Welcome to
Bluefish Swim Club
Based out of the
Springield and Ludlow Boys & Girls Clubs, Bluefish is a a
year-round, competitive swimming team offering instruction,
training, and competition to young people of all ages and
abilities. We are a USA Swimming program, open to all swimmers in
the Pioneer Valley, Connecticut River Valley, and
beyond.
Team
Philosophy
Bluefish Swim Club views
swimming as an important part of the overall development of of our
athletes. Besides the most obvious benefit of physical
conditioning, swimming fosters discipline, commitment, and
passion, as well as social opportunities, the values gained from
competition, and the character that comes from learning to accept
winning and losing with grace.
Coaching
Staff
Led by Nick Rice, an ASCA
Level 5 coach and the 2015 New England Age Group Coach of the year,
the Bluefish staff consists of professionally trained coaches.
They, as member coaches in the American Swimming Coaches
Association, have access to the most comprehensive training and
certification program for youth coaches of any sport in the United
States. Certified coaches in USA Swimming, Inc. programs
possess training and experience in the physiology and psychology of
adolescent development. Our coaching staff provides the assurances
that the time your children spend in swimming will be quality
time.
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