{"id":293569,"date":"2019-02-11T06:02:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T20:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=293569"},"modified":"2019-02-11T06:02:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T20:02:24","slug":"tsunami-saipan-swimmers-attend-sports-science-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/tsunami-saipan-swimmers-attend-sports-science-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsunami Saipan swimmers attend sports science clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-293569 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/tsunami-saipan-swimmers-attend-sports-science-clinic\/tsunamipix3\/'>tsunamipix3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-293589'>\n\t\t\t\tTsunami Saipan swimmers try on goggles that suit them before heading into the pool. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/tsunami-saipan-swimmers-attend-sports-science-clinic\/tsunamipix2\/'>tsunamipix2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-293588'>\n\t\t\t\tTsunami Saipan members pick goggles before swimming. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/tsunami-saipan-swimmers-attend-sports-science-clinic\/tsunamipix1\/'>tsunamipix1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-293587'>\n\t\t\t\tTakahiro Yoshida, right, poses with Swimming Center Tsunami Saipan members and coach Hiro Kimura, left, after completing a sports science clinic last Feb. 2 at the Pacific Islands Club Saipan pool. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Swimming Center Tsunami Saipan members attended a sports science clinic conducted by a former coach of Japan junior national swim team, making them learn more about their strengths and how to use them to boost their performance.<\/p>\n<p>Takahiro Yoshida, with the assistance of fellow coach Yasu Shibatsuji, introduced the Five Senses Effect Method to Tsunami Saipan swimmers in the clinic held early this month at the Pacific Islands Club pool and Kinpachi Restaurant with the event focusing on identifying the participants\u2019  \u201cwinning color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach person has its own \u2018winning color.\u2019 A color whose muscular strength rises, a color whose body becomes soft, a color which load is applied. FSEM utilizes cranial nerve reactions to produce higher performance. At this lecture, we tried 13 kinds color goggles and had \u2018your best and worst color\u201d found. Then, we learn how to use it for usual practice and actual race,\u201d Yoshida said.<\/p>\n<p>Each swimmer reacted to the color shown to them and the instructor explain and access their reactions and how these reflect the way they swim.<\/p>\n<p>Tsunami Saipan swimmers had different responses to the clinic, but they were united in saying the event helped them rediscover themselves and become mentally strong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFSEM was an eye-opening event. It showed us how we are better than we think we are and there is a way to unlock our stronger self. I\u2019m grateful the coaches came to share knowledge with us and let us experience new things,\u201d Ashley Dangol said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though we are not in a best situation, as we are still without our 50-meter pool, this clinic helped us find our best and worst colors. Experiencing and knowing this will make us stronger mentally and be ready for a competition,\u201d Juhn Tenorio added.<\/p>\n<p>The clinic, according to Joseph Zhang and Aika Watanabe, helped him realized how he can control his reaction to things<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was amazed at how my facial expression could control my strength and stability. I was excited and surprised to learn that my best color contributes to my best performance; with stronger pull, better breathing, and more relaxation,\u201d Zhang said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think FSEM was an amazing and a very important experience that I had. I\u2019ve never thought that color would affect our conditions, and I was very surprised when it did,\u201d Watanabe, the Tsunami Saipan vice captain, said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Yoshida was impressed with the responses of Tsunami Saipan swimmers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sense of everyone was so sharp. I can say their sense is sharper than same age Japanese swimmers. Saipan swimmer\u2019s reaction was so pure, natural and honest.  FSEM will be useful for Saipan swimmers. It is one of the opportunities to talk with your body,\u201d said Yoshida, who is among the top FSEM researches in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Tsunami Saipan coach Hiro Kimura was also present at the clinic and thanked the visiting Japanese for sharing their knowledge to the swimmers. Kimura also thanked  Tasi Tours,  Kinpachi Restaurant,  and PIC Saipan for hosting them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swimming Center Tsunami Saipan members attended a sports science clinic conducted by a former coach&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":293587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-293569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-tsunami-saipan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}