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Greetings!
If this is your first Coaches newsletter, welcome! If you know a Pacific Masters coach that might not be receiving our email, feel free to forward this to them.
Our goal this year is to continue providing local opportunities for coach education, outreach and connection. If you have questions or concerns about Pacific Masters policy, please feel free to contact us (Stu - [email protected] or Mary - [email protected]) and we can help answer questions or direct you to someone who can.
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Free and Back Clinic, Albany, Feb 15 Pac Masters is launching the first in a series of stroke clinics we plan to hold in 2014. This particular clinic will be led by Coach Cokie Lepinski and Coach Stu Kahn and will cover the long-axis strokes of backstroke and freestyle. Click the clinic title to see the flyer for this event. The clinic will take place in Albany at the Albany Aquatic Center - 1311 Portland Ave. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Coaches and swimmers will have two hours in the classroom and then head to the pool deck where the coaches will work with swimmers to identify and correct stroke deficiencies. The clinic is free to Pac Masters coaches, with a $25 charge for swimmers. All coaches and swimmers must be USMS registered. For further information and to register coaches, contact Stu Kahn at [email protected]. --------------- Free and Back Clinic, Crescent City, March 2
The second instructional clinic of the year takes place in the far north region of the Pacific Masters LMSC. This clinic will be also be a short-axis stroke clinic and will be taught by DAM Coach Stu Kahn. Coaches and swimmers will have two hours in the classroom, a 30 minute lunch break and then 90 minutes in the pool.
Click the clinic title to see the flier for this event.
The clinic is free to Pacific Masters Coaches, with a $25 charge for swimmers. All coaches and swimmers must be USMS registered. For further information and to register coaches, c ontact Stu Kahn at [email protected].
--------------- 2014 Pacific Masters Swim Clinics
This next year, we are continuing our series of 4-hour instructional clinics which will be offered throughout various geographical regions of our LMSC. Six very successful clinics were offered in 2013 to over 150 swimmers and 30 coaches. There is no cost for the coaches to attend. Host teams can charge a nominal fee for swimmers and retain all proceeds.
Clinic offerings will be either long axis, short axis or starts/turns. Coaches will have two hours in the classroom and then head to the pool deck where they will work with swimmers to identify and correct stroke deficiencies.
The clinics will be lead by veteran coaches from Pacific Masters. If you'd like a clinic in your area and/or you're interested in being a presenting coach (Pacific Masters pays a stipend of $200), contact us at coaches@pacificmasters.org
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The USMS Coaches Committee exists to educate and support the coaches of masters teams. They have conference calls each month to help exchange ideas and work toward goals. One of which is to improve communication with all our coaches across the U.S. By sharing the minutes of the meetings, other coaches can gain some insights into the projects being working on and goals being worked toward. If you are interested, click here for the meeting minutes
--------------- Sincerely, Stu and Mary Kahn
Coaches Co-Chair
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