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News Interviews Swim: Anne Oshiro
| Swim: Anne Oshiro |
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| Written by Alejandra Hormaza |
| Tuesday, 27 April 2010 19:10 |
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Veteran Swim member Anne Oshiro tells us about her team and her experiences as a team captain.
1. What is your job as a captain? What are some responsibilities? My job as captain is to inspire and motivate the other swimmers. I am responsible for setting an example of what the kids should be doing and how they should be acting. I am in charge of getting people in and warmed up before swim meets, doing the team cheer, and planning events and making sure people have a good time. I help the coaches wherever I can.2. What is the hardest part of being captain? The hardest part for me this year has been to get peoples attention and get them to take me seriously. Its hard because sometimes I feel like people ignore me because they think I don’t know what I’m talking about. I know what I’m talking about most of the time. Otherwise, I love being captain and I like having people look up to me.This is your last year swimming at a high school level. Do you plan on swimming in college? 3. I’m not completely sure what I will do next year when it comes to swim. I have been swimming so long, so I don’t think that I can just quit. Most likely, I will swim to keep in shape. I love the exercise and swimming is the best for you.4. What are some personal goals this season? My personal goals are to get as close to my best times as possible. I want to go to CIF for the fourth year in a row and I would like to do better than last year.5. How do you motivate and prepare your team before a game? As far as preparation goes, all I can do is make sure they get into the water and get their warm up done. The rest of the physical preparation is up to them. As far as motivation goes, I try to have a positive attitude. When people see other people with good attitudes, then they are more likely to be in a good mood too. A lot of reassuring is involved. Swimming is a hard sport and it requires a lot of moral support. I try to be there for my teammates as often as possible.6. Does the team have any special rituals before games? The only thing we really have is the cheer. The best and most memorable part of the cheer is the very end where some of us (the veterans) will scream a “flamboyant” HHHHAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the newcomers will grunt really loud. Mr. Wittman then cant tell what we yelled and therefore wont punish us for screaming hay!7. What are some of the team’s strengths and weaknesses? We have a lot of strengths. We have an exceptional group of young swimmers and they all have shown a lot of heart and talent. The only problem is the attendance. Its still hard to get everyone to every practice and every meet.8. What are some team goals this year? We wanted to get a boys relay to CIF and one of them got a consideration time. But the main goal was to have fun and do our best. Being a team comprised of mainly new people, we have had to work harder than the other teams and our efforts really show in our times.9. How does the team celebrate a win? We normally find out whether we win or lose on the bus and when one of the teams win, then everyone cheers for them. Some of us go out to eat after sometimes. But you can tell when one of our teams has won because it will be on numerous facebook statuses for the world to see.10. How do you feel about this swim season? I feel really good about the swim team. We are super strong and better than I could have hoped for. They go above and beyond what is asked of them. Personally I feel a little pressure but pretty excited for league prelims and finals and hopefully CIF. |
