Orinda Aquatics

Putting Character First

Contact Us Schedules

Year Round Registration & Try-Out

Fall Swimming 2020 - TBD

Orinda Aquatics 25th Anniversary and Season Recap

COVID-19 Downtime

Update on Return to the Pool

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Orinda Aquatics is continuing to operate under the "camp" format and currently limited to two swimmers per lane. As such, we have not had the capacity to run a Fall or High School program, and have been very limited in our ability to accept new members.

If you are interested in joining the year-round team, please submit a Try-Out form. As mentioned, we are at captaicty but contuing to reevaluate.

For those participating in the Camps, please read and understand the following:

Camp Schedule - August

Senior 4/College: 3:30-5:10
Senior 2/3: 5:20-6:50 (note variations in schedule sent out)
Junior all: 7:00-8:30

Zoom Meetings

Senior (all) Meeting - Saturday 11:00 - standing meeting
Guest Speaker - Saturday 10:30 - TBD
Junior Meeting - Every other Tuesday 4:30 - standing meeting
Reece Whitley - Cal standout talks about leadership and race
Kelly Noah - OA Alum on Nutrition - Saturday June 13, 10:00 - look for link and handouts
Captains Meeting on transitioning into high school

Masters Swimming:

The Masters group is also entering the November (5-week) camp. Please reach out to Janet Brady or Dom Patterson with questions. The Soda Center is offering lap swim on a sign-up basis.

Fall Swimming:

There will be no Fall Swimming Program this year due to capacity.

Thank you for your interest in Orinda Aquatics.

Below you will find member information as well a recap of engagement during "shelter-in-place"

Current Members:

Re-Entry Letter

For current Orinda Aquatics Members, the staff has been active in supporting our athletes from a physical, educational, and motivational perspective. This has included weekly newsletters, regular Zoom meetings, feedback forms, extensive dry land resources, college support, and inspiring speakers. See links below for saved information. Please reach out to a coach with any questions. Thank you all very much for you patience and support.

Coach Letter to Team

Dryland - Senior

Circuits
Link to Videos

Dryland - Junior

Senior Feedback (Google Docs)

General
CTP (Conquer the Pool) #1
CTP #2
CTP #3
Interesting/Funny

Captain's Presentations via Zoom (see replay)

Maddie Smith - Post warm-ups set to transform your career
Margaux McDonald - IM training and personal discipline
Tay Thomas - putting the team (and others) first
Ryan Lenahan - maintaining focus with stroke change
Vincent Castillo - being a role model and supporting the team
Zach Le-Nguyen - meet/race preparation and under water development
Aidan Vollmar - working through injury and being a late bloomer
Isaac Kim - detail stroke development for long-term results
Maggie Buckley/Vincent Castillo - High School transition for 8th graders

College Meetings (Zoom) - also on replay

Recruiting/Prep - Don & Ron
Academic Prep - Liz LaPorte

Guest/Alumni Presentations

Steven Stumph - OA grad; National High School and Junior National Record Holder
Brandon Fischer - Inspirational stroy of persistence/Olympic hopeful
Brooke Woodward - OA grad/Inspirational Award Winner, Emory National Team Championship
Jill Jones - OA grad/Inspirational Award Winner, Cal Poly two-year Team Captain
Kelly Noah - OA grad/University of Washington Master's in Nutrition and Health
Reece Whitley - Cal standout

Junior/Senior Group Meeting Handouts

Deliberate Practice
Mental Training
A "Complaint Free World"
Self-Perception
Junior - Race prep

GoSwim Link

Motivational Videos

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