West Austin Athletic Club

WAAC offers many exciting programs for having fun this summer. Join our swim team or take swimming lessons. Learn new skills in our week-long swim and sport camps. The Just for Fun Camp allows kids to enjoy all of WAAC's facilities at their own pace. Take diving, circuit training, water games, basketball, or tennis lessons. WAAC has great programs to help kids and teens stay active.

Swim Team at Lakeway for 2011-2012
USA Swim Team
Aug. 29, 2011 - April 26, 2012
Spring Programs start March 19
New Swimmers Welcome!!
Lakeway Fall Registration

Lakeway Spring Registration

Hello Lakeway Parents!

As the weather begins cooling down, please remind your swimmer to be wearing warm clothes to the pool and bringing big towels. Sweats are great for throwing on straight out of practice and keeping muscles warm.

USA Parents:

I will be watching for burnout and frustration at the pool, but I need your help in making sure the kids stay positive, remember why we work hard and how much fun it is to hit a great time at a meet. There will be grumbling and there will be whining- but letting them miss practices because they don't want to go only sets them back. The more practices they attend, the easier the workouts are. As we gear up for higher intensity and winter, we will be doing more dryland to ward off injuries- tennis shoes, sweats/warm clothes and also zoomers/fins should be brought to every practice. As always, give me a call if you have any questions.

Thank You Parents!!

Coach Elizabeth

Practice in General- Things That Parents Can Help With!

1) Always, always ALWAYS make sure your child brings a water bottle to practice. Staying hydrated is incredibly important, especially as the season progresses and the practices advance and get more and more difficult.

2) Encourage them to stay away from big meals right before practice

3) Stretching!! It is great they stretch before practice. It's even better if they stretch before AND after practice!

4) Getting the kids to practice on time. I realize everyone has a crazy schedule, but when kids are late to practice, they do not get a full warmup before the primary set begins. This puts them at a disadvantage for the entire practice that day.

If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask me at practice, or to give Becky a call at WAAC. Thank you for the opportunity to coach your children! I'm super excited for tomorrow's meet- it will be a great first meet that the kids will thoroughly enjoy, so I hope to see you all there!!

Elizabeth

Swimmers at Lakeway are having a blast. Registration can be done on-line (www.wfly.com) , at WAAC, or printed and given to Coach Elizabeth at practice. If you are a new swimmer to USA Swimming please bring in a copy of your birth certificate or passport. We can't register you for the USA Elite Swim Team without it. We welcome all swimmers age 5-18 years old who are comfortable swimming 25-yard lengths. The team is broken into three training groups, Dolphin, Shark, and USA Elite Team. Swimmers are welcome to come to practice everyday (Monday-Thursday), and we encourage everyone to come at least twice a week. The elite training group requires that participants know all four competitive strokes, can swim 25-yard lengths continuously, will commit to season participation including USA Swim meets.

Dolphin & Shark training groups do not join USA Swimming, but have optional competition opportunities with WAAC's Fall Rec program's fun meets.

Swimmers in the USA Elite Team must join USA Swimming and will participate as part of West Austin Aquatics at USA Swim Meets

USA Swim Team, WFLY at Lakeway
Aug. 29-Apr. 26
Practices until March 8
Silver Group MW 4-5, TTh 4:45-6
Elite Group MW 5-6:30, TTh 4:45-6:15
Beginning Mar. 19
Elite M-Th 4:45-6:15
Fees for USA Swim Team:
2011 USA Registration: $68
2011-2012 Team Fee $50
Monthly Training Fee $80
USA Registration, Team Fee, and First month due at registration ($198)

Spring Lakeway Programs Begin March 19. Classes meet M-Th
Goldfish Classes 4-4:45 or 5:30-6:15 $185
Stroke Clinic 4:45-5:30 $125
Dolphin & Shark 6:15-7 $110
Note: Silver and Elite practice times will switch to M-Th 4:45-6:15 on Mar. 19

Rec Team Swim Meet Sign Up

Questions: call WAAC at 263-4282 or becky@wfly.com

Swim Team ALL Year

Want to keep swimming ? West Austin Athletic Club runs programs 12 months a year for all swim abilities and levels of commitment. ALL WFLY training groups offer great coaching with an emphasis on personal improvement.

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West Austin Athletic Club

1024 Patterson Lane

Austin, TX 78733

512-263-4282

john@wfly.com