have great technique and correct strokes to become a faster more efficient swimmer and achieve my goals. I will focus on my turns, breath control, kicking and body rotation. I believe. more »

If u wanna know what is up with the head go to filmcow.com and watch the cloak, so funny. more »

Tom and Jerry more »

TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OFF ON MY BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more »

A week until the college season begins and I am more excited than anything for this season. My coach and I have all my training and meet goals set for the season and I am more motivated for this season than I have been in a long time. I have been working my butt off all offseason training at least 17000 LCM's a day. Coach has always been there for me and even though this is only my second year in college I find that I have gained a bond with my coach in which we understand each other and… more »

Yesterday we worked on starts I am not the best starter in the world. Any suggestions? more »

I'M ON BREAK! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ONE WEEK OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M SO EXCITED I JUST CAN'T HIDE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more »

I worked on freestyle with high elbow. I worked on wide entry, head still, & leading with my elbow, not hand. more »

today we did the nitro whistle set i loved i think i really challenged myself after that we did 2 500's id did good on those too i was also very happy because i was with kids who i think are very fast they helped me mentally push myself more »