SAY Swimming 🦭

The official twitter feed of the Summit Area YMCA Swim Team. Summit Strong since 1923. Head Coach Pat Collins

[SAY Swimming 🦭 @SAYswimteam]

Some swimmers asked for cliff notes from tonight's talk about #taperszn and #mentalhealth preparation before Y States.

The "Big 3" before any championship: Trust. Believe. Will to win.

Focus on...
Excitement over Anxiety
Courage over Uncertainty
Belief over Doubt

[Pete Genovese @petegenovese]

A New Yorker tries a Taylor ham egg and cheese sandwich for the first time in her life! Here’s her reaction. We’re at the Summit Diner

[Kyle Sockwell @kylesockwell]

What’s the most difficult swimming workout you’ve ever done?

[Team USA @TeamUSA]

Goin’ back to Cali Cali #LA28

[Swimming Wizard @SwimmingWizrd]

The 50m pool shows you who has done the WORK. No hiding.

[njdotcom @njdotcom]

Legendary swim coach retires after 36 years; countless Essex trophies, state title https://t.co/7san1B65hF

[SAY Swimming 🦭 @SAYswimteam]

Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhaoibh! ☘️

[John Paton @johngetstrong]

“Base training is like putting money in the bank. Sharpening is like taking out the accumulated interest when done well. When done poorly, it's like draining one’s financial reserves.”

The key features of base training:

1. It can be improved continuously over many years
2. Improvements develop slowly
3. Its effects are long lasting — they’re not easily destroyed
4. It tends to be lower injury risk

The key features of sharpening:

1. Its effects are short-lived; retaining the enhanced performance for more than three months is challenging
2. The enhancements happen quickly — improvements can be seen in just 6-weeks
3. Because of the faster pace, injury and illness risk increase
4. If continued too long, it can lead to a slump

Thomas Osler in his 1967 classic, "The Conditioning of Distance Runners."

[SAY Swimming 🦭 @SAYswimteam]

All practices are cancelled for tonight 1/9

[NJ YMCA STATE ALLIANCE @njymca]

It may be a chilly fall day, but #SwimSafety is not just a summer priority at #NJ #YMCAs - it’s our priority every season, year after year! Our #SAW program saves lives. #HealthEquity includes #SwimEquity @GovMurphy @SpeakerCoughlin @SenPresScutari @tonybucco @AsmJohnDiMaio

[Summit Area YMCA @summitareaymca]

We are thrilled to share that tomorrow, October 20, at 8 a.m. the Summit YMCA will fully reopen, and our staff will be ready to welcome you back inside our transformed facility. Can't wait to see you there! #summitYMCA #theSAY #summitNJ #summitareaymca #ymca #renovation

[SAY Swimming 🦭 @SAYswimteam]

Reminder! Team Apparel pick up today from 4:15-7:15pm Hurst Pool observation deck. Any swimmer who will not be attending practice should ask a friend to grab their order.  Any order not picked up will be returned to California Beach Hut and will need to be picked up there.

[Summit Area YMCA @summitareaymca]

Countdown alert! Pending final inspections, the Summit YMCA will reopen on Monday, October 16. Stay tuned for more updates.
#summitnj #berkeleyheightsnj #summitareaymca #summitymca #excitingnews

[SwimSwam @swimswamnews]

How To Develop A Strong Working Relationship With Your Coach https://t.co/qidaTY6kOR

[SAY Swimming 🦭 @SAYswimteam]

DW = Denzel Washington

[SAY Swimming 🦭 @SAYswimteam]

"Dreams without goals are just dreams. And ultimately, they fuel disappointment. On the road, to achieving your dreams, you must apply discipline but more importantly, consistency because without commitment you'll never start, but without consistency, you'll never finish." -D.W.

[SAY Swimming 🦭 @SAYswimteam]

Practices cancelled today Sept 11 😭

[SAY Swimming 🦭 @SAYswimteam]

Since the bad weather has not stopped, we are cancelling Seniors and Senior Prep. We will make a determination for the younger groups at 5:45pm so look out for my email. Thank you.

[SAY Swimming 🦭 @SAYswimteam]

So excited for our kids to get in the water on Monday! 2023-24 by the numbers...208 total swimmers - 58 brand new to our team!!!
*40 8&Unders incl Seal Pups!
*54 9-10 year olds
*50 11-12s
*24 13-14s
*40 15-18s
LET'S GOOOOO
#ICanWeWill
#SAYswimfast

[SAY Swimming 🦭 @SAYswimteam]

"It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life"
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard
#StarTrekDay

[SAY Swimming 🦭 @SAYswimteam]

Our clinics at BHCP are cancelled this morning due to the inclement weather☹️