Dear Swim Team Families,

Thank you for a great week of practice; I truly appreciate all of you who were able to make it out. I know that as the end of the school year approaches and activities wind down, schedules can become quite hectic, and I am grateful for your dedication and effort to show up when you can.

The team is coming along nicely, and our current focus is entirely on technique. We are working on refining freestyle and backstroke, ensuring that every correction is firmly in place before we shift our focus to speed. Perfect technique is critical; without it, speed simply will not improve. My coaching philosophy remains that everyone matters, and my goal is to ensure every athlete develops the strong foundation they need.

Regarding training, you may notice some temporary adjustments to our lane assignments. If you see a 10U swimmer moved to an 8U lane, or an 11/12 swimmer move up to a 14U lane, please know this is based on current skill sets and ability levels rather than age. We are grouping swimmers this way to ensure everyone receives an equivalent and effective workout. I ask for your patience and understanding as we do our best to help each swimmer gain both confidence and speed. Next month, we will move swimmers back into their standard age groups to begin our specific focus on relays.

Please be advised that we have a scheduling conflict with our previously planned Time Trials on May 17th. We will not be holding them that day; instead, we are looking to move these to a weekday practice to ensure we can gather updated times for all swimmers. If your child is a club swimmer, please send me their current Personal Best times so I can ensure our records in SwimTopia are accurate.

Finally, I would like to offer a quick note regarding our coaching staff and Graduate Assistants. The role of our GAs is to learn and assist in making stroke corrections. You will see me offering tips to our GAs, as my goal is to help them grow into the best coaches possible. Their job is to follow the direction of their lead coach, and each coach is specifically assigned to a group for each practice. We are working closely together to provide consistent, constructive feedback to every athlete.

Thank you for your ongoing dedication to this team. I am energized by the momentum we have built so far this year. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions or feedback.

Please remember to look at the calendar on your computer.  We are adding new clinics and private lesson opportunities daily.  https://dhgc.org/group/pages/calendar-aquatics

GO DOLPHINS!

Coach Beth