Swimming in high school? Get ready with us at the Paterson pool!
This session is designed for high school swimmers looking for opportunities to get ready for high school swimming. Learn tips, drills, and techniques for how to swim faster and more efficiently. If you want to learn more about your strokes and how to prepare for the upcoming season, this is the clinic for you!
Location: Paterson Field House Pool at BCC
Date: Saturday, June 28, 2025, 9:30 a.m. 鈥� noon
Rain Date: Sunday, June 29, 2025, 9:30 a.m. 鈥� noon
The clinic will include 30 鈥� 45 minutes of on-deck instruction, followed by about two hours in the water working on stroke mechanics and drills. Students will receive feedback on their strokes and tips for applying that feedback during the high school season.
Prerequisites
The clinic is open to all high school aged swimmers who are entering the ninth through twelfth grades in the 2025 鈥� 26 school year. You should already be able to swim at least 100 yards of freestyle unassisted and non-stop. We will do many drills during the in-water portion of the clinic, most of which will be one or two lengths of the pool.
Cost
The fee for the clinic is $45 ($30 for Paterson Field House Gym members). Proceeds from the clinic series will benefit the BCC Athletics program. The clinic will be limited to 30 swimmers, and entries will be first-come, first served.
About the Instructor
Coach Chris Colburn has been working with athletes of all ages and ability levels for over thirty years. A U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS) Certified Coach and Learn-to-swim Instructor, he is currently the Head Coach of Academy Bullets Masters, a USMS club with a pool group in Aurora, Illinois and an open water group here in The 黑料不打烊s. His coaching resume includes 12 seasons of high school coaching, and spans swimmers just starting out in the water to NCAA All-Americans and USMS National Champions. Chris is a former Chair of the USMS Coaches Committee and served for ten years on the USMS Board of Directors. He has been published in Swimming World, SWIMMER, and Triathlete magazines. Chris has run and assisted with clinics throughout the country over the past twenty years, and enjoys keeping up with current trends in stroke mechanics.