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Allison Beebe

The FAST Falcons had another great Swimmer Mindset Seminar this morning! Coach Troy met with the 6th- 9th grade boys while Coach Gemma met with the 6th-9th grade girls. Thank you to everyone who participated!

Allison Beebe

We had a few FAST Falcons participate in the 2023 Florida LSC Select Camp this past weekend. Athletes were selected from the competition year of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022 and were part of Florida's 2022 Zone travel teams, had a ranked National Top 10 time, a Swimmer of the Year, or placed in the Florida Swimming top 5 in an age group competition event from the season. Swimmers were able to learn from Olympic Gold Medalist Ryan Lochte and his father who was Ryan's coach as an...

Allison Beebe

The FAST pool deck was buzzing with hard working swimmers during the 2022 Winter Holiday Break! FAST hosted the #1 18 & under club team in the country, SwimMAC, for a six day training camp. We were also fortunate to visit with the American Swim Coaches' Association technique expert, Russell Mark, who spent time educating swimmers and coaches on the lastest technical trends at the elite level. We were fortuante to have several coaches on our pool deck who have coached Olympic and World Championship gold medalists. We can't wait...

Allison Beebe

Hello FAST Falcons Families: We recently published our Winter Practice Schedule, which will cover our groups from January 4th- March 19th (the end of Spring Break). Most groups will not see a change, although we have a few tweaks. Please note: The National group is now called Senior 2. Morning practices will be on Monday and Thursdays. The Junior National group is now called Junior 2. We will officially split the White Falcons groups. The 13 and over White Falcons will now be called Junior 1. Your practice will begin...

Allison Beebe

On Friday, December 16th, many of our 6th-9th grade girls in the Junior, Senior 1, Senior 2, and White groups had a fantastic Swimmer Mindset Seminar with Coach Gemma. Swimmers learned about confidence, positive talk, and more! They also created vision boards to help them in the future! Thank you, Coach Gemma, and GO FALCONS!

Allison Beebe

Hello FAST Falcon Families: An updated meet schedule is now available here. Please note that there may be some changes to the schedule as we progress through the season. A few things to note: The TBAC Meet in February is a meet open to all swimmers. This meet will take place in St. Petersburg. We should have the meet entry file by early next week, and then we'll post the sign up information. We will have an early meet entry deadline, as we want to secure our place in the...

Allison Beebe

Several of the FAST Falcons in the Senior and Junior groups enjoyed a butterfly and backstroke clinic with Olympic Gold Medal Coach Kim Brackin! Swimmers had a classroom and in-water skills session learning about the body positions, kick, and power pull phase of each stroke. It was a great learning experience, especially coming off such a successful Gator Meet this weekend!

Allison Beebe

A HUGE THANK YOU to all of our FAST FALCON families who participated in our Friendsgiving! Thanks to our families, we were able to donate 2298 items to the Interfaith Emergency Services! What a great way to give back to others! Thank you, FAST FALCONS!

Allison Beebe

On November 18th and 19th, USA Swimming representatives Dana Skelton and Beth Winkowski visited the FAST Falcons. They ran workshops and classroom sessions for the swimmers, parents, and coaches. While working with the swimmers, USA Swimming gave the following talks: Top Secret Mission 2024 Confidence Practice How to Be a Good Teammate The Swimming Equation [ST= (RT + UT + TT) + (CC x SR)] While working with the parents, USA Swimming helped the FAST Falcon parents decide what type of culture they want to create with our new team....

Kevin Milak

Falcon Families, We’re about 2 and a half weeks out from our first meet here at FAST for our May Invitational! Pretty awesome hearing about great experiences at the meet this past weekend in St Pete, heard nothing but positivity about the venue, and the way the meet was run… only hope that folks will leave our meet on the 14th & 15th feeling the same way; and we can’t do it without your help. Running meets in our home pool is awesome, we have pride in an awesome facility...