NSSC Swim & Dive Scene: Super Teams Meet - January 4-6 2008
NSSC Swim & Dive Scene: Super Teams Meet - January 4-6 2008
NSSC Swim & Dive Scene: Super Teams Meet - January 4-6 2008
Where does all this money go, you may be asking-Good Question! This year we will purchase 2 more
new bins ($2500.00) to lock NSSC equipment in and act as benches for our swimmers! The prizes, pizza
party and plaques will come out of this ($5000.00) and NSSC plans to have entertainment at the
banquet as a special twist this year and fun for the swimmers ($1200.00). Lastly, we plan to purchase
more and new equipment for the younger swimmers (after we get the lockable benches) and a bunch of
dry land equipment for the older swimmers! There are many things this young new team needs and
fundraising is our way of keeping the team supplied! Remember, we have the Achievement program
prizes-Jackets, sweatshirts and drag suits to purchase this year (see additional info on this in newsletter).
Coaches Corner:
I believe it is time for the parents secret swim code. Please be sure to take time to review the following
Parent commandments and be sure to follow them to allow your swimmer (S) to have the ultimate swim
experience! If you are following these guidelines then a great swimming parent you are and kudos to you and
your swimmers! Sometimes we need a refresher or a reminder because it is very easy to become wrapped up
in the fast swimming excitement!
Remember that swimming is your child's activity. Improvements and progress occur at different rates for each individual.
Don't judge your child's progress based on the performance of other athletes and don't push him based on what you
think he should be doing. The nice thing about swimming is every person can strive to do his personal best and benefit from
the process of competitive swimming.
There is only one question to ask your child after a practice or a competition - "Did you have fun?" If meets and practices
are not fun, your child should not be forced to participate.
You are involved in one of the few youth sports programs that offer professional coaching. Do not undermine the
professional coach by trying to coach your child on the side. Your job is to provide love and support. The coach is
responsible for the technical part of the job. You should not offer advice on technique or race strategy. Never pay your child
for a performance. This will only serve to confuse your child concerning the reasons to strive for excellence and weaken the
swimmer/coach bond.
IV. Thou shalt only have positive things to say at a swimming meet.
You should be encouraging and never criticize your child or the coach. Both of them know when mistakes have been made.
Remember “yelling at” is not the same as “cheering for”.
New experiences can be stressful situations. It is totally appropriate for your child to be scared. Don't yell or belittle, just
assure your child that the coach would not have suggested the event or meet if your child was not ready. Remember your
job is to love and support your child through all of the swimming experience.
Please don't criticize those who are doing the best they can in purely voluntary positions.
The bond between coach and swimmer is special. It contributes to your child's success as well as fun. Do not criticize the
coach in the presence of your child.
It is not wise for parents to take swimmers and to jump from team to team. The water isn't necessarily bluer in another
team's pool. Every team has its own internal problems, even teams that build champions. Children who switch from team to
team find that it can be a difficult emotional experience. Often swimmers who do switch teams don't do better than they did
before they sought the bluer water.
Most successful swimmers have learned to focus on the process and not the outcome. Giving an honest effort regardless of
what the outcome is is much more important than winning. One Olympian said, "My goal was to set a world record. Well, I
did that, but someone else did it too, just a little faster than I did. I achieved my goal and I lost. Does this make me a
failure? No, in fact I am very proud of that swim." What a tremendous outlook to carry on through life.
There are 250,000 athletes in USA Swimming. There are only 52 spots available for the Olympic Team every four years.
Your child's odds of becoming an Olympian are about .0002%.
HAPPY NEW YEAR & FAST HAPPY SWIMMING IN 2008-NSSC Head Coach Kelly P
NSSC-North Shore Gold & Silver Swim Conference
Update
It is that time of year again. Every swimmer will be
participating in either the Silver or Gold level conference
meet. If you have or have not competed this year-this is a
terrific way to end your fall/winter season! Silver conference
will be held at Stevenson High School on Wednesday, February
20th (5:15 PM Warm-up/6:00 PM Meet Start) and a list of
swimmers that will be signed up for that meet will be out
shortly. There WILL BE escrow fees for this meet and we will
need timers for that meet, please be prepared to help out!
