Good afternoon parents,

I am looking forward to our first home meet this Thursday as we swim against the Towne Lake Sharks! A few quick items that I wanted to make you all aware of. The first, we will be holding an optional practice for the 7/8 and 9 and Up age group on Thursday morning to work on diving. The following groups will practice at the following times:

• 7/8: 8:00 to 8:45
• 9 and Up: 8:50 to 9:35
• 6 and Under: No practice

The second item of business are used sport drink bottles. Sport drink bottles can be an important piece of equipment when teaching backstroke head position, by providing real time feedback to the swimmer as they try to balance the bottle on their forehead while swimming. Head position is something that the coaches and I feel needs a lot of work, and this is a simple and easy way to work on head position. Over the next few practices, if you would bring any empty sport drink bottles, that have been rinsed, to practice, that would be greatly appreciated.

That is all for now, and I hope to see you all for a great practice tomorrow morning!