Welcome to the Amarillo Swim Team
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PO
Box 8632
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Amarillo, Texas
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79114-8632
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Welcome to Amarillo Swim Team (AST). AST is a member of United States Swimming, the national governing body of competitive swimming. The club is an age group, competitive swim program serving
the Amarillo community.
About Us
AST has been serving Amarillo since 1969. The outstanding reputation we have gained in the
Texas Panhandle is well deserved. Our swimmers have achieved success at all levels of competition, including senior nationals. We consistently place swimmers on the top and some have become champions. We have sent swimmers to college on scholarships and many other swimmers have gone on to swim at High School State,
Texas Age Groups Championships, Southern Zones, Regional Championships, and World Class Competitions. Striving to be of benefit to every swimmer has always been our primary goal. All individuals are important assets to our team. We would be honored to have your swimmer in our fine program.
We accept swimmers at any age that can swim one length of the pool. If you would like to schedule a tryout
or have any questions, please contact Coach
DeMar at
(806) 584-9105 -or- contact Coach Douglass at
(806) 683-SWIM (7946)
Come swim with us!
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Upcoming Meets
Our meet schedule is listed on the Calendar page.
Please keep an eye on this section, and the Calendar
page as we are adding more meets all the time. Our
goal is to schedule a meet for all levels at least
every two weeks. Our goal is sometimes not met due to
scheduling of meet by other teams may not fit this
agenda.
NEXT MEET:
West Texas
Long Course Championships:
Friday
July 11 - Sunday July 13, 2008
Location:
Pete Ragus Aquatic Center,
Lubbock, TX
Levels:
A/BB/B
Meet Information HERE
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Mission Statement
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To promote the
sport of competitive swimming through positive motivation and the teaching of
sound stroke mechanics in an atmosphere of high moral and ethical standards
encouraging sportsmanship and personal growth at all levels.
Goals:
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To provide
correct, consistent instruction in all areas of stroke competency for
freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly.
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To establish a
progression for endurance training at all levels.
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To set ethical
and moral standards among swimmers.
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To provide and
organized team and group activities.
To instruct swimmers on other
areas such as nutrition, prioritizing one's life, and exemplary behavior.
This shall be accomplished by:
- Teaching the four competitive strokes of swimming and give the
swimmers a chance to improve in all those areas.
- Providing a progressive swimming program base on age group
and ability, in cooperation with the United States Swimming
competitive program.
- Promoting positive self-esteem and learning to give and receive
sincere praise.
- To learn self discipline and enjoy the benefits of attaining
a goal.
- Learning and enjoying the benefits of practicing a healthy
lifestyle.
- Instilling the importance of good sportsmanship.
- Understanding that personal improvement is just as important as
winning.
- Making friends and having FUN!
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