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Swim Clubs              

Andrews: Youth Swim Club                Fall 2018

Instructor: Jessica Larson, wilsonj@andrews.edu, #269-471-3257
Location: Andrews University Beaty Gym & Pool, 8522 East Campus Circle Drive, Berrien Springs, MI 49104
Ages 5-17 must be able to swim a whole Lap (2 lengths) using Front Crawl and Back Crawl or Level 4 ability equivalent
Begins Sept. 10- Nov. 26 (no class Oct 8)
Mondays, 5-6:30 PM

Additional registration at location is required. Click here to register. The code is 0651BP

Description:
The Youth Swim Club is designed to create a fun and non-competitive atmosphere where members improve speed and efficiency and build endurance for various swim strokes. Swimmers will work towards and achieve Awards for the following:
Front Crawl & Back Crawl
Bronze Award: Swim 6 laps in 10 minutes
Silver Award: Swim 8 laps in 10 minutes
Gold Award: Swim 10 laps in 10 minutes
Medley 200 (Fly, Back, Breast, Free)
Bronze Award: 4:30 min
Silver Award: 3:30 min
Gold Award: 2:30 min

Because this course is on campus, the university requires a parking sticker on your vehicle.  The fee last semester was $10.00 annually.  Stop by the Campus Safety office or register your vehicle online at https://www.andrews.edu/services/safety/parking/.
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Dolphins Swim Club:  BH/SJ YMCA                Fall 2018  
​**Days and times for classes may change, please contact the YMCA for days and times.**
Additional registration at location is required. Contact krumsey@ymcaswm.com. 
Discover the friendship, excitement and self-confidence that comes with swimming. The mission of the club is to teach and promote the YMCA’s core values of Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility. In accordance with the YMCA of the USA, all swimmers must be members of the YMCA they swim for during this session. (Youth and Teen memberships are available). Everyone NEW to the Dolphins, or who did NOT swim in the summer, will need to have an evaluation to be put into the proper training group. Youth, ages 5-8, must be able to swim one length (25 meters) of both freestyle (front crawl) and backstroke while youth ages 9-18 must be able to swim two lengths of the pool both freestyle and backstroke. More details can be found in the Dolphins Brochure.
​You must attend a minimum of 3 times a week, practice or a scheduled swim event. This class requires a self-payed YMCA membership.
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Junior DophinsSwim Club:  BH/SJ YMCA                              Fall 2018                                
 **Days and times for classes may change, please contact the YMCA for days and times.**
Additional registration at location is required.  Contact krumsey@ymcaswm.com.
Requirements: The ability to swim one length of the pool unassisted in Frontstroke and Backstroke.
Description: The Junior Dolphins Swim Class is designed for those swimmers who are wanting to learn the strokes and experience the practices of a swim team without having to go to meets and only having practice two days per week.This program is designed to teach all four strokes, starts, turns,and all the aspects of swimming you would learn on a swim team.
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Mariners Swim Club: Niles-Buchanan YMCA                              Fall 2018                                
**Days and times for classes may change, please contact the YMCA for days and times.**
Additional registration at location is required.  Contact krumsey@ymcaswm.com.​
Mariner’s Swim Team- YMCA’s involvement in swimming incorporates the character values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility into the swimmers daily training. Swimming is our vehicle for demonstrating those values of fitness, health, self-respect and respect for others. We are dedicated to a program full of happy, healthy and accomplished swimmers. We provide a healthy and age-appropriate program for swimmers from novice to national level. Swimmers have the opportunity to train and socialize under the guidance of qualified, caring and professional coaching staff and parents. To participate in swim club you must be able to swim the length of the pool without a flotation device or other aid practicing both the freestyle stoke and backstroke. The athletes are faced with new obstacles each day and sometimes pushed outside their comfort zone in order to qualify for state, zones or national cuts. You will be in the pool everyday Monday through Friday where there will be three different coaches on deck. Before attending practice, an evaluation is needed in order to place the swimmer in the correct training group. The team can be joined at any time during the year, and if unsure, a 2 week trial is available!
You must attend a minimum of 3 times a week, practice or a scheduled swim event. This class requires a self-payed YMCA membership. 
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Junior Mariners Swim Club: Niles-Buchanan YMCA                              Fall 2018                                
 **Days and times for classes may change, please contact the YMCA for days and times.**
Additional registration at location is required.  Contact krumsey@ymcaswm.com.
Ages 5-18
Requirements:
5-8 year olds- one length of the pool unassisted in Frontstroke and Backstroke.
9-18 year olds- two lengths of the pool unassisted in Frontstroke and Backstroke
Description: Geared for students who are interested in joining the Mariners Swim Club,but who are unable to meet the endurance requirements for practices. Lessons focus on further refinement of strokes and building endurance through repetition.  This 45 minute class meets twice a week.
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​South Shore Health and Racquet Club Swim Club:  Non-Competitive Swim Team - Stroke Clinic     Fall 2018
Meets twice a week, you choose one day  *** Please note: the partnership will cover ONE DAY per week for group swim or swim club *** 

Wednesdays 4:30 – 5:30 pm  Class begins September 12 - January 9   (no class Nov. 21 and Dec. 26)
or
Saturdays 1:00 – 2:00 pm  Class begins  September 15 - January 12  (no class Nov. 24 and Dec.29)

Additional registration at location is required.  Call the Club at 429-2101 to register!

The objective of Stroke clinic (swim team) is to polish the four competitive swim strokes in a non-competitive environment.  Students will learn to swim with more efficiency, power and smoothness over greater distances. Students MUST be able to swim continuously for 50 yards of front and back crawl.
Syllabus:

1. Front and Back crawl 250 yards with appropriate turns
2. Breastroke 100 yards
3. Butterfly 25 yards
4. 500 yard endurance swim stroke of choice
5. Circle swimming
6. Using a pace clock
7. Demonstrate swimming etiquette in fitness swimming
8. Use and application of swimming “aids” Pull bouys, hand paddles fins.
9. Calculating target heart rate
10. Cooper 12 minute swim test compare results with pre-assessment 

Notre Dame- Irish Aquatics: South Bend                             Fall 2018
Contact Matt Dorsch to register #248-321-7845 or mdorsch@gmail.com 
Monday-Friday, 6:00-8:30 PM (depends on level)
Runs Sept. 4- March 31
The partnership will cover up to $400 per student per semester. The Partnership will cover instructional practice time only; not competition/meet fees, attire or time.   www.irishswimming.org
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​*Please note: it is important to make as informed a decision as possible when choosing your student's Community Resource classes. Most locations will allow a student to drop a class after one meeting, at no charge if it wasn't a good fit for the student, but not all. Some classes plan ahead based on the number that have signed up and have purchased materials, hired teachers, etc. and there might be a fee for class time or materials given to the student if the student drops after one or two meetings. The school cannot pay for classes that students do not complete, so choose wisely; if you do not take the class off of your student's schedule by the deadline, you may be asked to pay for the class time incurred prior to dropping the class.
 Teacher of Record: Sara Smothers