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FORMS

***New - Updated for 2008-09 Season***

• Registration Information & Form for 2008-09 Season- Click here

• Health Information Form & Medical Release - Click Here

• We are collecting  pictures so we can create a yearbook slideshow. Please email your pictures to optwst@yahoo.com - Thank you!

• Important dates to remember - click here

ARTICLES

Help your child athlete achieve success by becoming a better sports parent!

• Swimming Terminology - A glossary of terms commonly used in practice and at meets....

Coach-Parent-Swimmer Relationships

• Do's & Don'ts of Sports Parenting

• 10 Commandments of Parents

• Praising your Athlete

• US SWIM Parenting Parents - Strategies for Parents

• Top 10 Ways to Sabotage Your Child's Swimming Career

• Top 10 Ways Swimmers Can Sabotage their Support Systems

• Playing Favorites

• College Recruiting

Health and Nutrition

• Nutritional Recovery

• Swimming and the Art of Recovery

• Fueling Performance

Sports Psychology

• Pick Your Target: Goal Setting Plays an Important Role for Successful Swimmers, by Coach Bob Bowman

Links

www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline

Great site for everything! When it first prompts you to "Select Your Swim Team" you will need to scroll to and click on Niagara Swimming not TWST. Our TWST is under the umbrella of Niagara Swimming. (The ' other TWST' on that particular site is "The Woodlands Swim Team" in Texas). Once 'Niagara Swimming' is displayed on the page you can then click on any of the boxes across the top.

Swim Clinics & Camps for Summer 2008

 Summer Swim Camps:

• University at Buffalo

• SUNY Geneseo

• NIKE Swimming & Peak Performance Camps

• NYS College Swim Camp Listing

• Empire State Games - Swimming Info