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Sherwood Masters Swim

Sherwood Pool 518 Forrest Park Ct NW, Huntsville, AL, United States

Our Sherwood Sharks parents will take to the pool Monday, Wednesday, and Friday throughout the summer.  We're looking forward to splashing around and getting some exercise again this season, and we expect another great showing during the parent swims at the Rocket City Swim League's Championship Meet! The schedule is 03:00 PM - 4:00 PM...

Stroke Clinic: Starts, Turns and Finishes

Sherwood Pool 518 Forrest Park Ct NW, Huntsville, AL, United States

Come join us for work on some of the most important parts of summer races: starts, turns, and finishes.  For Cookiecutter, Lemon, and Leopard Sharks, we will work starts and finishes, and for Hammerhead, Tiger, Great White, and Mako Sharks, we will work starts and turns. Click here to sign up for the starts, turns,...

Time Trials

Sherwood Pool 518 Forrest Park Ct NW, Huntsville, AL, United States

This is an opportunity for all of our swimmers to establish a time that coaches will use to determine who swims for points during upcoming meets.  It's also a chance for swimmers to try competing in each of the four strokes, and coaches can see which strokes each swimmer is capable of swimming legally. Click...

Polar Bear Plunge

Monte Sano Private Drive, SE, Huntsville, AL, United States

The 2023 Stoddard Polar Bear Plunge Invitational is a sanctioned RCSL meet open to all RCSL swimmers.  Each swimmer selects the events he/she wants to swim.  This is a great opportunity for swimmers to participate in events of their choosing, and there are 100 m distances for each stroke, including a 100 m Individual Medley...

Stroke Clinic: Breaststroke

Sherwood Pool 518 Forrest Park Ct NW, Huntsville, AL, United States

Breaststroke is the oldest of the swimming strokes.  It is also the hardest stroke to learn, but it's this coach's favorite! For Cookiecutter and Lemon sharks, we will introduce the breaststroke kick (frog kick) and breaststroke arms. For Leopard and Hammerhead sharks, we will work on the sequence and timing of the stroke, and we...

SHER vs BYRD

Byrd Spring 7620 Logan Drive, Huntsville, AL, United States

Parents and swimmers, our pool lights have not come in yet, and Byrd Springs is not willing to start the meet earlier than 6:00 PM, so we will be swimming our first meet at their pool.  Let's show up ready to swim!  I'm excited for all of our swimmers to compete in the pool and...

Stingrays Saltwater Invitational

Mountain Springs 905 Kennamer Dr SE, Huntsville, AL, United States

The 2023 Stingrays Invitational is a sanctioned RCSL meet open to all RCSL swimmers.  Each swimmer selects the events he/she wants to swim.  This is a great opportunity for swimmers to participate in events of their choosing, and there are 100 yard distances for each stroke, including a 100 yard Individual Medley event where a...

Stroke Clinic: Butterfly

Sherwood Pool 518 Forrest Park Ct NW, Huntsville, AL, United States

Butterfly is the second hardest stroke to learn how to swim, just behind breaststroke.  It's by far the most physically demanding, so learning to swim an efficient butterfly is essential to success with the stroke!  Cookiecutter and Lemon sharks will work on "dolphin" kick and get introduced to the butterfly arm motion.  Leopard, Hammerhead, Tiger,...

Stroke Clinic: Backstroke

Sherwood Pool 518 Forrest Park Ct NW, Huntsville, AL, United States

Swimmers will learn "Hips up, head back!" and "Thumb out, Pinky in!" in addition to drills that promote good backstroke posture and motion.  We will also cover underwater dolphin kick on your back, and the backstroke flip turn for our 9 and older swimmers.

SHER @ VHCC

Valley Hill 8300 Valley Hill Dr SE, Huntsville, AL, United States

Warmups for Sherwood are from 6:00 PM to 6:20 PM. Valley Hills Country Club is hosting us for our second meet of the season!  We're going to be NINJA SHARKS for this meet!  Caroline Wathen is making ninja headbands for our swimmers.  Valley Hills has a newly renovated pool, and from what I remember, some...