Off Season and the Extended Break

We are currently in the Dragonboat off season and there will not be any races for us to compete in until spring time. This is due to the cold weather and the decreasing amounts of sunlight available for us to practice in. Despite these conditions, it is still important for everyone to attend each and every practice. If we were to drop everything during the off season and come back a month before a race, all of us would be dusty and it would be like starting back at square one. Also, it is an important time for us to experiment and perfect any novel variations to the paddling technique.
Now that Thanksgiving is around the corner, there will be no practice this coming Wednesday and Sunday, but again, this means that you all should not continue doing the supplemental exercises that David told us all to do. Keep doing them and enjoy your Thanksgiving week off.
And on the final note, for everyone and anyone who is late to practices, punishment will consist of a culmination of all the warm-up exercises. Seeing that this is a team, if anyone is late to practice, the whole team will have to join you in these extra practices. This new method will be used in next next week's Wednesday. So don't be late.
Enjoy your Thanksgiving.

Some Changes To Fishtix Practice

We are implementing some new rules and regulations for practices to help and promote a sense of dedication and hardwork in the Fishtix community. First off, we are going to mandate a dress code. It includes the banning of jeans at practice, this is because to play the part of an intense Dragonboat team, we must dress the part. Secondly, we will start having punishments for people coming late to practices. This is because people coming late has been a huge problem and it is preventing us from heading out unto the boats and water on time. Punishments will include an extra lap around the Marina, double the amount of push-ups and jumping jacks. Other punishments have been yet to be decided. Lastly, we are making the warm-up laps now mandatory this means, no matter what, you have to run. No running means no dragonboating. Laps are important to build up our stamina and work on our cardio.
Practices are getting even more intense now, as people saw with David this practice. As practices become rougher and as David works us harder, it is key to know that you must never give up. It is important for everyone to continue practicing and continue cultivating their skills as a dragonboater.

Old Man Winter and the Changes He Brings to FISHTIX

Every Sunday, we are starting practices 15 minutes early so that everyone, Rec and Competitive team, can have endurance runs. These are vital for us because we then will be able to last longer during finish it now's and be able to have a higher stroke rate for race pieces.

Another change to the practice times is that we are shortening the end time from 5:30PM to 5PM. This is because of the lack of light due to the come of winter. Visibility will be severely decreased if we were to stay out any longer and it would cause problems with the steersperson's. On the final note, we are thinking of switching practices from Wednesday to Friday because of the lack of availability of people on Wednesdays. Please give us feedback on this change by talking to your respective presidents. Keep it strong, Fishtix.