Gold conference will be hosted by Arlington Alligators at
Elk Grove High School on Sunday, February 17th. Last year the
sessions and times were: 9-10 & 11-12 will be AM session with
a 7 Am warm-up/8 AM Meet Start and 8 & Under & 13-14 will be
in the PM session with a 11:30 AM warm-up and 12:30 PM Meet
Start. I will let you know as soon as confirmed if that is the
same session and start time. We will once again need the help
of all parents that will have swimmers participating in this
meet to help time a lane or two! The lists of swimmers that
will be participating in the Gold meet will be out as soon as
possible, I will put those in mailboxes and e-blast them out.
If for some reason you are unable to participate in this meet,
please let Coach Kelly know ASAP via e-mail at
[email protected] so we an replace you! Again, these team
meets are an important team function for NSSC and a great way
to wrap up the season!
These are both important TEAM meets-GO NSSC!
Thank you to all the NSSC Officials that really putting in the hours this weekend at
Super Teams! We have a bunch of new officials that trained away all of their
requirements throughout the weekend at Super Teams. There are many perks to
becoming an official: You get fed throughout the day (our hospitality is TOPS), you
have a ring side seat to the action and do not have to endure the heat up in the
stands and the time flies by when working. NSSC thanks our host of officials that
went above and beyond the duty this weekend and at other meets we attend!
**I am sure the lost will grow with our upcoming meets! GO NSSC!!!
Points are updated weekly; swimmers can monitor their points on the deck
each week (down on the East pool doors). If current points are not up on
Monday, they will be by Tuesday (Coach Kelly apologizes-after a
weekend of meets-sometimes the points do not get in on Monday). Please
remember, if you achieved your jacket last year, that is a one-time only
prize from NSSC. This year you will be looking to achieve the next levels:
Warriors/Chiefs need 350 Points-NSSC Sweatshirt & 450 Points-NSSC Drag Suit
Caesar/Knights need 300 Points-NSSC Sweatshirt & 400 Points-NSSC Drag Suit
If you have not achieved your NSSC jacket yet, then you need to earn 150
points and the jacket is yours. I am sure you have seen swimmers wearing
them around as they really stand out. They cannot be purchased only
earned! The first batch of jacket & sweatshirt orders will be in the spring
and the second batch will be after summer season and include the drag
suit orders! There have already been sheets distributed to the swimmers
that have reached the 150 to get their jackets put in their mailboxes.
Please return those to their coach with their name choice and size choice
ASAP. There are many ways to achieve points, be on the look out and get
to practice! GO NSSC!!!!!
ESCROW BILLS WILL BE OUT IN
MAILBOXES THIS MONTH! BE SURE
TO GET YOURS AND PAY IT UP TO
DATE! THANKS FOR YOUR
COOPERATION WITH THIS
Too many parents have high expectations for their swimmer and their swimmers
have no expectations, which is a recipe for disaster. The swimmers need to have
goals for their swimming and do what is necessary to reach them by themselves.
Let your swimmer FAIL and figure out how to recover from that failure with the
help of the coach. The learning experiences from these failures it unbelievable.
The bottom line is: Let the swimmer’s~swim, the coach’s~coach and the parent’s~parent.
I am not able to come into your home and give you pointers on how to parent or come into
your business and give you pointers on how to work. Please, Please, Please help me out
and cooperate with our coaching staffs above wishes. Thank you and Happy New Year
2008. All the best ~ Coach KP (NSSC Head Coach)
Knights:
Elizabeth Zhou is 10 years old, lives in Northbrook with her hermit crabs, attends Wescott School and is a
future GBN Spartan that likes Freestyle best. While not water-logged she enjoys watching Disney channel,
vacationing in Hawaii, eating out at Red Star Tavern, and playing Life. Elizabeth aspires to become a swimmer
or doctor when she grows up.
Daria Pyshnenko is 9 years old, lives in Lake Bluff with her cat-Musya, attends Central School and is a future
Lake Forest Scout that likes Breaststroke best. Outside of the pool she enjoys vacationing in Florida, playing
Life, watching Hannah Montana, and eating out at McDonalds. Daria’s favorite NSSC moment was going to
Great America with the team.
