>>> Adult Learn to Swim Class Starts Feb. 1

Swimming With Alaska Masters offers adult swim lessons to the community through our innovative, learn-at-your-own-pace swim program. Our certified professional swim coaches provide adult swimmers the opportunity to learn the basics and improve their skills in a safe and private environment at Alaska Pacific University’s Moseley Sports Center, 4400 University Dr., Anchorage.

The Learn to Swim program allows swimmers to progress at their own pace, mastering one set of skills before moving on to the next. Swimming lessons for adults are available in the following three levels, developed to meet the needs of adult learners:

Learning the Basics: Participants learn foundational water safety skills and basic swimming strokes they need to stay safe in, on and around the water. This includes breath control, body balance and self-rescue techniques.

Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes: Participants gain proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes (Front Crawl, Breaststroke, Side Stroke, Elementary Back Stroke, Backcrawl and Butterfly).

Swimming for Fitness: Participants will learn to refine their front crawl, back crawl, breaststroke and turns to build endurance. If interested, participants can learn how to perform a safe shallow water diving entry per request.

Adult Group Swim Lessons Schedule: Saturdays, Feb. 1-22, from 10:30 -11:15 a.m. and Thursdays, Feb. 6-27 from 6-6:45 pm at the Moseley Pool.

Cost: $15 per lesson per student

Registration: Complete the Learn to Swim registration form and deliver to the coach on deck.

Download the program flier here.

>>> Volunteers Needed for Fund-Raiser

SWAMMERS,

The team has been searching for fundraising / advertising opportunities to support increased pricing for our pool contract in 2025.  We have an opportunity to earn some much needed financial support for the team and get our faces out in the community by running an aid station for the Trent Waldron race sponsored by the Anchorage Running Club.  The race is Saturday, May 24.  The aid station would be at Davenport Park ball fields east of the Lake Otis underpass.  We need about 8 people to hand out liquids, pick up cups, and fill cups, from 8 AM to about noon.  As this would conflict with Saturday swimming that day, Nell has offered to coach an early Saturday swim that day.

If we can get 8-10 people to volunteer as soon as possible and calendar it, I can let Melanie know and she can reserve our spot.

Please let me know as soon as possible if you would be willing to reserve and calendar a spot volunteering for the water station.

I am working on putting together a method for ordering swam t-shirts and water bottle stickers, and will send out more info when that is complete.

Thank you!

Brandee

>>> Weather Closure, Practice Canceled

The pool will be closed Jan. 2 due to inclement weather.