Brockville Swim Meet Some more details are coming in about the meet. We have close to 60 swimmers participating in this meet -- this will be WAVE's largest contingent in our short history as a dual-sport club. Thank you for your commitment to the meet, to your athlete, and to completing all the paperwork. I will be doing the entries today or tomorrow. Once the entries are in, you are committed to the event financially as well as spiritually. One common misconception is that athletes (and sometimes parents) chose the events to be swum. This [...]

Boys Changing Room Some boys are insisting on changing in toilet stalls. This is most unsanitary. Have your athlete practice the "deck change". The pace clock More and more you will hear me instructing the athletes on the use of the pace clock. I keep things simple for the Junior Waves by trying to keep stop/start times to the Top, 15, Bottom, and 45. Have your Junior Wave A athlete go through this quiz. It may be a little advanced but now that most athletes have a year of swimming under their belt, [...]

You should have received an email from Swim Canada and Lisa to log in and complete the waivers required to attend practice and participate in swim meets. Our first swim meet in Brockville is coming in less than 3 weeks.  I know first hand that there is a lot of paperwork at the start of  a season. I am starting to plan who is to attend this meet and to arrange for relay teams and knowing who can legally attend is essential. Coach Fraser  

The first week, always the hardest, is in the books. The reality of Ottawa U's construction was a bit of a shocker, but it is getting better. I was there yesterday and more of the changing rooms are open now which is a positive sign. Thanks to Lisa for helping to organize everyone with a meeting point to safely get everyone to the pool. In swimming we worked on streamline and pushing off the wall. This will be old news to some of our swimmers and new to others. Streamline is vital to swimming. Creating [...]