Head
Coach
Paul Whitacker
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Coach Paul has been
living in Colorado
for three years now, & has spent the past year and half coaching with Castle
Rock Swimming (ROCK). Working primarily with swimmers ages 6-11, he's thrilled
for the opportunity to extend his coaching ability further into the community
with the Castle Crocs! Having been a long time competitive swimmer himself (15
years & still going), he feels swim coaching is the perfect medium to
which he can provide effective and exciting approaches to the sport.
Hailing
from Arizona,
Paul began swimming at the age of 11. As a member of Scottsdale Aquatics Club,
he competed with many top athletes in the nation at the time. Upon graduation
from high school, Paul continued his swimming career into college. He attended Ball State
University on a
scholarship for swimming. As a NCAA Division 1-A school in the Mid American
Conference, Paul was able to reach higher goals at the collegiate level.
Needless to say, competitive swimming has given a lot to Paul, and he looks
forward to every opportunity to give back to the sport.
For
the past three years Paul has been an elementary school teacher. Working with students in the 5th
grade (two years) and 1st
grade, he has developed his coaching
instruction to reflect effective teaching strategies. Providing
effective
explanations and visual examples of swimming strokes, Paul takes a
progressive
approach to stroke development, knowing each drill builds upon
knowledge & practice of previous drills. Above all, however, Paul
looks forward to
providing swimmers with the most important characteristic of
competitive
swimming: SWIMMING IS FUN! Playing games that reinforce drills &
getting
opportunities to race in exciting atmospheres is what he enjoys.
He looks
forward to the upcoming season! |
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