Hi Everyone,

I just received an email about off-season swim programs offered through Montgomery County Recreation. If you are interested in keeping your swimmer in the water throughout the school year, here are three programs that don't require a huge time commitment:

Registration for these programs on the MCR website will open on Tuesday, August 11th @ 6:30 am.

Montgomery Stroke and Turn Clinic (MSTC) (Sites @ Gaithersburg Aquatic Center (GAC), Germantown, MLK, Olney, Rockville, and KSAC ( KSAC will be reopening in November) MSTC’s programs run 24 sessions on Sunday evenings from October until May and are designed for swimmers 5-18 years old who wish to improve their ability to swim the four competitive strokes, learn correct starts and turns, gain strength and have fun. Swimmers are separated into subgroups by age and current ability, and the older more advanced subgroups will see limited interval training. In order to participate, swimmers must be able to swim 25 yards of freestyle without stopping.

Program Links: MSTC Website MSTC County Registration Link Price: $575 for the entire program (October to May) Activity # R01033 on MCR Website

SwiMontgomery (Sites @ Germantown, MLK, Olney, Silver Spring and KSAC will be starting a program again later this year) SWIMontgomery is a developmental program (weekdays) for children, 6 to 13 years old, who have an interest in competitive swimming and want to build a foundation of related skills. During the year, there are 3 nine-week sessions of SwiMontgomery that meet twice a week (18 practices offered during each session). In order to participate, swimmers must be able to swim 25 yards of freestyle without stopping.

Program Link: SwiMontgomery Registration Link on MCR Website Price: $375 for each 9-week session (18 practices total in each session) Activity # R01032 on MCR Website

Advanced Lessons (Sites @ Germantown, MLK, Olney, Silver Spring and KSAC will be starting a program again later this year) Advanced lessons is for children, 6 to 13 years old, who can swim one length of freestyle and backstroke, tread water, and swim in deep water. This program is designed to refine techniques for freestyle and backstroke as well as introduce breaststroke and butterfly. Swimmers will be divided into subgroups by current ability. During the year, these classes are offered in six 35 - minute sessions (weekdays or weekends) . Group size is limited to 10 students per instructor.

Program Link: Advanced Lessons Registration Link on MCR Website Price: $90 for each 6-week session Activity # R01057 on MCR Website