Saturday Morning Clinics
Come join Assistant Coach CJ on Saturday mornings for 7 specialized clinics. Each clinic will be focused on technique to prepare swimmers for the upcoming meets.
8:00 to 8:55 am : ALL AGES, no sign up needed
9:00 to 9:55 am : ALL AGES, no sign up needed
| Date | Skill | |
| May 10 | Blocks / Starts / Underwater |
The Starts clinic encompasses diving from the blocks as well as in-water backstroke starts. The starter will be present along with the buzzer for the most accurate representation of the conditions swimmers face at a meet. The underwater segment is focused on ensuring knowledge of the underwater aspect of swimming. The clinic will begin with breathing work and work towards technique and speed of underwater. |
| May 17 | Freestyle | Focus will be on breathing patterns and endurance. Several drills will be introduced/reviewed to solidify understanding of the freestyle technique. |
| May 24 | Back | Focusing on the fluidity and efficiency of the kick and pull of backstroke. For the older group(s) the stroke count and start will be reviewed. |
| May 31 | Starts / Underwater | The Starts clinic encompasses diving from the blocks as well as in-water backstroke starts. The starter will be present along with the buzzer for the most accurate representation of the conditions swimmers face at a meet. The underwater segment is focused on ensuring knowledge of the underwater aspect of swimming. The clinic will begin with breathing work and work towards technique and speed of underwater. |
| June 7 | Turns/Finishes |
The underwater segment is focused on ensuring knowledge of the underwater aspect of swimming. The clinic will begin with breathing work and work towards technique and speed of underwater. Older groups will focus on flip-turns for freestyle and backstroke. Informing Swimmers the strict two-hand touch rule on open turns seen with butterfly and breaststroke will include breaststroke pull-out work (underwaters that only breaststroke can legally use). |
| June 14 | Breaststroke | Will work on the importance of the breaststroke kick and head position. Breakstroke pull will be touched on with multiple drills. This will be a kick heavy clinic. |
| June 21 | Fly | Emphasis on head position, hip position/ leverage, and tempo. The end goal for this practice will be to have swimmers breathing every 2 strokes |
| June 28 | Swimmers Choice |
