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By coach nate, August 27, 2007 11:59 am

Below is a photo of NEMs who competed at the USMS 2 Mile Cable Championship last weekend in Lake Placid, NY

From left to right – Stephen Tavella (6th M 45-49 – 58:26.37), Kate Radville (2nd W 18-24 – 50:01.14), Sheryl “Scotty” Scott (1st W 45-49 – 52:11.96), Adlar Su (1st M 30-34 – 45:58.90), Frank Wuest (5th M 45-49 – 46:05.21), Tracy Grilli (2nd W 50-54 – 48:34.14)

NEMs Missing from Photo – Emily Sutliff (1st W 18-24 – 43:56.18 and 1st women overall), Kimberly Edgar (7th W 40-44 – 58:54.84), John McIntyre (7th M 40-44 – 49:39.71).

Maine Masters – Ben Morse (1st M35-39 – 45:03.43), Robert Nelson (2nd 60-64 – 52:48.27)
Photo taken by David Grilli

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By coach nate, August 23, 2007 4:31 pm

Dr. Alan Goldberg, a nationally-recognized expert in the field of applied sports psychology, will be appearing in Concord on Sunday, September 23, 2007. His talk, “Racing Your Fastest When it Counts the Most – Mental Toughness for Peak Performance,” is geared to swimmers, triathletes and participants in other endurance sports. It will begin at 1:00 (doors open at 12:30) and will last one hour followed by a question-and-answer session. A nationally-known sports psychologist, Dr. Goldberg specializes in helping athletes overcome fears & blocks, snap out of slumps, and perform to their potential. He is recognized for his ability to take the subjects of sports psychology and peak performance and present them in a humorous, practical and easy-to-understand manner. Dr. Goldberg was recently featured in a front-page article of the August 5 New York Times.

The event will take place at the Concord-Carlisle High School auditorium at 495 Walden Street, Concord. Admission for the event is $10 per person per session. For more information about the event, or to inquire about reserving seats, please contact the Friends at cchs.fosd.org@verizon.net

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By coach nate, August 21, 2007 2:41 pm

NEMSC Swimming Community,

Congratulations to NEMSC’s 4 LCM National Champions – Karen Bierwert, Jim Edwards, Tracy Grilli and Mike Ross. In the sweltering heat of Texas our small contingent outdid itself. Karen garnered 2 first and 3 second place finishes, while Jim achieved perfection, winning 6 (!) gold medals. Tracy got 3 gold, along with medals of all the other colors, and Mike, at a ripe age of 39, managed to best all his younger competitors in 4 events.

**Editor’s Note — Congratulations to all of the NEM’ers who went down to the Woodlands for this meet. There were many other noteworthy performances including Ellen Stanley grabbing two silvers in the 200 and 400 IM (and two fourths in the 100 and 200 Free), Cheryl Kupan who swam 6 events (2 3rd’s, 2 4th’s, 1 5th and 1 6th) and the secret two-man relay team of Nate McBride and Mike Gallagher, who despite being DQ’ed for only having two men, did not finish their heat last.

I see many of you doing Open Water swims. Tim Morse (lemorse@comcast.net) is looking for articles, so please think about writing up your experience and sending it to him for inclusion in NEM News.

NEM LMSC has reached an all-time record number of members with 1902 as of the end of July – and we still have the SCM season ahead of us. Thanks to you all for spreading the word, in particular to Al Prescott who gave his time promoting NEM at triathlons.

Bob Boder and Bill Ewan ran several highly successful clinics. Bob will not be available for a while, but Bill would be interested in continuing – if he could get some help working the cameras. If you’re interested please contact him (Bill Ewan – w1vh@cox.net).

Our Fall SCM calendar is shaping up with 4 meets scheduled so far:
Oct. 21 – Concord, MA
Nov. 3 – Wheaton College
Nov. 10 – Portsmouth, NH
Dec. 14-16 – SCM Championships at BU

We would love to have another meet during the month gap before BU, so those who have access to an SCM pool, please consider running a meet.

Enjoy the last weeks of summer!

Laszlo Eger
President
NEM SC

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By coach nate, August 15, 2007 7:33 pm

Please welcome Elaine Kornbau to the NEM Newsletter. Ms. Kornbau probably doesn’t realize what she’s getting into, but she has 1. Asked to help with the newsletter; 2. Has actual experience editing. She also has the software to make it look more like a club newsletter and less like some guy in Rhode Island is using Word to get the word out.

We still need articles and such from the membership, so keep it coming, folks.

