Team of Service!

Thank you all who helped in the Wheeler Family Yard project! It was amazing to see such great support!

Thank you for your donations of time, money and manual labor! Thank you for your kind words and love for our team members. 

Here is a thoughtful note from the Wheelers neighbor & bishop:
 
Please thank your team for what they did.  It was an act of service and kindness that will remain with me forever.  Your team is a great example of those who cherish their brother, love their neighbor, and serve mankind.  Thank you for allowing us to be part of your day, it made a great impact on all who were there.  Thank you for what you have done.
Sincerely, Steve Smith
 
I echo these words with my own, you guys are awesome! 
Proud to be a part of such and amazing group! 
-Coach Blair 
 
 

 

 

Team Summer Events!

This Summer is full of things to do for

South Davis Masters!

June

Saturday, June 24th, 8am till done.

Service project at Scott Wheeler’s Home. Come help put in new grass and a deck for them to enjoy!

July

Fourth of July Swim on July 3 @ 6 am.

Team Summer Beach Party

Thursday July 20th @ 5pm at Pineview. Details TBA.

August

Annual Team Family Party

Saturday August 26th 6-9pm.

Family Summer Party always a hit!

Spring Nationals 2017

Nationals Update! More amazing swims and team records broken! Anna Marie dropped 6 seconds in her 100 IM and crushed her 200 breast by 10 seconds! Blair and Stephanie both rocked the 100 IM and dropped 4 seconds!!! Blair won the grand prize drawing at the swim meet and won a $450 Michael Phelps tech suit! More swims to come tomorrow! Fun times!!! #USMSNats

Open Water Swimming

Early Vertical Forearm

EVF is an acronym for Early Vertical Forearm.  It is a technique the enables the swimmer to get the most out of their catch phase of the stroke and get the most power and propulsion from each arm pull.  As the name suggests, it involves the hand entering the water and keeping the elbow high in the water such that the hand moves directly below the elbow with the forearm vertical in the water with the elbow above the hand.  The utilizes the entire forearm in the pull rather than the opposite where the elbow bends down and the arm is in a horizontal and highly inefficient pulling position.  The EVF technique is critical in getting the most efficiency out of your freestyle.

How to do a Flip Turn

Swimming in a pool is great, but when you start swimming, eventually you will encounter a wall.  (Which is another great reason to try out open water swimming)  The most efficient way to keep swimming is to do a flip turn rather than doing an open turn or stopping completely. If you are uncomfortable with flip turns, you really should learn how to do them starting from the very basics.  Go Swim provides an excellent series of 5 steps to learning how to do a flip turn.

Once you’ve mastered the basics of flip turns, make sure that you continue to improve by extending the distance you get off the wall underwater by staying as streamlined as possible, and at minimum getting beyond the flags (the 5 yard section of the lane lines) before coming up for a breath.   For longer distance workouts and races, flip turns become crucial to your performance!