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March 2017 Spring 2017 Pre-competitive Program Information Excel Aquatics’ Pre-competitive program is a great way for children to learn the basics of competitive swimming with a group of peers without the commitment that comes with being on a competitive team. This is a multi-week program focused on teaching and refining all 4 swim strokes (Freestyle,…
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Welcome to the first edition of the monthly Belly Flop!  Excel Aquatics is thrilled to now offer a monthly newsletter outlining current events, scheduling information, and other swim related articles to our families in the Capital Region. A special thanks goes out to the students who are a part of the LaSalle Institute’s Advanced Marketing Program for…
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This past week, Excel accompanied The College of St. Roses’ swim team on their training trip down to sunny Puerto Rico. In between double practices each day, the coaches had the chance to go out to the ocean and train some open water swimming in the ocean. Past a couple of excursions each summer to…
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Happy New Year everyone! With Excel’s Tri Swim sessions beginning in about 2 weeks, we wanted to post at least one more practice to get everyone in the groove leading up to the first week of practice! WU-300 Fr (if you are comfortable with Backstroke, swim 100Fr/50Bk for the 300) Pre-set **For this set, the…
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As 2016 comes to a close, we wanted to send out one last swim practice to those triathletes who have helped make this past year awesome! Warmup 3×100 fr on rest 20 3×50 pull on rest 15 4×25 fr on rest 10 **Focus on swimming tall and relaxed Pre-set 4×50 on rest 15 descend 1-3,…
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As promised last week, here is another swim practice for all of our Triathlete Swimmers to help everyone stay in shape during the break! WU-200 Fr swim/100 pull/100 Fr swim 6×50 Kick/Swim by 25 (kick may be single or double arm lead) on rest :15 8×25 on rest :20 alternate odds easy, evens fast Primary…
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Over the past few days, Excel has been hard at work with our collegiate competitive swimmers who are home during winter break. That being, said, we have gotten some AWESOME feedback and encouragement with those practices from our triathlon swimmers. So, as a little holiday gift, here is a practice for our triathletes who want…
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Twice per year, namely at the end of August, and the end of December, Excel Aquatics takes a brief 3-4 week break in between sessions. Although we are not teaching lessons during this time, we always have a few families of beginner swimmers ask what they can do, if anything at all, to help their…
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Over the course of my swimming career, there were always times during the season that I wanted to take a break. The temptation was always there, year after, especially during the holidays. Particularly in college, when a swimmer is home during break, and there are LOTS of things to do, it is very easy to…
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Often times in swimming, children enter the competitive side of the sport EXTREMELY fast…..transitioning from a once per week lessons program of 30-45 minutes to a 2-3 day per week program of hour long practices can be a bit daunting and overwhelming for both children and their parents. This “rushed” experience many times will lead…
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