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Monday Memo – May 20,
2013
MAY Team Dinner - CAJ Taco Tuesday at
SOLis
TOMORROW, Tuesday, May 21st- You can arrive to eat starting @ 5:30 pm. For
quicker service for everyone and the ability to eat
IMMEDIATELY, they are setting up a TACO BAR in their Cantina
Room just for our team! The taco bar will include a variety
of meats, beans, rice, tortillas, lettuce, all the toppings, salad
dressing, and unlimited chips & salsa, as well as pitchers of
Ice tea will be included...you can make tacos, tostadas, salads,
etc with this taco bar. The cost is $10.50 per adult and $7.00 per
child ( plus tax) and includes unlimited trips to the
taco bar listed above! *All CAJ parents and kids will just need to go
directly into the Cantina
Room on the left and head to cashier in the tell
them you are with the Aquajets to pay for the taco bar, ( plus any
additional beverages you may want) and then you can go
eat at our very own Taco Bar! Please do not order off their
regular menu for this event as they are not equipped for a large
amount of orders at once. We will have all of he regular
activities: announcements about upcoming events, Swimmer of the
Month awards, and raffle prizes.
TUESDAY PRACTICE
SCHEDULE:We will have an abbreviated practice schedule
tomorrow because of Taco Night. White Group: 3:30 to 4:15 at IMF,
PreSenior Group: 4:15 to 5:30 at IMF, Navy Group: 3:30 to 4:15 at
PV Pool, Senior Group: 4:15 to 5:30 at PV
Pool.
REDDING AQUADUCKS LC Trophy Meet, June
21-23 – This
meet is just about full and ready to
close!! Please sign up today at
ome.swimconnection.com.This is a very good team meet for every swimmer
on our team. The meet could fill and close immediately. Do not miss
out, sign up today!
Pre-Senior Goal Meeting
-Therewill be having a follow up goal meeting
this Wednesday at 4:15 on the pool deck. Please come
prepared to turn in three goals (a process goal, mental goal and a
performance goal). Keep a copy of your goals so that you
can track them along the way. Have your suit on and be
ready to swim as soon as we are done, our meeting will be
brief.
A more detailed SUMMER PRACTICE
SCHEDULEstarting
Monday, June 10th
. All work outs are at IMF with the exception
of the Senior am practice. MiniJets: Mon – Thurs: 9:30 to
10:00 am or 10:00 to 10:30 am or Tues & Thurs 3:45 to 4:15 pm,
White Group: M – F 8:45 to 9:30 am or M – Th 4:45 to
5:30 pm, Navy Group: M-F 9:30 to 10:30 am or M-Th 5:30 to 6:30 pm,
PreSenior Group: M, T, Th, F 7:15 to 8:45 am or M- Th 5:30 to 7:00
pm, Senior Group: M, T, Th, F 6:30 to 9:00 am at PV, W 7:00 to 8:45
am at IMF and/or M-Th 3:30 to 5:30
pm.
There will
be NO PRACTICE NEXT Monday, May
27th
due to the Mermorial Day
Holiday.
The
CAJ Spring Merchandise and
Personalized Cap Ordersare ready
and available for pick up at North Rim Sports downtwon. There
are also extra items of the new merchandise available for sale at
North Rim.
CHICO
AQUAJETS Single Age Group Sprint Pentathlon, June
15th –
The meet will be available for registration on line this week.
Every swimmer on our team should be at our team hosted meet. It is
a fun one day sprint meet, the kids love it. We are capping our
meet at 250 swimmers, please don't miss out, sign up today! We are
hosting this meet in Durham. The meet is put on completely by our
CAJ parent volunteers. A volunteer sign up sheet will be on the
website soon.
We are gearing up for
our SummerJets program. We have flyers that
need to be distributed around town to schools, preschools,
businesses, friends, and neighbors. Please help us out to spread
the word about our Summer non competitive program which is at the
PV Pool starting on Monday, June
10th.
We are now training
for Junior
Olympics and NVAL'sthis summer. We would like to
bring as many swimmers as possible to Long Course Junior Olympics
in Redding in July and NVAL's. Please give your swimmers the
opportunity to qualify for JO's by going to as many meets as
possible before July. The
completeSwim
Meet Scheduleis available on the calendar at
chicoaquajets.org.
Betsy's Blurb...TOP TIPS FOR FEEDING TEEN
SWIMMERS
5/14/2013
BY
CHRIS ROSENBLOOM, PHD,RD, CSSD
USASwimming.org
nutrition contributor, Jill Castle, recently published
“Fearless Feeding: How to Raise Healthy Eaters from High
Chair to High School” (Jossey-Bass publisher, 2013), and I
asked her to offer her top tips for feeding teen swimmers. Many of
our readers are looking for sound nutrition advice with practical
tips for families of active swimmers and this book is the
go-to source.
With parents and
teen athletes on different schedules, how can the family eat meals
together so that mom and dad aren’t short order
cooks?
“Start by checking everyone’s schedule for the week,
and I’ll bet you can find at least two or three meals the
whole family can enjoy together,” says Castle.
It might be breakfast or a weekend dinner, but look for
opportunities to eat together. Plan the menu and announce the plan
to your family. Tell them they are expected to be present, and if
plans change, Castle suggests a pre-plated meal for the absent
person that can be reheated in the microwave or
oven.
How can parents
limit fast food
consumption?
Castle
suggests several strategies to curb unhealthy fast food choices.
First, help your teen learn about healthier fast food items so he
can make good choices most of the time. Visit the
restaurant’s website or download an app to encourage choosing
grilled items, yogurt parfaits, wraps or egg sandwiches. Second,
have healthy, quick items within easy reach in your fridge. Yogurt,
smoothies, low-fat milk, veggies and dip, and mixed fruit cups
should be grab-and-go items for teens,” Castle says. In
addition, keep trail mix, nuts, and dried fruit available for quick
after practice snacks.
What can a
parent do to get a teenage girl to get adequate calcium if she
won’t drink milk?
If your teen doesn’t drink milk, look for other good sources
of calcium that she will include in her diet. Castle suggests
calcium-fortified orange juice, yogurt smoothies, cheese, pudding
or ice cream. Other calcium-rich foods include almonds, soy nuts,
tofu and cooked greens. Also consider why your teen won’t
drink milk. Is it lactose intolerance or another issue? Soy milk,
rice milk and almond milk are all fortified with calcium, and your
teen might like these alternatives better than dairy
milk.
With heavy
practice schedules and schoolwork, how can parents help swimmers
get enough calories?
“Structure a meal and snack plan,” Castle says. The
plan should include 3 meals and 3 snacks each day. Experiment with
free phone apps that help athletes track food intake, and set the
phone to beep for reminders to eat throughout the day. Castle
recommends powerhouse foods that contain both carbohydrate and
protein for pre- and post-workout snacks to refuel tired muscles.
“Peanut butter on whole grain bread, a banana and a cheese
stick” contain high quality nutrients for fueling.
For more information on Castle’s book,
see
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-111830859X,descCd-buy.html
Chris Rosenbloom
is the sports dietitian for Georgia State University Athletics and
is the editor of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Sports
Nutrition Manual, 5th edition, 2012. She welcomes questions from
swimmers, parents and coaches. Email her
at chrisrosenbloom@gmail.com
.
If you have questions
or concerns please contact Betsy
at betsyaird@sbcglobal.net
or 518-7946.
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