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Colette Crabbe and assistant Rick Howell at the Clark County YMCA. — Oregon Masters Swimming, along with USMS, sponsored two stroke development clinics which were held on consecutive weekends at the beginning of January. The events took place at the Clark County YMCA in Vancouver and were hosted by Colette Crabbe, an Olympian and the current OMS Fitness Chair. Stroke development clinics are for […]

Stroke Development Clinics

January 31, 2023 in Aqua Master Online / Backstroke / Breaststroke / Breathing / Butterfly / Clinics / Coaching / Freestyle / Kick / Training by Arlene Delmage

Level 3 Coach Certification, Clinic Course for Coaches, Stroke Development Clinic, and Adult Learn-to-Swim Oregon Masters Swimming will be hosting several educational clinics in Hood River, Oregon, the weekend of October 29-30, 2022. United States Masters Swimming Level 3 Coach Certification, Clinic Course for Coaches, Stroke Development Clinic, and Adult […]

USMS Clinics at Hood River

October 23, 2022 in Announcements / Aqua Master Online / Clinics / Coaching / Events / Training by Aqua Master Editor

Kevin Cleary — In my years of coaching and training, I’ve come to believe that, in our sport, drilling is one of the most misunderstood concepts. Ask anyone why they should do drills, and they’ll probably tell you that they help make your stroke better. That is correct…when a drill is both appropriate […]

The Purpose of Drilling

October 20, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Coach's Chair / Coaching by Kevin Cleary

Kevin Cleary — Breaststroke is a funny stroke. To some, it comes naturally. Others struggle with it. Once learned, however, one of the biggest misconceptions is that breaststroke is easy. I can’t count how many times I’ve told squads that a practice will be breaststroke oriented, and everyone either breathes a sigh of […]

Breaststroke Hacks!

September 17, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Breaststroke / Coaching by Kevin Cleary

Kevin Cleary — In the world of club swimming in Oregon, we just wrapped up another long course season. Many teams and athletes take the next few weeks off, to rest and prepare for both the new school year and upcoming short course season. As a coach, I like to reflect on what […]

Trust the Process

August 26, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Coach's Chair / Coaching by Kevin Cleary

Kevin Cleary — Throughout our lives, from grade school through high school, regardless of the sport you played or activity you took part in, you no doubt heard from your teachers or coaches about the importance of attitude. More often than not, you certainly heard classmates or teammates being called out for having […]

Rotten Eggs and Rubber Balls

July 23, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Coaching / Fitness / Motivation by Kevin Cleary

Joe Oakes — In 1953, a year after I graduated from high school, my Aunt Mercedes Barbarosa gave me two books as late graduation presents, something that I could carry with me as I left for military service in Korea. The first was a copy of her beautifully illustrated book, The Living Goya. […]

Yoga and Swimming

July 23, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Breathing / Coaching / Fitness / Motivation by Joe Oakes

Kevin Cleary — Over these past few months, I have been studying and contemplating an issue that plagues just about everyone, especially as we age: the dreaded demon known as back pain! Given that so many adults participate in Masters swimming as a means of achieving and/or maintaining good health, this is something […]

Posture, Posture, Posture

June 13, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Coach's Chair / Coaching by Kevin Cleary

Kevin Cleary — The title of this article is a spin on a classic phrase that means: “It is the small, individual parts of a task that may cause most problems and difficulties.” In this article, we’re going to look at it from a more positive perspective, one that can have profound effects […]

The Devil Is In The Details

April 28, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Coach's Chair / Coaching / Kick by Kevin Cleary