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The Essence of
Achievement
"The credit belongs to those people who are actually in the
arena . . . who know the great enthusiasms, the great devotions to
a worthy cause; who at best, know the triumph of high achievement;
and who, at worst, fail while daring greatly, so that their place
shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither
victory nor defeat."
Theodore
Roosevelt
The Basics:
Hickory Willow Swimming
Association is a year round competitive age group swimming team for
swimmers of age six through eighteen. The club swims out of
Amos Alonzo Stagg High School and competes in the South Suburban
Swimming Conference, where we have been one of the top teams for
over twenty years.
Our
Philosophy:
Our first goal is simply to have as
much fun as possible. When kids, well truthfully anyone, are
having fun there is an increase in enjoyment and commitment in what
is being done. "Swimming is fun" and we never let our
swimmers forget that.
Our second goal is to teach the swimmers the
proper techniques and most importantly the reason behind them
first. "You have to swim RIGHT, before you can swim
FAST!"
We try to teach our swimmers the power they have
with inside of them. That if they believe they can accomplish
something and are willing to do anything it takes to achieve it,
anything can be done. It’s amazing what people can
accomplish when they believe in themselves. We try to instill
this into all of our swimmers. To see an example of what
swimmers can do when they believe, take a look at our team
achievements.
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