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My Super Awesome Swim Coach ( And Other Reasons You Should Be On A Swim Team) My Swim Teams You have probobly heard of a few people that are on swim teams at Chapman. First, let me tell you there are 2 seasons: summer and winter. My summer team is the Dublin Pacific Dolphins.You should join it if you need a reason to get out of the house during the summer. ( One caution though- Swim teams are NOT swimming lessons) It is at the south pool in Dublin. My winter team is the Dublin Seadragons. This is for the people who are REALLY dedicated at swimming, and want to practice 4 days a week, for an hour and a half. they are both equally fun though!

My Swim Coach (s) I have 2 favorite swim coaches. One from seadragons, and one from Dolphins. My favorite seadragons coach is Coach Dave Kauffman. (His name sounds like Coffman the high school) He is really into hard workouts and stroke techniechs. He also likes to joke around, but he can be strict. In the past, he has coached an all girls swim team. He is also a 4th grade teacher.

My favorite dolphins swim coach is Victoria. We just call her Victoria. She is probobly the funnest coach I have ever seen. She ALWAYS knows the latest songs and jokes. She also likes challenging workouts. Victoria is in collage ( I think...) so sometimes she misses the first couple practices of the season.

Meets- winter Winter swim team meets go faster, and are more proffesional than summer meets. I am going to focus in at the Worthington pool meets. Swimmers have a room where they all sit together. No parents. I was a little nervous the first time, but we just talked and it was fun. When it is your turn to swim, you go to the bullpen. That is where you find out your heat and lane. When my mom swam, the bullpen was called the Clerk Of Courses. Then you head out to the blocks. This is what you do: 3 or more whistles: You get ready and focused. 1 long whistle: Step onto the blocks Take Your Mark: Bend down and grab the blocks with your hands. BEEP: GO!!!!!

Meets- Summer Summer meets are more about fun. You make a little "campsite" and sit with your friends. But, the meets are usally 5:00-8:00. There is also a bullpen. You do the same thing in the bullpen, but getting onto the blocks is different. Here are the steps: Swimmers step up: Step on the blocks Take your mark: Bend down and grab the blocks with your hands. BEEP: GO!!!

The Workouts Some workouts are hard, easy or fun. A hard workout would be 20+100`s freestyle on 2:15 se. An easy workout would be 5+50`s breaststroke on 50 sec. And a fun workout would be where we did dives and flip turns. But, before every practice we ALWAYS stretch to loosen our muscles.

Pictures Here are some pictures of a meet: