Are you ready to "Catch The Wave"?
The Panama City Swim Team is a year-round
competitive swimming program sanctioned through United States
Swimming (USS), the national governing body for competitive
swimming. The program has been in existence since 1954, first as
the Panama City Swim Club, and later as the Panama City Swim Team
(PCST).
PCST offers competitive swimming to anyone at least
4 years old who is able to swim 25 yards in any stroke without
holding on to the wall. PCST is a not for profit, parent run
organization, that was founded with the mission of building and
promoting youth swimming in Bay County, FL. Although our ultimate
goal is to offer a comprehensive training environment for
competitive swimming, we would like to emphasize that there are
different age & performance groups for kids and young adults.
From a developmental point of view we can say that the sooner the
swimmers start enjoying the fun in the water and learning the right
movements the more they can benefit from the ongoing - year round
in-door training & activities we offer. Feel free to come visit
us for a practice session and discover for yourself what it is to
be a Tsunami.
The Head Coach of the program is Jonathan Kaplan
who has been in competitive swimming for over 20 years. Coach
Kaplan is a certified competitive swimming coach with a "Level 4"
certification from the American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA).
There are three things analyzed in the Certification process. They
are: Education, Experience and Achievement. Level 4 is the top 5-8%
of coaches in the US. Coach Kaplan has a diverse staff of assistant
coaches to provide for the needs of the swimmers at each stage of
their development. The parents of our swimmers provide support for
the program from organizing and conducting all local competitions,
providing team incentive programs, socials and fundraising efforts
to supporting coaches’ travel to meets, as well as purchasing
any specific equipment needs that may arise. Because we are a
parent run organization we strongly encourage parent participation
and communication is encouraged and always welcome.
In the event you do decide to CATCH THE WAVE we hope you and your swimmer will
have as many successful experiences as possible and that
competitive swimming becomes a source of fond memories for your
child.
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