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By coach nate, August 11, 2007 10:46 am

If you have a story and/or pictures from an open water swim this summer, please send them to me. [lemorse@comcast.net] I’m putting together an end of summer/end of season issue and need to hear from members. 400-600 words for the story and 250 x 350 pxls for the pictures works well.

Tim Morse
Newsletter Czar

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By coach nate, August 10, 2007 10:46 am

ASSISTANT SWIM COACH, Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts
Position:           Assistant Swim Coach, Cambridge Masters Swim Club (CMSC)
Location:           Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts
Reports to:        Director and Head Coach of the CMSC.
Salary:              $18.00 per hour or Commensurate to Experience
 
ABOUT OUR TEAM
The Cambridge Masters Swim Club, LLC, CMSC, is a professionally managed program offering the highest level of instruction, training and enthusiasm for adult swimmers with intermediate through advance swim skills.  CMSC swimmers are diverse in ability, background and goals; but all seek structured workouts.  We provide fitness swimmers, competitive swimmers and triathletes with the coaching and swimming experience needed to achieve their individual goal.
 
ABOUT THE POSITION
CMSC seeks an energetic coach interested in coaching specific 2 – 3 masters swim workouts per week (approximately 4-6 hours per week).  Individual will serve as part time assistant coach for the Cambridge Masters Swim Club (CMSC).  Assist in overseeing workout 175 competitive and fitness swimmers ranging in age from 19-80.  Provide an organized, challenging, and fun program for swimmers of all levels, ages, and backgrounds.  Coach the provided written workouts for six to eight lanes of different speeds and ability on a daily basis.  Help with stroke technique clinics as needed, attend team functions, and attend and participate in at least 2 regional championship masters swimming meets throughout the year.  Also to help plan and help oversee annual meet as needed. 
 
EVIDENCE OF QUALIFICATIONS:
required qualifications:
·          previous experience in competition swimming required
·          great verbal communication skills required
·          additional open water swimming and triathlons experience a plus.
required certifications:
·          completion of coaches’ safety training classes within three (3) weeks from date of hire;
·          certification in CPR within three (3) weeks from date of hire;
·          certification in First Aid within three (3) weeks from date of hire;
 
If you are interested in becoming a part of our team please forward your resume and three professional references to Scott VanKuilenburg via email to Scott@cambridgemasters.com
 
Start date: On or about September 4th, 2007
 
Cambridge Masters Swim Club, LLC, CMSC, is an equal opportunity swim club. The club has an ongoing commitment to affirmative action and the creation of a workout place free of discrimination and harassment. The Club trains, and promotes individuals without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, sex, physical or mental disability, being a disabled veteran, veteran of the Vietnam era, or other eligible veteran. At Cambridge Masters Swim Club, LLC, CMSC, we are committed to a fair and equitable workout place where everyone is a respected and valued member of the team.

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By coach nate, August 2, 2007 9:12 am

On Saturday evening, July 14th, 11 swimmers from the Londonderry Workout Club and Wellness Center participated in a stroke clinic with Bob Boder and Bill Ewan, hosted by the Salem Athletic Club in Salem, NH (where one of our swimmers, Sheryl “Scotty” Scott is the Aquatic Director). Our workout group is “un-coached,” meaning we don’t have a coach on deck who is able to assist us with stroke technique. So… we continue to make the same mistakes over and over because we don’t know we are making them in the first place! Our goal in participating in this clinic as a group was to be filmed and critiqued, so that later we would be able to assist each other with the flaws discovered in our strokes.

Bob and Bill’s clinic was very organized. They began by giving a brief explanation of how their camera equipment (3 pieces) would be used in videotaping and critiquing us. We each chose one or 2 strokes to be filmed and swam 4 lengths of each stroke.

The 1st camera was underwater and stationary at the deep end of the pool. The resulting VHS tape was given to the clinic coordinator to either make individual copies for each participant or to share with the group as a whole.

The 2nd camera was operated by Bob, who filmed and critiqued the participant’s stroke above the water. The resulting DVD was given to the clinic coordinator, who in turn made copies for each participant.

The 3rd camera was operated by Bill underwater with 2 views. The 1st two lengths Bill positioned himself at the shallow end of the lane and filmed the swimmer both going & coming. The 2nd two lengths, he positioned himself approximately two lanes over about midway down the pool, filming each side. The result of this third taping will produce a CD and an individualized 1 page written critique for each participant.

As you can guess, we can hardly wait for the underwater film and written critiques to arrive; however, we also got immediate feedback at the clinic. Once we were done filming, we moved into a room where we viewed the results from the 2nd camera (above water) on a TV and the 3rd camera (under water) on Bill’s laptop with Bill and Bob providing stroke critique.

Click here for a pdf containing the attendee feedback!