Swim Families,

During our first practice today, our 6 & unders were focused on water comfortability, freestyle kicking in/out of the water, blowing bubbles and breathing which will continue the rest of this week as we all become accustomed to each others skill sets in the water. Our 7-10 year olds started with a similar set up as the previous group, and then became more acclimated as we dove into some streamline drills, kicking, and freestyle 25's. Our 11 & up group immediately jumped into the water with a 5 minute swim and then started working on streamline drills with/without dolphin kicks, fast freestyle kicking, and eventually putting it together to swim freestyle. This may sound like a lot of mumble jumble, but long story short - everyone had a really great practice!

All age groups will slowly be separated into appropriate lanes based off skills and to make sure nobody is left behind. Please do not let anyone feel discouraged as we are all learning throughout this season!

A couple notes for tomorrow's practice and throughout the rest of the season:

- Please make sure your child brings a water bottle with them to practice, it is VERY hot in the SAC and hydration is important.

- Questions about suits/swim caps/parking passes: Angelia Nystrom or Ashley Beckett will be at practice with the magic box of answers! If you missed either of them today, be on the look out for them with the box in the lobby area of the SAC.

- Reminder: Tomorrow night (6/2/22) 7:00-8:00pm will be our first PM practice for those unable to make morning practices. The practice is welcome to all ages and will be similar to morning practices or specific skill focused.

Junior Coaches: THANK YOU!

Today would not have been as successful without the help of our junior coaches. We really appreciate the attentiveness throughout all age group practices. There is a google form link below, please have your Junior Coach fill out the form and we will create a GroupMe for the Junior Coaches & Coaches to be in so we can all be on the same page for attendance, practices, etc. If your Junior Coach does not have a phone, please let Coach Allie ([email protected]) know and we can figure out a way to keep them in the loop!

https://forms.gle/EZjRks4d7X5br7Bh6

Again, please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. Thank you for such a great first day and we will see you tomorrow morning!

USC Coaches