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 YMCAs
have been teaching people to swim for
more than a century. In the Stanly
County YMCA aquatics
programs, children learn to be safe
around water and they feel the sense of
accomplishment that comes with learning
something new. Youth progressive
swimming is the YMCA's third most widely
offered program nationwide. It uses a
problem-solving, guided-discovery
teaching approach in a positive, caring
environment. Kids can develop lifelong
skills that can help them stay healthy.
Other YMCA aquatics programs include
infant-parent classes, preschool
classes, classes for people with
disabilities and classes for teens and
adults. These include water exercise and
therapy and water sports, including
synchronized swimming and master
competitive swimming for people 18 and
over. Competitive programs are also
available for youth..
The Stanly County Family YMCA offers special classes to help
children and families learn how to be
safer in and around water.
Stanly County
Swim Club (SCSC) trains at Stanly Family YMCA
from 3:30-5pm Monday through Thursday afternoons
throughout most of the year. Swimmers can begin
at any age starting as early as 6 years old but
they should be prepared to listen and learn in a
team environment and swim laps in a 25 yard
pool. Please consider YMCA swimming lessons to
help develop a child who may not quite be ready
for the swim team.
SCSC is also happy to train Stanly area high
school swimmers who want to improve their
performances at that level by swimming year
round. Children can practice between 1-4
sessions per week and can choose any day(s) of
the week to train. Please contact Coach Hannah
Hawkins at (912) 531 5474 or at
scsccyclones@yahoo.com
for detailed and most up to date information.
Stanly County Swim Club swimmers should be
prepared to represent the team and compete at
least a few times throughout the year in local
YMCA competitions.
When Stanly based swimmers are ready for swim
meets, we join forces with the highly successful
Rowan Aquatic Club YMCA (RAC-Y Marlins) based
out of J.F. Hurley Family YMCA in Salisbury. $5
per month of your $45 in swim team dues goes to
RAC-Y. Please see the website at
www.racyswimteam.com for detailed information
about all of your coaches, swim meets, team
history and pictures. Stanly swimmers take part
in all of the RAC events, including a team
biathlon and lake swim in September, and the
team Christmas party and end of season banquet
in June.
Coach Hannah is the area coach for both Stanly
YMCA and the under 13 age group at RAC-Y. She
has been Assistant Coach at Savannah College of
Art and Design, and Head Men's and Women's Coach
at Pfeiffer University, before finding her
calling within the realm of YMCA swimming. She
is currently serving as an assistant age group
coach to the North Carolina swimming zone team
and continues to swim and run herself in area
competitions. Hannah is excited to welcome new
swimmers to the Stanly program and help them
discover a lifelong enjoyment as a swimmer.
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