We made it! Through a lot of tough practices and lots of yards, the girls have made it to taper! Here are a couple things that will halp make 'tapering' more effective.
-Wear drag. That includes not shaving, wearing tights, and an extra old draggy swim suit. What this helps with is when next week Saturday comes, the girls will shave and get into their team suit. When they get in to swim, it should feel like they are just sliding through the water easily without all the drag and with how we have been recovering the muscles through the workouts.
-Rest. I know this can be difficult for middle school girls sometimes, but I am asking that they just take it easy and rest their bodies. Save up all that energy for the water : )
-Plenty of water and food!!! Keep hydrated and replenish all those lost calories over the past month or so.
-We will be getting done with practices at about 4:30 NEXT week. Workouts will be getting easier and shorter. That doesn't mean we can slack off! Every workout, every set, every stroke. Make em' count!
-Confidence in the taper! If the girls believe that it will work, it will! We will see drastic drops in times and amazing swims on Saturday! You gotta believe.
Other notes:
*We are at Hudsonville tonight (The pool is at the high school). I expect to be back around 6.
*And next week Tuesday, we are home.
----- Keep checking in here frequently becasue I will be posting some very important information about conference next week!!--------
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