The Halloween Practice is also famous for a few things; apple bob, eating candy while your friends have to swim butterfly, and of course belly flops.
This practice is a favorite of former Head Coach Andy Waeger, who before passing it along to me brought it with him from his former coaching digs at Slippery Rock University.
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November 1st 2011
Record breaking again this year. Each year seems like I 'invest' more and more in what might be one of the more fun 'workouts' of the season. This year a shade under 100 bones was spent on the treats...(don't worry parents, there were some apples in there too). Recently we started having our special practice the day after halloween b/c the candy get's marked down to 50% off at wal mart the day after thanksgiving...and when pinching pennies, this is the best deal around! (so yeah, the 100 bucks was at the 50% rate)
The concept is simple. Draw a slip of paper from the bowl, where there could be anything ... the team favorite is 'candy' ... this is where the team his the 'pumpkin'(aka gatorade jug) for their candy. There are also such mini sets, such as a 200 im or a few 25's AO from a dive. Some of the more recent favorites include "pick 4 people to do a 100 fly with you, everyone else Candy!" ... or "pick 5 people to do a 100 fly, not including yourself and you can't pick yourself, to do a 100 fly, everyone else Candy!" .... I picked up on that one by watching Survior. There is also the Square butterfly ... (fyi: no lane lines for halloween practice) where the team swims length / width / length / width of the pool butterfly ...
Then there is the Apple Bob ... of course we don't put in the same number of apples as women on the team. We put a few less in ... if you make it back to the shallow end wall with an apple you can enjoy your apple while those who didn't make it back with an apple enjoy some butterfly swimming.
# 1 swim fan
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