Everything that is about competitive swimming/diving in Beloit Wisconsin. This the voice of Beloit Memorial High School boys and girls, Beloit Middle TIDE boys and Girls, Beloit TIDE USA Swimming Team, and Krueger Summer Swim and Dive Team. Beloit TIDE's roots go back to 1927, we have produced; many state champions, national qualifiers, and All-Americans. We are Beloit Proud!!
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
12&Under State
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Polar Plunge
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Tide Swimmers at USS State Qualifier
Thursday, February 18, 2010
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THE MUSIC IS INSIDE OF YOU!
FINA and USA Swimming recently banned all hi-tech swim suits that had contributed to the breaking of so many world records at the last Olympics. For a lot of athletes, this new ruling has sent them spiraling into a major crisis of confidence. No longer aided by their "fast" suits, they feel unable to compete the way that they used to.
This situation begs the question, "How much of that good game, match or race can be solely attributed to the equipment?" Sometimes athletes become too psychologically dependent upon the external trappings of their sport, i.e. a special racquet, glove, bat or suit. While the situation in swimming is very real and will definitely lower swimmers' overall times, the power of the psychological component to negatively affect your performance can not be underestimated.
The following is a story for all those athletes who have allowed themselves to become too emotionally dependent upon their "high performance" equipment:
Niccolo Paganini was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist and composer as well as one of the most celebrated violin virtuosi of his time. A story is told of one of his more memorable performances.
Paganini takes the stage to a thunderous standing ovation that lasts a good 5 minutes. When the applause finally dies down, he gently puts his violin case on the ground and kneels down beside it to take out his concert violin, a priceless Stradivarius. However, as he opens the case, he is shocked to see that his concert violin is not in its' rightful case. An old practice violin is there in its' place. For some reason there had been a mix up at his home, and his priceless Stradivarius had been left behind. Paganini turns white as a ghost, puts down his practice violin and then inexplicably walks off the stage to the stunned silence of the crowd.
Five minutes later, the great musician returns, gently bends down and picks up his practice violin. Without explaining his mysterious departure from the stage, he begins to play. Within the very first few notes, those listening realize that they are being treated to one of the virtuosi's greatest performances ever. Paginini plays with a skill and sound like never before.
At the concert's end, he is greeted by an even longer standing ovation and deafening cheers of "BRAVO!!!!" that rock the concert hall. After everything has died down and Paganini is in his dressing room preparing to return home, there's a knock on the door and one of his closest friends enters. The friend congratulates Paganini on his wonderful performance and then inquires about what happened at the beginning of the concert when he inexplicably walked off the stage.
Paganini explained about the violin mixup and how his concert violin was accidentally left at home. Then he turned to his friend and said, "I learned a very valuable lesson tonight. I always thought that the music was in the violin. Tonight I learned that the music is inside of me!"
It's not the lucky socks, bat, club or glove that makes you great. It's YOU that makes you great! The music is alwaysinside of YOU!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Dinner at Asia Buffet
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
State Cuts
Division 1
Diving - 316.90
200 Medley Relay - 1:44.73
200 Freestyle - 1:49.10
200 Individual Medley - 2:02.36
50 Freestyle - 22.58
100 Butterfly - 54.98
100 Freestyle - 49.91
500 Freestyle - 5:02.33
200 Freestyle Relay - 1:32.52
100 Backstroke - 57.56
100 Breaststroke - 1:02.44
400 Freestyle Relay - 3:26.13
We may not of Qualified for the State Meet this year. But you can not take away the outstanding meet we had Saturday.
Great Job Tide!!
Awesome Sectional
The Tide had an Outstanding Meet!!!!!!!!!
Shave Down and Dinner
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Sectionals
Monday, February 8, 2010
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HOW YOU HANDLE THE "DOWN" TIMES IS WHAT MAKES YOU A REAL CHAMPION
Anybody can feel confident and be positive when things are going great. It takes no special talent, discipline or grit to smile and feel motivated when you're on top.
However, the mark of a true champion lies in how you handle the down times. It's in those times when you feel discouraged, hopeless and unmotivated that the seeds of true greatness reside.
How you react to and manage your failures, disappointments, performance slumps and plateaus will ultimately determine whether you'll be a success or a failure in anything that you attempt, on or off the playing fields.
So let's start with some basics here:
Expect hardship, adversity and disappointment. They are an integral, NORMAL and important part of your athletic journey. No one embarks on the road from beginner to champion without encountering a ton of emotional and physical setbacks along the way. Whether it means getting cut from a squad that you desperately wanted to make, suffering a season ending injury/illness, falling into a major slump or simply being forced to ride the bench by your coach, the road to your dreams is going to be predictably bumpy. It's your job as an athlete to embracethese bumps as a normal part of the journey and then use them as a stepping stone to push yourself further along the road.
The failures and hardships that you encounter along the way are put there to make you smarter, mentally and physically stronger and ultimately more talented. They are meant to be learning opportunities. Your disappointments hold invaluable lessons for you. It's your job to sort through all of those very difficult emotions so that you can then find the important learnings within the setback and take advantage of them!
With the correct attitude, YOUR SETBACKS ARE MERELY TEMPORARY! Just because you failed last week, yesterday and today doesn't mean that you will fail tomorrow. Your past failures are not a predictor of future failures or ofpermanence, (i.e. "this always happens to me" ), unless you adopt this as an attitude. Your disappointments, regardless of how frequent, should be viewed as simply temporary occurrences. Learn from them and leave them behind you.
Get more motivated every time you fail. Failure is simply feedback and feedback is the breakfast of champions. Each setback provides you with important lessons that will help you take your game to the next level. As a result, you want to get yourself excited with each setback because, despite the "down" emotions, this actually puts you further down the road and closer to success. Can you imagine what would happen to your game if you adopted this attitude of getting more determined and motivated after each setback? That's right! You'd probably have to spend the rest of your life cursed by success!
Persistence and plain old-fashioned hard work will overcome almost any obstacle that life can throw in your path. Do not, under any circumstances ever stop working hard. Do not, ever quit! Sustained hard work in the face of failure, disappointment and frustration is the key to success and you want to use that key every day to unlock the doors that may be blocking your way.