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Sunkist Mission
Developing champions
in life through excellence in swimming.
Philosphy
Sunkist Swim Team and its coaches
subscribe to a philosophy of teaching and training that provides
for maximum long-term performances for its swimmers both in and out
of the pool. Sunkist’s philosophy revolves around the
concept that children be placed in an environment that is best
suited for them to learn and retain knowledge that can be used in
the future. We believe that there are no good or bad
swimmers, but rather many children who are at different levels of
development. We hope to provide a successful developmental
experience for all who enter our program. Sunkist is divided into five (5) different
groups based on a variety of factors that include age, ability,
maturity, performance and attitude.
The center of Sunkist’s
coaching philosophy resides with the building of an aerobic base
for each swimmer. Children who begin at a very young age are
taught proper stroke technique and drills. The retention of
these techniques is key throughout each and every group in the
Sunkist program. At the same time, an aerobic base is built
for each individual through the types of training and
"sets" each group performs in daily practices.
Leadership and accountability are
two essential "life skills" Sunkist strives to develop in its
athletes. As swimmers progress through the programs they will
be given more and more responsibility for their swims and
performance. Swimmers
learn self-discipline, time managment, sportsmanship and goal
setting - important lessons that prepare them for life as well as
swimming.
What To Look For In Youth
Sports
When choosing a sport for their
child, parents will sift through the wealth of available
choices to find those that provide the greatest benefits. How can
you evaluate what your child’s needs are as they’re
growing? Here are some hints:
1. The most important of all is
aerobic fitness for increased work capacity and a slower heart
rate.
2. Children also need to safely build strength for the ability to
easily meet all of life’s physical challenges.
3. Flexibility for easy movement of all the major joints and limbs.
Children are born with natural suppleness but begin to lose it in
adolescence.
4. Sports should teach coordination, the basis for skillful,
graceful movement.
5. Through sports, children should begin to develop an appreciation
for a healthy lifestyle.
6. The most important key to a child’s having good
experiences in youth sports is the qualifications and experience of
the coach.
Why Is Swimming A
Winner?
With all the sports and activities
that children have to choose from today, why select
swimming?
First of all, the USS age group
swimming program is America’s largest program of guided
fitness activity for children. Age group swimming builds a strong
foundation for a lifetime of good health by teaching healthy
fitness habits.
Secondly, many pediatricians
recommend swimming as the VERY BEST developmental activity for
children. Why do doctors like it so much?
- Swimming develops high quality
aerobic endurance; the most important key to physical fitness. In
other sports, an hour of practice may yield as little as 10 minutes
of meaningful exercise. Age group swimming teams use every precious
minute of practice time developing fitness and teaching
skills.
- Swimming does a better job in
proportional muscular development by using all the body’s
major muscle groups. No other sport does this as well.
- Swimming enhances
children’s natural flexibility (at a time when they
ordinarily begin to lose it) by exercising all their major joints
through a full range of motion.
- Swimming helps develop superior
coordination because it requires combinations of complex movements
of all parts of the body, enhancing harmonious muscle function,
grace and fluidity of movement.
- Swimming is the most injury free
of all children’s sports.
- Swimming is a sport that will
bring children fitness and enjoyment for life. Participants in
Master’s Swimming programs are still training and racing well
into their 80’s.
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