Cycle 1: September 3 - November 2 Focus on stroke technique and full body movement in water. Awareness of body movement, head, neck and spine alignment and eliminating resistance all coupled with basic in and out of water conditioning. Cycle 2: November 4 - December 28 Focus on taking from Cycle 1 and building upon the stroke work and conditioning into more anaerobic threshold swimming and IM sets with middle distance (200/400) as the key training points. Balance with introduction of Speed work. Cycle 3: January 1 - March Focus...

9/14 MAGSA A1 Meet 9/28 MAGSA B1 Meet 10/12 MAGSA A2 Meet (Gold/PS/Sr. Distance Event) ALL Coaches 10/26 12 and Under at Pukalani 11/2 MAGSA B2 Meet (Gold/PS/Sr. AM Training and 1 Event Only) 11/15-17 SENIOR Championships @ UH (All Qualified) 11/23 MAGSA A3 Meet 12/7 MAGSA B3 Meet 1/11 MAGSA NY MEET (TBD) 2/8 MAGSA Last Chance Meet 2/27-3/2 Age Group State Championships @ Kona 3/8-9 Junior Age Group Championships @ Kihei 3/19-22 Northwest Regional Championships Seattle, Wash. 3/28 Open Water #1 @ KAA 2 7:30 AM

SATURDAY, JULY 13TH @4PM – EPIC SWIM MAUI!! ALOHA TEAM IA! Epic Swim Maui is the first expedition swim to circumnavigate Maui. Learn more about the swim and see where the athletes are in their swim with the ESM live tracker: https://www.epicswimmaui.com/ Epic Swim Maui is hosting a special event, the EPIC SWIM MAUI - MEET AND GREET, Saturday, July 13th at 4 PM at The Outrigger Kaanapali. Meet world’s greatest Open Water Swimmers!! Food & Drinks will be provided for IA Athletes!! PLUS: Stay for the 7 PM Showing...

While you should always remember that you are only swimming against the swimmer you were yesterday, it can be fun to see where you rank against other swimmers. You can get swim rankings via the USA swimming website here: https://www.usaswimming.org/times/popular-resources/event-rank-search. I've found this unofficial website, created by a swim parent in California, easier to navigate: https://www.swimmingrank.com/hi/hi/index.html But be aware, as stated on the site, the website, times, and rankings presented are not endorsed by USA Swimming or in any way official.

Aloha, our 2022 Swim-a-thon has started and you can now donate to your favorite swimmer(s). Here is a short video that describes how to do that, but first, let me give you a step-by-step: Click on the Swim-a-thon banner on the IA home page. Click on the "search for participant" searchbar and type in the name of your swimmer. If they don't show up on your first try, type in just the first or last name. When you have found your swimmer, select them and go to the payment page....

With the retirement of DeckPass as the USA Swimming Memberportal, all members - current and new - will need to renew their registration through the new Member Hub platform. The following provides walk through videos and provides some FAQs about the transition. https://www.usaswimming.org/about-usas/resources/online-member-registration **Note: Please pay attention when creating your new account if you are a currently registered USA member. You are not creating a new account, but rather linking our old DeckPass account information to the new Member Hub account.** You can visit the USA Swimming Member Hub and...

SWIMPOSIUM! Saturday October 15, 2022. A day of activities for athletes, parents, coaches and officials from all Maui swim clubs. Our youth athletes will get to meet Olympian swimmer Cody Miller. Parents will learn from Jane Grosser, Senior Advisor, Team Services ( USA Swimming Western Zone) and will help us understand our roles as swim parents and shows us ways to best support our swimmers, club coaches, and club operations. Officials will learn from Marianne Walling, a US National Official with USA Swimming.

The former USA swimming mobile app and member platform, Deck Pass has been retired. A new USA swimming mobile app and the member hub at https://hub.usaswimming.org/landing have replaced it. Click here to go to Google Play or the AppStore to download the new app. https://www.usaswimming.org/deck-pass-mobile/sunset

TEAM IA 2022-23 SHORT COURSE Season Plan Island Aquatics training for Year -Roung competitive swim groups is done in 3 cycles each season. These 3 cycles are divided up among the season to provide for optimal performances and training throughout the season. CYCLE 1 September 7 – October 29 This cycle focuses on the re-introduction of muscle formation with stroke technique. This is our main cycle to introduce and refine stroke technique. It is balanced with conditioning in the water and land. Dryland is very important during the early season...

If your swimmer has made state times and you would like them to be considered for the team representing Hawai'i at the Western Zone Championships this August, please fill out an application by June 6. Chaperone applicaitons are due by June 13. Event details and application forms are available on the Hawaii Swimming website.