Swimming as a Team AND Achieving Individual Goals

How Being Part of the Team Can Help You Achieve Your Own Swimming Goals

On the surface, swimming seems like an individual sport: One swimmer, one lane. Everyone swims their own race using their own tactics and their own strategies.

But it is an individual sport wrapped inside a team environment.

You train in a team. You all dress in team gear. You work with the same coach. You all train at the same pool.

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Developing a Successful Age Group Swimming Program

Starting a club program and making it successful is a tough job. There are many issues to be considered and many obstacles to overcome. In general these can be classified into the following categories:

• Athletes
• Facilities
• Competition
• Budget
• Club Environment / club committee / club politics / club parents
• Support (employed assistants and volunteers

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Creating a Winning Club Culture

Excellence, Environment, Everything, Everyday, Everybody

Every swimming team has a unique culture.

Some teams have a culture of fun, enjoyment, family and friends. Some teams have a culture of hard work, discipline, dedication and training. Some teams are based at schools, colleges and Universities and their culture is a reflection of the culture of the institution.
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