The Lion Mail: Our Swim Family is Growing

Next week the Stamford Lions Swim Academy will be moving into our final week of the interim programme, stay tuned for updates on what our next programme will look like.

Online Dry-Land Series Update

Our online dry-land programme accommodates for all age group and ability levels, with differing levels of intensity & exercise progressions. The programme incorporates strength, core, cardio & endurance elements needed for the demands of the sport. Specific target areas are aimed towards shoulder capacity, stability & resilience, multi-planar hip stability and strength for starts and turns, trunk control, rotation/stiffness general movement patterns.

Come Monday, we will start our new programme for our online dry-land series focused on movement competency. We are delighted at the number of attendees for our online dry-land and the vast improvement they have made.

As we are unable to share training equipment at this time, the Stamford Lions Swim Academy has made a bulk order for bands to add intensity to your online land sessions. These will be available for purchase for swimmers in Junior Performance, Age Performance, Youth Development and Youth Performance Squads looking to add load to their strength sessions.

Strength Bands Pack ($45.00):

- 3 Mini Bands (varying intensity)

- 3 cross training bands (varying intensity of 15Kg, 25Kg & 35Kg)

Strength bands will be used in dry-land activities both pre swimming and online. Swimmers must have their own equipment and are not allowed to share personal equipment under current restrictions.

If interested in purchasing a strength bands pack please email [email protected].

If you’re interested in signing up it’s not too late! Sign up using this LINK and one of our team will get in touch!

Golden Kickboard Awards

Last Friday we were excited to introduce our monthly golden kickboard awards! To work out the winner, we use a formula that calculates a % attendance rate of sessions available to each athlete. 

A huge congratulations goes out to Lauryn Singleton and Dongwook Shin for being our highest attendees for the month of August and the privilege of being the first names on our golden kickboards!

Our Swim Family is Expanding

We are pleased to announce that we have two new additions to our Stamford Lions Swim Community!

One of our newest members, Coach Darren is the Teacher Assistant Swim Specialist & Lifeguard based at Lincoln Pool. Having enjoyed swimming as a hobby for the last 10 years, Coach Darren gained his coaching qualifications and has been coaching younger swimmers for the past three years.

Passionate about the sport, Coach Darren enjoys sharing his excitement for the sport. Outside of swimming, Coach Darren has six years of lifeguarding experience and looks forward to contributing to our lions program and being a longstanding active member in the swimming industry.

We also welcome Coach Sarah , who over 20 years of PE teaching and coaching experience. Sarah has worked throughout Australia, the United Kingdom, Egypt and the Netherlands. She has a Bachelor of Education in Physical & Health and a Master of Education in Athletic Administration.

Coach Sarah is passionate about building a positive culture in all Sports and Athletic teams and has a lot of experience in running International sporting events. We look forward to Coach Sarah joining our Stamford Lions Community!