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,...
Our first dive meet of the season is a double dual with Whitesburg and Blossomwood. We've got a lot of new and returning divers this season are excited to kick it off at Whitesburg pool! Parents, we need you! Click here to volunteer at the meet.
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...
Sherwood Sharks, we've got a great shop this year with the 2023 Shark shirt, and some other great gear! There's a hoodie, t-shirt, muscle shirt, water bottles, and more. Click here to check it out!
Welcome to our last dual meet of the season! This meet's theme is Hawaiian. We'll be swimming at Chapman's pool since our lights still haven't come in. Our team will be handing out leis for the meet, and we're ready to lay down some great times in the pool on Wednesday night! Swimmers, this meet...
We're excited to hold the City Dive Meet at the same location as the swim meet this year! See the schedule of events below, including Thursday practice and competition times as well as Friday competition times. All of our divers have had a great summer season, and for those honored with a chance to compete...