Backstroke Development Clinic (Jan 25)

Hello TEAM,

On Saturday January 25th at 8am at the Shaw Center, LASERS hosted our first, (hopefully of many), development clinics. Coach Jill and Coach Chris worked with 14 (JAG) athletes and ran through some Backstroke fundamentals. We focused on technique, specifically proper body position, the proper pull pattern and worked hard at locking the head into a neutral position while keeping hips high - we tried balancing cups of water on our foreheads and swimming 25m with good form - it was fun to see, and the group executed better than we anticipated - GREAT work TEAM! We finished with some instruction on proper backstroke starts and did some full 25s from a start and added a finish. It was a positive and productive morning and on top of the stroke development, it allowed for Coach Chris to meet many of the younger, up and coming, athletes in the LASERS program.

Overall the coaching staff is happy with how our first clinic ran and we hope everyone enjoyed taking part (as well as parents watching from the stands). Hopefully we all learned something new or at least were able to make some small improvement on our Backstroke. LASERS hope to run a few more of these clinics throughout the season with a focus on strokes and skills.

Below are a few pictures from our 90min clinic. If you have any questions or concerns, or simply have some feedback for us, please reach out to Coach Ryan or Coach Chris. Have a great day and see you 'BACK' at the pool tomorrow (see what I did there?!?!). 

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