Hello everyone,

I'm sorry I didn't send this email out yesterday, I am still adjusting to the website. For those of you I haven't met yet my name is Liam and it is a pleasure to be working with your kids this swim season. Yesterday was kind of a temperature check for me to gauge the proficiency and conditioning of the team, so if your kids came home and said practice was too hard or too easy I am making adjustments as I go along. I know in previous years the coaches sometimes had the swimmers run during practice, and if we decide that we want to continue with that I will send out a message asking for the swimmers to arrive with running shoes. Until then we will be in the water or doing dry land on the pool deck. 

We are also going to start offering optional stroke clinics on Saturday mornings from 10:30-11:30am. These will be two back to back 30 minute stroke clinics where a coach (usually just one) will be available to work with swimmers on an ad hoc basis on his or her technique. These clinics will allow more one on one work than we can always provide in a regular practice. The price will be ten dollars a swimmer for one 30 minute session. Again, these are totally optional.

If any of you have any questions, concerns, or comments I encourage you to reach out to me. I am looking forward to a great season!

Liam Knippenberg