Community Swim Programs
Strokes and Turns Clinics

Intermediate Clinic for Competitive Swimmers

Our intermediate group is the perfect place for those seeking to develop a strong skill foundation in each of the four strokes. Detailed attention will be placed on proper technique by breaking down each stroke, including the turns and the start. Swimmers must be able to complete two laps of freestyle and backstroke.

This class will combine clinic and lesson work to help develop intermediate swimmers and give them the tools to excel in and advance their swimming abilities whether or not they intend to compete.

A portion of the class will be focused on teaching and fine-tuning swim techniques. As swimmers progress, the class will shift away from the hands-on lessons format to more of a developmental race clinic, focused on fine-tuning and training.

Advanced Clinic for Competitive Swimmers

Our advanced group is for swimmers looking for an opportunity to train, improve, and refine their strokes, turns, and starts to take their swimming to the next level. Stroke technique, along with racing strategies, nutrition information for before and after meets, and proper dryland will be covered to round out the complete program for a healthy swimmer. 

Swimmers in the advanced clinic must be able to demonstrate the four competitive strokes. This clinic is designed for swimmers who race or who are planning to enter the competitive swim race scene. Strokes and Turns is an eight-week progression-style clinic, where swimmers build on the skills and training from the previous weeks to refine and improve their ability and race times.  

Our excellent coaching staff have many years of coaching experience, and their goal is to give each swimmer the knowledge, respect, and sense of purpose they deserve through their hard work in the water. It is our hope that this clinic will give them the joy and excitement that will encourage them to become lifelong swimmers.

Program Coordinator: Lynn Shields

Coach Shields has been involved with the sport of swimming for most of her life. She learned how to swim at the age of four and grew up swimming in the Princeton area. She swam for East Stroudsburg University as a freestyle sprinter and breaststroker. In her senior year they placed top three in the state.
 
Coach Shields’ coaching career began twenty-nine years ago, teaching swim lessons at Mercer County Community College. With a degree in sports science and athletic training and a minor in health education, coaching became her lifetime passion. In 1991 she started Lawrence Lightning swim team in Lawrenceville. She coached age group swimmers in Princeton for X-Cel swim team for four years, and then started a new USA team, Pennington Aquatics, in 2007. She also coached age group swimmers at Eastern Express for three years. In 2009 Shields served as head coach for the Hopewell Valley High School swim team. For the last fifteen years she has coached a strokes and turns clinic for swimmers at Lawrence Swimming Association during the summer. In 2014 Shields started a stroke and turn clinic at Hopewell Valley Golf swim club. 

Shields moved to Lawrenceville with her husband and three children in 1989. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family. 

Instructor: Chris Thiel

Instructor: Owen Bossio

1. Flippers

2. Swim Cap

3. Water bottle

4. Kickboard

5. Goggles

6. Swimsuit

7. Towel