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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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.
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...
Sharks, it's time for our 2nd annual Swim-A-Thon! Last year, our swimmers had a blast, and put on an incredible show swimming lap after lap. This year will be another great one. A few highlights for this year's Swim-A-Thon: Sherwood Swim Team is now a 501c3 charity, and all pledges are tax deductible. We will...
Our third meet of the season will be at the Redstone Arsenal Aquatic Center off of Aerobee Lane. For this meet, the theme is PATRIOTIC! Sport your best red, white, and blue for this meet, and let's have a great time swimming against the Redstone Arsenal Launchers. HEAT SHEET Parents, we need you! Please sign...
Our much anticipated Sherwood Sharks Invitational is just around the corner! Sherwood will host RCSL teams from all around the area on June 25th for a fun day of swimming and competition! We will have doughnuts and baked goods for sale, along with concessions. Parents, don't forget your suits too, this is the meet where...