Schedule of Events
2011 PacMasters Swimming EXCEL Weekend Schedule
Schedule of events for the 2011 PacMasters Swimming EXCEL Weekend| DAY | TIME | WORKSHOP | PRESENTER/ LOCATION |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRI | 7:00-8:00 a.m. | Clinic development staff to assist USMS with ASCA Course, setup and registrations. Coaches attending ASCA training should arrive at 7:30am for registration. | Clinic Staff |
| FRI | 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | USMS / ASCA Certification Program Level 1 | USMS Scott Bay |
| FRI | 12:00-1:00 p.m. | Lunch for ASCA Attendees provided by Pac Masters | Clinic Staff |
| FRI | 1:00-5:00 p.m. | USMS / ASCA Certification Program Level 2 | USMS Mel Goldstein |
| FRI | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Coaches Welcome, and introductions, layout of clinic, and small group discussions on masters swimming issues | Clinic Development Team and Rowdy Gaines |
| SAT | 7:15-8:00 a.m. | Get together over coffee to map out the day and session options | Clinic Staff |
| SAT | 8:00-8:10 a.m. | Introduction of Mentor Coaches and Keynote Speaker | Cokie Lepinski, Clinic Director |
| SAT | 8:10-9:00 a.m. | General assembly keynote speaker – ROWDY GAINES | Olympian Rowdy Gaines |
| SAT | 9:10-9:50 a.m. | Coaches are in the classroom attending either Aquatic Postures 1a or Creative Workouts 2a | Coach Brian Stack & Coach Kerry O'Brien |
| SAT | 9:55-10:35 a.m. | Coaches swap classrooms to attend either Aquatic Postures 1a or Creative Workouts 2a | Coach Brian Stack & Coach Kerry O'Brien |
| SAT | 10:40-11:20 a.m. | Coaches are in the pool working with Aquatic Postures 1b or Creative Workouts 2b | Coach Brian Stack & Coach Kerry O'Brien |
| SAT | 11:20-12:00 p.m. | Coaches swap stations in the pool to work with either Aquatic Postures or Creative Workouts. | Coach Brian Stack & Coach Kerry O'Brien |
| SAT | All day 9:00-5:00 p.m. | Underwater filming sessions. For full details on this filming, see Filming under the Schedule of Events tab. | Global Sport Technology and H20 Video Down Under |
| SAT | 12:00-1:00 p.m. | *LUNCH* Lunches provided for coaches (Box Lunch Provided) Jamba Juice will also be on deck on Saturday from noon to 7:30 p.m. serving $4 smoothies. | |
| SAT | 12:00-1:00 p.m. | *SWIMMERS ARRIVE & REGISTER* Arrive early and have the chance to meet and talk with Rowdy Gaines and grab a $4 smoothie from Jamba Juice. | |
| SAT | 1:00-1:30 p.m. | On Deck Briefing of Afternoon sessions | Clinic Development Team |
| SAT | 1:30-4:30 p.m. | Water rotations for swimmers with clinic coaches working on deck with mentor coaches. In registration, swimmers will choose 4 of 6 stations (fly, back, breast, free, starts, turns). They will have 45 minutes in each station, 10-15 minutes on deck and 30 minutes in the water. (Bring extra towels and warm clothes.) Meanwhile, Global Sport Technology and H20 Video will continue filming. | Clinic Staff & Mentor Coaches along with Rowdy Gaines (for a limited time). At the pool! |
| SAT | 4:30-5:00 p.m. | On deck discussion and dryland instruction on open water. | Coach Scott Williams |
| SAT | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | Saturday night social for all attendees on the pool deck of the San Mateo facility. We will be providing food and drink! Our vendors will keep their booths open for us, so be sure and bring your wallet. :-) | |
| SUN | 6:30-7:00 a.m. | Get together over coffee to map out the day and session options. Volunteers to help set up 50m pool for the Open Water session. | |
| SUN | 7:00 a.m.–8:30 a.m. | Open Water techniques in the 50m pool. Along with techniques on sighting, pack swimming, cornering buoys, swimmers will have the opportunity at the latter part of the session to put it all together and do a timed "open water swim" in the pool. | Coach Scott Williams and Coach Joel Wilson |
| SUN | 8:30-9:30 | Participants choose between: Breakout 1 - Boot Camp, on dry land at or near pool deck. OR Breakout 2 - Pilates & Core, on dry land at or near pool deck | Coach Peter Finney for Boot Camp Coach Hermine Terhorst for Pilates & Core |
| SUN | 9:30-10:00 | Breakout 3 - DragSox in the 50m pool | The Aqua Volo team of: Rolandas Gimbutis, Gavin Lee, and Eduard |
| SUN | 10:00-12:00 | Advanced Techniques for Competitors, in the 50m pool. | Coach Dave Durden |
| SUN | 12:00-1:00 p.m. | *LUNCH & RAFFLE ! * Lunch break with boxed lunches and raffle for all to include a wrap up for the swimmers. Take a look at our great raffle prizes! You'll find them listed under the tab for Schedule of Events. | |
| SUN | 1:00-3:00 p.m. | Final wrap up for coaches. | Clinic Development Team |