Christine Orzechowski is 12 years old, lives in Northbrook, attends Wood Oaks School and is a future GBN
Spartan that likes Breaststroke best. While not water logged, she enjoys watching The Wonder Years,
listening to 103.5, eating pasta at her favorite restaurant-Dave’s Italian Kitchen, and shopping at Abercrombie.
Christine aspires to become a pediatrician or teacher when she grows up.
Shannon Kilburg is 10 years old, lives in Northbrook, attends Westmoor School & is a future GBN Spartan that
likes freestyle best. She would like to improve her breaststroke and would like to swim all her strokes faster.
Outside of the pool she likes to watch Hannah Montana, eat out at Bonefish Grill, vacation in Michigan, and
cheer forher favorite college team-Notre Dame.
Daniel Ratner
Jessica Bressler
Warriors:
Elizabeth Baetz is 11 years old, lives in Glenview, attends Springman School and is a future GBS Titan that
likes Breaststroke best. Outside of the pool she enjoys eating out at Ron of Japan, vacationing in Italy,
listening to 103.5, and watching Monk. Lizzy’s goals are to improve her butterfly and remain a breaststroker.
Her favorite NSSC moment is when she found out she made the JO cut in the 50 breast.
Matt Durkin is 12 years old, resides in Glenview, attends Attea & is a future GBS Spartan that likes free best.
Outside of the pool he enjoys eating out at Benihana, listening to 96.3, watching Greek, and playing basketball.
Matt has a twin sister Kim that swims in the Warriors group also.
Maddy Fournier is 11 years old, lives in Northbrook, attends Quest Academy, and is a future GBN Spartan
that likes Backstroke best. Outside of the pool she likes to vacation in Hawaii, watch Hannah Montana, eat out
at Sweet Tomatoes, and play Life. Maddy’s favorite famous swimmer is Michael Phelps because he works really
hard!
Morgan Nolan
Patrick Kroll
Chiefs 1:
Kelly Hagerty is 16 years old, resides in Glenview, attends GBS High School and likes Freestyle best. Outside
of the pool she enjoys eating out at Egg Harbor, watching Lost, listening to 101.9, and vacationing in France.
Some of Kelly’s goals are to make Junior Nationals in the summer and get a full ride to a good swimming school.
Her favorite actor is Tom Hanks.
Kate Dvornitsyn is turning 15 years old, lives in Northbrook, attends GBN High School and likes backstroke
best. While not water-logged, Kate enjoys watching America Next Top Model, vacationing in Hawaii, listening
to 103.5, and eating out at Port Edwards. Her favorite famous swimmer is Alex Popov because he is fast and he
is Russian.
Brian Roytman
Chiefs 2:
Jill Kawasaki is 15 years old, lives in Northbrook, attends GBN and likes to swim Breaststroke best. Outside
of the pool she enjoys listening to her iPod, watching Grey’s Anatomy & New Port Harbor, eating out at Sarkis,
and playing scrabble. Jill’s favorite famous swimmer is Jenny Thompson because she made the Olympics at age
30.
Katherine Nickele is 17 years old, lives in Glenview, attends Regina Dominican High School, and likes breast
best. Outside of the pool she enjoys cheering for the cubs, playing Life, listening to 101.9, and watching
Everybody Loves Raymond. Katherine aspires to become a pediatrician when she gets older.
Ellie Hunken
Chiefs 3:
Claire Asmussen is 13 years old, lives in Northbrook with her 2 dogs-Lucky & Buddy, attends Northbrook Junior
High and likes to swim backstroke best. Outside of the pool she enjoys vacationing in Thailand, watching One
Tree Hill, soccer, and cheering for her favorite college team-Northwestern. Claie aspires to become a doctor
when she gets older.
Ryan Brander is 14 years old, lives in Glenview with his 2 dogs-Guinness & CoCo, attends Attea Junior High and
likes to swim Freestyle best. Outside of the pool he likes to watch Family Guy, vacation in Hawaii, baseball, and
eating his favorite ice cream-cookie dough.
Magda Jurczuk is 13 years old, lives in Northbrook with her dog, attends Wood Oaks, and is a future GBN
Spartan that likes Free best. Outside of the pool she enjoys shopping at Northbrook Court, tennis, listening to
96.3, and watching The Hills. Magda’s favorite movie is Walk to Remember.
Joe Hagerty
Jack Nelson