practice for the week of Monday, December 29, 2025

Greetings  MARLINS Swimming FAMILY

week #5 of our 2025/2026 Short Course Winter Season for our Senior Team...we begin with an overhaul on drills, strokes, turns & starts for

BUTTERFLY and BREASTSTROKE this week...Coaches CHOICE as Breaststroke & Butterfly weeks were short due to weather & holidays...

week #5 of our 2025/2026 Short Course Winter Season for our Age Group and Developmental Teams...we are going to keep getting after it… BUTTERFLY and BREASTSTROKE this week...Coaches CHOICE as Breaststroke & Butterfly weeks were short due to weather & holidays...normally, practices are oriented towards stroke work and skill development for about a third/HALF of the practice daily and/or divided into different groups at practice...

 

NEW Information:

• Senior Team morning practice @Moorhead High School (MHS) this week on Monday & Friday @7:00am - 8:30am

• Senior Team morning practice @Hulbert Aquatic Center (HAC) this week on Tuesday @5:30am - 7:00am

• PLEASE check the schedule weekly for the most up-to-date practice schedule

• NO PRACTICE - Wednesday, December 31, 2025 - New Year's Eve

• NO PRACTICE - Thursday, January 1, 2026 - New Year's Day

 

If you are new to our Swimming family ... 

WELCOME!!! 

Please read through the information below and let me know if you have any questions...

General Information:​

• ALL swimmers MUST be registered with Marlins Swimming of The NORTHERN LIGHTS (NLSA) & USA Swimming in order to practice.

• Swimmers NOT registered with BOTH the Marlins & USA Swimming will not be able to practice, or they must register online at the pool in order to practice.  NO EXCEPTIONS...Thank you!

• Swimmers that will be in 7th grade this fall '25 / register with the Senior Team (reach out to Coach Pat if you have questions)​

If you have any questions please reach out to Coach Anderson ([email protected] / text 701-261-9144)

 

Protocols for Practice:

• Practices at Moorhead High School (2300 4th Avenue S, Moorhead, MN 56560)  
  Enter thru the MAIN SCHOOL entrance to Moorhead High School door#19 (thru doors past weight room, turn right down the hallway to the pool on the left…use door by coaches office to enter the pool) which is a turn left down the hallway once you get to the pool
• Illness -  PLEASE keep your swimmer(s) home from practice if they are running a fever, are nauseous, vomiting, or may be contagious to others. ​Thank you for working with us to keep everyone safe and maintain our opportunity to swim!!

• DROP OFF/PICK UP at the POOL-

              1. Please wait until your swimmer(s) are inside the school doors / pool doors before leaving when dropping them off. 
                 We want to ensure the doors are open at the school / pool before your swimmers are left at the pool without a ride home

              2. Please come inside to pick them up as we have our swimmer(s) wait inside the school/ pool area OR inside the school

 

Practice Attendance Expectations:

• Senior Team (no limit on weekly practice attendance / would like at least 3 / practice attendance should be reflective of GOALS!)
• Age Group Team (up to 5 practices weekly / would like at least 3)
• Developmental Team (up to 3 practices weekly)

 

 

Practice for the week of New Year's:  Monday, December 29^th, 2025

 

Monday, December 29^th 

Morning practice:

• 7:00am - 8:30am ... Senior Team @Moorhead High School POOL  

Evening practice:

• 6:00pm - 8:00pm ... Senior Team @Moorhead High School POOL
• 6:00pm - 7:30pm ... Age Group Team @Moorhead High School POOL
• 6:00pm - 7:00pm ... Developmental Team @Moorhead High School POOL

 

Tuesday, December  30^th

Morning practice:

• 5:30am - 7:00am ... Senior Team @Hulbert Aquatic Center (HAC)

Evening practice:​

• 6:00pm - 8:00pm ... Senior Team @Moorhead High School POOL
• 6:00pm - 7:30pm ... Age Group Team @Moorhead High School POOL
• 6:00pm - 7:00pm ... Developmental Team @Moorhead High School POOL

 

Wednesday, December 31^st

• NO PRACTICE - New Year's Eve

 

Thursday, January 1^st

• NO PRACTICE - New Year's Day

 

Friday, December 2^nd

Morning practice:

• 7:00am - 8:30am ... Senior Team @Moorhead High School POOL  

Evening practice:

• 6:00pm - 8:00pm ... Senior Team @Moorhead High School POOL
• 6:00pm - 7:30pm ... Age Group Team @Moorhead High School POOL
• 6:00pm - 7:00pm ... Developmental Team @Moorhead High School POOL

 

Looking forward to seeing EVERYONE at the pool!

 

                            

                  HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

                           

 

Respectfully,

Coach Anderson  and MARLINS Swimming of The NORTHERN LIGHTS Coaching Staff 

[email protected]        

701-261-9144 cell / TEXT