Abbington Alligators Assistant Coach Opening - Filled

Abbington Alligators Swim Team - TSA 2018 Division 3 Champions!!

The Abbington Alligators Swim Team is seeking a professional and dedicated Assistant Coach for the 2019 summer season.  Having first fielded a team in 1999, Abbington has grown from a team of 50 swimmers to around 150 swimmers ages 4-18 years old.  As we enter our 20th year, we are looking towards another exciting season! We desire coaches who will motivate and teach swimmers while maintaining a fun and exciting team and family atmosphere.  Our swim season runs from Mid May through late July.  We provide very competitive salary to our coaching staff. 

Duties will include, but are not limited to: day-to-day team management, development and supervision of age group appropriate workouts, supervision and management of junior coaching staff, assisting in preparing and submitting meet entries, attending swim team planning/parent meetings. 

The ideal candidate should have the following: 

Assistant Coach

-       Preferred swimming at college level - Competitive or Club

-       Coaching experience preferred

-       Ability to demonstrate good sportsmanship for teaching and motivating young swimmers

-       Enjoy working with swimmers of all ages including pre-competitive and competitive level swimmers

-       Ability to teach proper stroke technique

-       Ability to manage Junior Coaches

-       Ability to work with other coaches to develop swim meet line-ups

-       Must have access to e-mail and text

-       Strong communication and organizational skills 

-       Must be certified in First Aid, CPR, and Certified Water Safety Instructor - we will cover these costs

Please send all resumes to Whitney Swenson at wbswenson@yahoo.com.

Please free to contact me directly to inquire about the assistant coaching positions at 508.561.9028. 

Whitney Swenson   

Abbington Alligators Swim Board

Apex, NC

RSA in MAYpril: Seasonal Clinics for Summer League Swimming

RSA in MAYpril seasonal clinics are designed for children, ages four to eighteen, who are interested in summer league swimming.  Offered on weekdays and weekends, the clinics feature one hour classes and focus on skills needed for summer swimming success.  Led by RSA’s professional swim team coaches, the curriculum includes instruction in stroke technique, starts, turns and finishes, as well as reinforcement drills. 

The Firefish clinics are designed for four to six year olds and are taught in RSA’s warm water instructional pool with in-water and on-deck coaches. Firefish curriculum focuses on the elements of freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke, with an emphasis on FUN.  Participants do not have to be able to swim 25 yards unassisted or be proficient in their strokes, but participants must be able to swim independently.

The Wahoo clinics are designed for seven to eighteen year olds who are taught in a six-lane lap pool.  Wahoo curriculum focuses on the four strokes, (Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly and Freestyle), as well as starts, turns, finishes and drills.  Participants must be able to swim 25 yards unassisted. 

Clinics are held at RSA’s Sonner Aquatic Facility located at 1013 Jones Franklin Road in Raleigh, NC.  Clinics include:

Weekday Firefish: Mondays and Wednesdays: 10:00 am

4/22/19-5/15/19; 8 classes: $180.00

Weekday Firefish: Tuesdays and Thursdays: 5:00 pm

Session 1:      4/23/19-5/02/19; 4 classes: $99.00

Session 2:      5/07/19-5/16/19; 4 classes: $99.00

Weekend Firefish: Saturdays OR Sundays 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm

Saturdays:     4/20/19-5/11/19; 4 classes: $99.00

Sundays:        4/07/19-5/05/19; 4 classes: $99.00

Weekend Wahoo: Saturdays OR Sundays:  2:00 pm and 3:00 pm

Saturdays:     4/20/19-5/11/19; 4 classes: $99.00

Sundays:        4/07/19-5/05/19; 4 classes: $99.00

There are no classes on Sunday, 4/21/19. For Weekend Wahoos, age is determined by the participant’s age as of 6/01/19.

Registration is open online at www.swimrsa.org via the RSA in MAYpril Clinics button on the home page or the WSA tab on the home page.  For more information, contact us at clinics@swimrsa.org or 919-859-4881.