All About Competitive Swimming

[swimironkids]

sugarpie2honey:

Swimironkids-


Thanks for all your advice. If I wanted to find a coach to just give me an opinion first before joining a club, is it likely a coach from one of these clubs would entertain my request? Sort of a trial session to see if they think my girl has the talent and potential? Would Swimfast do something like that?
Some online search turned up ACE Swim Club on MacPherson Rd and Atlantis Aquanauts in Aljunied. Hv u heard anything abt them? Still believe joining club is best way to go? If my daughter can do competitive swimming, we'd want to be serious abt it so she could get school to approve her outside sport as her CCA ...with hopes this could help with DSA to secondary school.

Thanks for your help and sorry for my late reply. Lately concentrating my attn on my daughter's study time in preparation for SA1.

Hi Sugarpie2honey,
If you r serious about it any club would be glad to assess your daughter & provide their opinion.
Most important is whether your daughter has the interest or not cos its really hard work & sacrifices
No I do not have much info on these 2 clubs you mention so its best not to give my comment
Yes joining a club is the best way to go imo to get serious in to competitive swimming and I know swimfast do provide trial to assess your daughter and Im sure they have the right class for her
ACS are good at swimming so maybe can also get in using swimming + academic if she is good in it :rahrah:
Dun stress your daughter ya.....as parent we redi stress out liao
All the best ya :xedfingers:

[sugarpie2honey]

Swimironkids,


Thanks so much for all your advice. Will have a trial at a club and see if there is talent and interest on the part of my daughter.

[swimironkids]

This Thursday 9-12 August 2012, 8th Singapore National Swimming Championship held at Spore Sports School

Gentlemen let the show begins "…

[IMIM]

By the way where’s our wonder boys!

[swimironkids]

IMIM:

By the way where's our wonder boys!

Joseph Schooling and Zen Wen are back to Singapore liao...they are in the pool this morning at 530am at Swimfast Aquatic Club at Barker Road under the good hands of head coach of Swimfast David Lim.
I guess preparation starts now for the next Oly 2016...as I read from the ST, they will be competing this week at SSS

[swimironkids]

Check out todays Straits Times under Sports - 16th Aug 2012

Darren Lim age 13 fastest boy in town!
His sister Shana Lim is the 50m backstrokes national record holder

[Swimtutor]

That is amazing. Keep up the good work.

[Wolfgirl]

How good is good?


Can anyone post some good timings for local 6 yo girls for front crawl and breaststroke?

Or provide links to local swim times for young kids?

People who have seen my girl swim say she is good.

I only have some US and Canadian timings for comparisons.
(Over there, their 6 yo girls are doing 22-24s for 30m frontcrawl, while my girl is doing 29s)

My girl started at a public pool since 3.5 yo and her coach advised me to send her for competitive swimming at clubs… so I enrolled her in APS.
However, APS assesses her and places her in Learn To Swim program as she needs to improve her backcrawl and learn butterly.

I do some stamina training for her on a week day (covering only 800m-1km) and she has 2 stroke training sessions on weekends.

Any suggestion on how I can help her while she progresses with her strokes?

[IMIM]

swimironkids:

Check out todays Straits Times under Sports - 16th Aug 2012

Darren Lim age 13 fastest boy in town!
His sister Shana Lim is the 50m backstrokes national record holder

Wow, where do these duo trains?

[swimironkids]

IMIM:

swimironkids:

Check out todays Straits Times under Sports - 16th Aug 2012

Darren Lim age 13 fastest boy in town!
His sister Shana Lim is the 50m backstrokes national record holder

Wow, where do these duo trains?

They both trained at Singapore top elite club :Swimfast aquatic club (SAC)
You want to join...hehe..nah joking only!