WENDY THEDERS, COACH
August 2025-Present, Email: [email protected]

Coach Wendy has lived in Southern California her entire life. She began swimming competitively at the age of 5, and continued all the way through high school, eventually competing for two years on her college team and being recognized as an All-American. She graduated from Cal State Long Beach in 1991 with a BA in Kiniesiology, then completed a teaching credential and taught elementary school for many years.

 

She has been coaching for over 25 years. Her own kids swam (among other sports) through high school and college, so she knows what it is like to be both a swim mom and a swim coach. As a coach, she designs her practices around technique and FUN! The more creative and positive her workout can be, the more the swimmers want to and do improve. When she’s not coaching, you can find Coach Wendy ocean swimming down at Laguna Beach. She is an accomplished ocean water athlete, with her last big swim being the 22-mile Catalina Channel swim in 2018.

 

Bronze Plus Group

 

 

Swimmer age: 7-11 years old

 

Description: The Bronze Plus Group is our second level of competitive swimming. This group consists of swimmers ages 7-11 years old who have had some experience in the Bronze Group or similar programs. This group is perfect for those who love to swim and are looking to advance to the next level. Swimmers in this group are placed based on their current abilities and skills of each stroke.

 

Bronze Plus Group Requirements & Commitments:

 

  • Must be able to swim a legal lap in practice of all four strokes
  • Must attend practice 3x a week
  • Must wear appropriate swimsuits, swim cap (if long hair), & goggles & long fins

 

Bronze Plus Group focuses on:

  • Approaching to be legal in all four strokes
  • Learning to dive from starting Block; refining diving
  • How to push off the wall in a streamline
  • Refining flip and open turns
  • Learn circle pattern swimming within the lanes
  • Having great listening skills (No talking while coach is instructing, keeping head above water, applying feedback to strokes)
  • Being a team player (treating teammates kindly & respectfully)
  • Having Fun!

Requirements to Move Up to The Silver Group:

  • Knowledge and skill at all “Bronze” level swim drills
  • Must attend practice 2-3x a week
  • Willing to attend some swim meets, including San Clemente hosted swim meets
  • Must be legal in all 4 strokes (Received times at US Sanctioned meet in all 4 strokes and 100IM)
  • Working toward achieving SCS National “B” times for their age
  • Must know how to circle swim
  • Must know how to dive and flip-turn
  • Must know how to push off the wall in a streamline
  • Must have appropriate swimsuits, swim cap(if long hair), goggles, & long fins,
  • Have appropriate listening skills

Equipment: Arena Kickboard, Arena Fins, Arena Mesh Bag, and Water Bottle.