{"id":333350,"date":"2018-10-17T04:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=333350"},"modified":"2018-10-22T09:41:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T16:41:28","slug":"special-sets-presented-by-vasa-early-season-sets-for-11-12-year-olds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/special-sets-presented-by-vasa-early-season-sets-for-11-12-year-olds\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Sets Presented by VASA: Early Season Sets for 11-12 Year Olds"},"content":{"rendered":"

With summer over and school back in session, committed year-round\u00a0swimmers are entering a new phase of their aquatic education. Just as teachers\u00a0incorporate some review into the new school year, so do age group coaches as they\u00a0prepare their charges for improvement that will come from physical maturation and\u00a0another year of training.<\/p>\n

Mission Viejo\u2019s Sarah Dawson<\/strong>, the 11-12 division director for the\u00a0Nadadores, shares what she does to prepare her athletes for the season ahead:\u00a0\u201cFor the first six weeks of the season, starting in September, the entire\u00a0Mission Viejo Nadadores team\u2014from novice to national\u2014works on the\u00a0fundamentals of each stroke,\u201d says Dawson. \u201cReview starts with long axis and\u00a0moves onto the short-axis strokes, all the while maintaining focus on building the\u00a0vessel (analogy of a boat and its buoyancy) and its efficiency in cutting through the\u00a0water. We also focus on building the speed of the \u2018fifth stroke,\u2019 the underwater\u00a0dolphin kick, within that first six weeks,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

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Sarah Dawson – Photo Courtesy: Mission Viejo Nadadores<\/p><\/div>\n
Special Sets Sponsored by VASA
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