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Piglets.…First Strokes Toward Swim
Team
Many young children
who love being in the water and are in the early stages of swimming
may not yet be ready to swim for the team. To prepare young
swimmers for swim team, Springbrook offers a program called
“Piglets” for youngsters who have had some experience
in the water and can swim close to a pool width, and who aspire to
swim for the team. Coaches and assistants will be in the water with
the children to help quickly develop the child into a safe and
capable swimmer. The children will receive lots of encouragement
and support. The goal of this program is to graduate young swimmers
to the regular swim team. The Piglets are considered part of the
swim team in every respect, except they do not participate in
meets. Therefore, the parents do not have to sign up to work at
swim meets, unless they have a child on the swim team already. A
pre-season “try-out” to evaluate the swimming ability
of Piglets will be held to help determine the appropriate level of
instruction for each child. Springbrook’s team
development coordinator, Kim Graham, is in charge of this
year’s Piglet program. The head Piglet coach is Haley
Strausser. For more information, contact Dawn Lynn Lanier at
dllanier@comcast.net.
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