Holiday Shopping Reminder

Don’t forget to visit the BKYS Team site or the Senior Blog before heading to Amazon.com.  Click the Amazon banner on either site to support the BKYS Boosters and the team.  A portion of your spending will be credited to BKYS but you must click through one of the banners first.

Sleep to be an All-Star

In 2008, Usain Bolt broke records at the Beijing Olympics by being the first person in history to hold both the 100m and 200m world records. By the 2012 Olympics, Bolt became the first man in history to win 6 Olympic gold medals in sprinting.

So what does Bolt consider to be the most important part of his daily training regime? None other than sleep.

“Sleep is extremely important to me – I need to rest and recover in order for the training I do to be absorbed by my body” - Usain Bolt.

Here at Fatigue Science we know how important sleep is to an athletes performance, reaction time and recovery time. Our fatigue measurement technology is used by professional sports teams such as the Vancouver Canucks to ensure enough sleep is incorporated into athletes training regimes.

So how much sleep do the professionals get? And how can sleep reduction effect your performance. Find out by reading the below infographic.

Key Infographic Takeaways

• By incorporating adequate sleep into their routine, tennis players get a 42% boost in hitting accuracy 
• Sleep improves split-second decision making ability by 4.3%
• After 4 days of restricted sleep, athletes maximum bench press drops 20lbs
• Roger Federer gets 11 to 12 hours sleep per night
• Lebron James gets 12 hours of sleep per night

Click on the infographic to enlarge for some interesting statistics.

The first click opens a new page.  Click again for a larger image that even old people can read.

Character First

Here’s a great article from SwimSwam regarding character and the impact it has on you and those around you.  It’s not a long article, but it’s packed full of points to ponder.

Click below to read:

Character First

COSA Scholarship Application

Applications for the 2013 COSA Scholarships are now available.  To apply, please click the link below.  Last year COSA awarded four $500 scholarships to local athletes.  BKYS member Cameron Hackett was one of the recipients!

http://bit.ly/1aG0Fc9

Illness and Swimming

Dear Parents,

Please ensure that your kids get sick and get it over with before the high school swimming season starts.

Thanks,

Lew

Swim-a-Thon® letter

Swimmers and Parents:

Many of you have expressed concern that you may not have time to talk to friends and relatives regarding our upcoming fundraiser (Swim-a-Thon®).  Obviously, the time commitment you have made to swimming – in addition to school and other activities – is tremendous.

This is our only fundraiser for the entire season and it will benefit you directly by assisting with your end-of-season travel and functions that the club provides that impact you (things like having coaches at meets).

To assist you, and make it less of a task to solicit donations, please follow the link below to a sample letter that you and your parents can send to friends and family via e-mail.  You may personalize or change anything you wish and, by all means, please add your name at the bottom.

Sample letter  (If you have any trouble with the link, please let me know).

Additionally, please check out the CrowdRise site.  This will allow you to simply send a link (you could add the link to the sample letter) and contacts can donate online!  You must register at CrowdRise to use this service.

CrowdRise

Good luck with your efforts!

Buckeye Swimming Fundraiser

Please continue working to raise and collect funds for our ONLY fundraiser this season.

5% of collected donations goes to the USA Swimming Foundation that supports the philanthropic arm of USA Swimming safety programs, the U.S. National Teams, and swimming programs and education for all ages.

The Buckeye Boosters are offering the Senior Swimmers who need to raise money for their end-of-season trip to have 50% of what you raise over $100 applied to your trip fees.

For those who have not yet received their fundraising envelope, please contact Jeff Baggs (that's Jeremy's dad) so that you can get started on your pledges.

If you are unable to attend practice on the designated day, Saturday, October 26th, please see one of the coaches to make arrangements to have a practice count for your fundraising laps.

Please have all checks written to the Buckeye Boosters or Buckeye Swim club.