FCST Team Newsletter: FCST Summer League Philosophy    Summer league is a fun introduction to competitive swimming in the form of a summertime activity. The next step for those interested in pursuing the sport further is year-round swimming. Traits such as leadership, self-confidence, goal setting, organization, and more are integrated into the daily practice sessions of a year round swimmer. Coaches are nationally certified and continually educated to help all swimmers reach their goals.    Once a swimmer reaches the Age Group 1 level and higher, fun takes on a...

Swimming Pool The sounds of excited kids kicking water, bubbles under the water and noises of water ringing through my ear. Smells of hot bubbling water, feet and arms near my nose, and fresh air rising from the pool. Body parts moving fast and hard, feet making white water, and the bright yellow shiny sun above me. Tastes of water from other kids feet and my taste buds give a sudden reaction to the water. Feeling smooth clear rippled water and burning feet and toes. Nia, Age 8 a third...

FCST Team Newsletter:   February 3rd - Long-term Progression Planning with Head Coach Pete at the Aquatic Center. Mark you calenders for this up opportunity to interact and gain valuable information for our very own Head Coach. This information pertains to all Pre-Senior, Age-Group, and Developmental parents.  CLICK HERE for the event page. NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Social Media: Make sure to follow all of our social media platforms. Creating a profile in order to follow the team is easy; ask your swimmer for help! #FCSTFamily ​​ FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM TWITTER​ College Swimmers Current and Past!...

FCST Team Newsletter: Why do swim Officials disqualify (dq) kids? Why don't they just let them swim?  This is a frequent question by parents when their swimmers experience disqualifications at meets.  The role of an official is two-fold.  First, officials are tasked with providing a safe and fair competitive environment.  The second role is in educating swimmers – both those learning the strokes and those who may have become complacent in practice.  For both of these reasons, consistent enforcement of the rules is important. However, what happens if your swimmer...

36th Annual Greater Southwest Invite January 11 -14 , 2018  Rockwall, Texas FCST Places 3rd at the Greater Southwest Invite in Rockwall, TX FCST places 3rd in combined team scores at the 36th Greater Southwest Invitational! The girls placed 3rd and the boys placed 2nd! Congratualations to all of our 48 swimmers that competed and represented FCST with pride! What a fantastic showing of teammates working and supporting one another regardless of their age. Our parents were the loudest and proudest during all the sessions and we want to thank them for all of...

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...