The best thing about being on the swim team is all the nice coaches and teammates. My team, Gotta Swim, practices at the Community Pool in Poway. There are also a lot of ways to practice the different strokes – backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle. Sometimes we swim with only our arms, other times we just use our legs. Relay races are fun too. You can also swim those strokes in a meet. At a swim meet, you compete against other teams but mostly it is for helping you learn your stroke better and improve your time. Everyone gets a ribbon for trying! After all of that fun stuff you will be in shape and ready for more swimming!

You can swim year-round on Gotta Swim. If you can swim across one lap of the pool, you can be on the team. The ages of swimmers are usually from about 6 to 18 years old. If you want more information, call one of the following teams:

by Lindsay