So I joined Coast Aquatics, the club team I was swimming in high school and high school, but this time it was part of their coaching staff. So the career I started coaching was originally with the youngest and the latest swimmer, we call it the novice group. The novice team is based entirely on learning how to swim and kicking out all four shots.

For the novice group, it is the most developmental team in the entire team. This is where all athletes learn the basic skills in each shot. As I mentioned before, kicking is the focus of the team. You may ask why?

Kicking in the swimming is an essential building block, used in every swim layer, it is the basis for all shots and a determining factor for swimmers' potential. Some swimmers are natural kickers, but many are associated with ankle flexibility and hip flexibility. Both of these things can be nurtured to help swimmers increase their…

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