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Important updates from Coach Greg for the next few weeks: 1- SMOC We're hosting the Southeastern Meet of Champions next weekend from March 9-12. There will be several teams coming in from all over the area, bringing some REALLY fast swimming to Augusta. This is a big undertaking, and while not everyone will be competing, I'd like for everyone to be a part of the weekend in some way... Here's how: -- We'll be offering Time Trials on Saturday- essentially a BONUS ASL Race Series event, but athletes will swim...
I am always so impressed with the generosity of our ASL family. Here are three important opportunities to help those in need... First, thank you to everyone who has contributed to the 2023 GA Swimming LSC Canned Food Drive! Between our actual cans (counted as $1/can) and our monetary donations, we have raised $432 dollars for this effort. Amazing work! That puts in a solid 2nd place behind the Cumming Waves, who have $531 and well ahead of Stingrays in 3rd with $140. They announced the grand prize is an...
Joins us for a Swim Parent Education Session entitled Swimmer Development 101 on 2/10/23 at 6:00PM at the Augusta Aquatic Center. Our goal is to bring everyone up to speed on the many ways athletes develop in our sport, define what successful swimmers do to achieve their goals, explain why we do things the way we do them on ASL, and provide a few tips about how to be a great swim parent. Sign up and submit questions for an open Q&A after the talk by clicking on the link...
Hello ASL families!! Want to see what we’re up to as a team? Follow us on social media! Facebook: @aslswim Instagram: @aikenaugustaswimleague
Check out our new information tab called Coaches' Corner. This will be used by our awesome coaching staff to share general education items about the sport of swimming (e.g. technique, swimmer development, training strategy, etc.) for swimmers and parents, as well as any important updates to the team structure. The most recent "Coaches' Corner" post was written by Coach Noah and discusses the early development of young swimmers.
Check out this well written article (from 2016) with some statistics regarding elite level swimming. There is also some information regarding mental toughness, ways to set goals and to achieve them. https://www.yourswimlog.com/what-are-my-chances-of-going-to-the-olympics/ Be on the look out for more team information coming such as: interviews with all level of swimmers, parent roles and general guidelines to know about the sport.

Hello! As you may have already noticed, our website got a facelift this week- we've also updated it with all the information pertinent to the 2022-2023 season, so the dues and schedules are now up there! Registration/Fees information: - we've reduced the registration fee, and added a multi-swimmer discount for families with more than 1 athlete. Fall Practice Schedules: - note that the Augusta schedules have slight changes to them in the winter, while HS swimming is taking place along side us at the AAC. The Aiken schedule will not...

A few people have asked us if meets are mandatory…The short answer is no. Nothing at ASL is mandatory. Now, for the long answer! First year 10-under athletes will be mainly competing in our “In-House” meets in Aiken on Saturday mornings. In and out, no fuss. This is a great, easy, comfortable entry into the competition part of the sport. Once your athlete is ready, from a training and mental aspect, we’ll ask to get them into some other meets in the surrounding area, generally Charleston to Charlotte to Atlanta...

Hello! If you signed up recently and didn't get my email yesterday, all my communications can be found at this link- ASL Free Trial Page. For anyone who hasn't had an evaluation yet, we'll be doing them Tuesday thru Thursday of next week @ the Augusta Aquatics Center from 6-7. -- Tuesday 8/16 6pm-7pm -- Wednesday 8/17 6pm-7pm -- Thursday 8/18 6pm-7pm This is so that can see the athletes in the water, and give them a starting placement for when the season kicks off on September 6th. We've got...

ASL is a non-profit swim club, governed by a parent board and led by coaches. We have three full-time coaches now, whom I will introduce in a later email, working to provide a positive training environment for a wide range of athletes, from 6 year olds coming in from summer league swimming and looking to keep competing and having fun in the water, to 18 year olds looking to compete at a National level, or 18 year olds who’ve got passions that lay elsewhere, but still enjoy training with their...