Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Kick Start Clinic

2012 Summer League "Kick Start" Swim Clinic
For Summer League swimmers ages 9-14.
This will be the second year of the RICE “Kick Start” Clinic. The clinic is designed to help “Kick Start” the summer league swimmer in a positive direction for their swim season. The focus of the clinic will be on proper technique and stroke development while learning in a fun atmosphere withRICEs USA and ASCA (American Swimming Association) certified coaches. Coach May will be leading the clinic and has over 20 years coaching experience with learn to swim swimmers through Olympic trials qualifiers. We will utilize years of training and experience to give all clinic attendees the “Kick Start”  they need for their summer swim season. This clinic is for swimmers 9 - 14 years of age who can swim an efficient Freestyle and Backstroke and have working knowledge of Butterfly or Breastroke.
Cost: $100 per swimmer
Dates: Every Tuesday and Thursday 6:15-7:15 in April (3,5,10,12,17,19, 24 ,26)

Location: The Gibbs Recreation Center’s 50 meter outdoor pool.

The RICE Aquatics “Kick Start” Clinic is designed to give the local Summer League non-USA swimmer a head start on his/her summer swim season. The clinic will cover all aspects of each stroke from Body Position and Stroke Technique to Turns. The clinic is four weeks with two one hour and fifteen practices per week. All swimmers will also receive a clinic t-shirt and latex cap.

How to Sign Up:
Email Coach Jason the following information no later than April 2nd: 

Swimmer’s Full Name: First, Middle and Last 
Swimmer’s DOB: (Clinic is for Swimmers 9-14)
Summer League Swim Team and years participated
T Shirt Size: YM - AXL
Payment Type: Cash or Check (payable to RICE Aquatics) on first day of clinic

You will receive instructions for the first clinic day, parking information, and forms to fill out for the first camp day via email no more than 48 hours after your email. (coachjason@riceaquatics.com)

Clinic Agenda:


Week 1
April 3rd and 5th
  • Posture and Balance for Freestyle/Backstroke
  • Freestyle/Backstroke Kick and Pull Patterns 
  • Freestyle/Backstroke Turns 

Week 2
April 10th and 12th
  • Breastroke and Butterfly Posture, Balance.
  • Breastroke and Butterfly Kick, Pull Pattern and Rhythm/Timing
  • Breastroke and Butterfly Turns and Under Waters

Week 3
April 17th and 18th
  • Drills and Skills for all 4 strokes
  • Emphasis on being efficient in the water
  • Introduction of IM Transitions

Week 4
April 24th and 26th
  • Continued Timing and Rhythm emphasis for all 4 strokes
  • Race Skills and Strategies
  • Starts and Turns for all 4 strokes and clinic wrap up.

*The practice agenda is an outline of planned topics, these may change due to the swimmer progression during the clinic. *



Monday, March 19, 2012

Welcome Back Age Groupers.

Parents and Swimmers - I wanted to welcome everyone back from spring break and the end of our SC season. Practices are back to normal schedule starting today. There are some thunderstorms predicted for the area the next few days so make sure to keep an eye on the radar prior to practice. A couple things comign up and out this week:
  • April Jump Start Clinic - For Summer League only swimmers 9-14 to come and fine tune skills prior to the start of their season. We will have a PDF flyer go out tomorrow am and would love for our RICE families to spread the word in the community. 
  • End of SC(Shortcourse) Wrap Up Newsletter - We will have our wrap up newsletter for the SC go out on Wednesday. Included in this will be:
    • Gulf Champs - TAGS meet recaps.
    • GULF Top 10 report.
    • IMX Swimmers for RICE.
    • Upcoming LC Schedule.
    • Summer League and USA Swimming info thoughts from coaches.
    • Info on volunteering for our June Jr meet we host at RICE.
    • Tentative Summer Session practice times, start date and fees.
    • More info RICE related.
  • Open Water Meet Info for April and Volunteer list. 
The LC meet schedule can currently be found on our website as a drop down menu under the news section or on www.gulfswimming.org

See you at the pool,
Coach Jason