FCST Team Newsletter: The importance of arrving early to a swim meets: As a Coaching staff, we want to offer the best suggestions for creating a positive environment at swim meets for our swimmers to succeed. There are many benefits in arriving at least 15 minutes early to a swim meet session. In arriving early, the swimmer has an opportunity to settle down with the team and find a place for their swim backpack and other personal items such as their lunch-box. Pool decks at swim meets can quickly become...

  FCST Team Newsletter: How does swimming prelim/final meets influence the long-term development of an individual swimmer? "Challenges are necessary for developing not only a swimmer but an individual willing to compete and continually improve from that given challenge. Championship meets are challenges. They are an opportunity for a swimmer of any age to compete and apply the skills and conditioning acquired over the past several months in a Championship setting. To better prepare for the end of the season Championship meets we need to learn from the January swim...

FCST Team Newsletter and Information: What is IM training and why we do it? A key part of the FCST team philosophy is IM training. This means that for every level of the team, Developmental through Senior, we train the kids in all four competitive strokes. There are many benefits to having the swimmers train all of the strokes, especially at the Developmental and Age Group level.Swimmers should not be specializing in just one stroke. Swimmers will often have a favorite stroke and one that they are faster in. However,...

FCST Team Newsletter and Information: What is IM training and why we do it? A key part of the FCST team philosophy is IM training. This means that for every level of the team, Developmental through Senior, we train the kids in all four competitive strokes. There are many benefits to having the swimmers train all of the strokes, especially at the Developmental and Age Group level.Swimmers should not be specializing in just one stroke.  Swimmers will often have a favorite stroke and one that they are faster in. However, we do...

FCST Team Newsletter and Information: Trusting the Coach's Plan on Swim Events: Here at First Colony Swim Team we create opportunity for swimmers by merging passion and commitment with expertise resulting in the highest level of personal performance. Those opportunities also include competing in a variety of swim events depending on the time of the swim season. With a season plan a Coach understands when their swimmers are prepared and ready to compete in swim events that are new, events that will not be done at a Championship meet, or...

FCST Team Newsletter and Information: Trusting the Coach's Plan on Swim Events: Here at First Colony Swim Team we create opportunity for swimmers by merging passion and commitment with expertise resulting in the highest level of personal performance. Those opportunities also include competing in a variety of swim events depending on the time of the swim season. With a season plan a Coach understands when their swimmers are prepared and ready to compete in swim events that are new, events that will not be done at a Championship meet, or...

FCST Team Newsletter and Information: 2017 FCST Monster Training. Monster Training is an annual tradition that swim teams across the country participate in. It is a way for FCST to help promote the importance of training through the winter holiday break. Monster Training will follow the Holiday Training Practice Schedule and any swimmer that attends 100% of the practices offered during this time will receive a special prize. Winter holiday training, just like summer training, is a great time for swimmers to focus on getting a lot done without worrying about...

FCST Team Newsletter and Information: 2017 FCST Monster Training. Monster Training is an annual tradition that swim teams across the country participate in. It is a way for FCST to help promote the importance of training through the winter holiday break. Monster Training will follow the Holiday Training Practice Schedule and any swimmer that attends 100% of the practices offered during this time will receive a special prize. Winter holiday training, just like summer training, is a great time for swimmers to focus on getting a lot done without worrying about...

FCST Team Newsletter and Information: 2017 FCST Monster Training. Monster Training is an annual tradition that swim teams across the country participate in. It is a way for FCST to help promote the importance of training through the winter holiday break. Monster Training will follow the Holiday Training Practice Schedule and any swimmer that attends 100% of the practices offered during this time will receive a special prize. Winter holiday training, just like summer training, is a great time for swimmers to focus on getting a lot done without worrying about...

News & Team Information: Our 2017 fundraiser is well underway. We are excited to start getting prizes out to our winners! The earlier you turn your packet back in, the more chances you have at winning some awesome prizes!ýThe deadline for receiving donations back to our office is November 30th- thatýs only 3 short weeks away! Accounts who do not receive their minimum donation of $100 will be billed that amount on December 1st. It is easy to get those envelopes out to your family and friends and get way...