The Essence of Achievement
"The credit belongs to those people who are actually in the arena . . .
who know the great enthusiasms, the great devotions to a worthy cause;
who at best, know the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst,
fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with
those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
The Basics:
Hickory Willow
Swimming Association is a year round competitive age group swimming
team for swimmers of age six through eighteen. The club swims out
of Amos Alonzo Stagg High School and competes in the South Suburban
Swimming Conference, where we have been one of the top teams for over
twenty years.
Our Philosophy:
Our first goal is simply to have as much fun as possible. When kids, well truthfully anyone, are having fun there is an increase in enjoyment and commitment in what is being done. "Swimming is fun" and we never let our swimmers forget that.
Our second goal is to teach the swimmers the proper techniques and most importantly the reason behind them first. "You have to swim RIGHT, before you can swim FAST!"
We try to teach our swimmers the power they have with inside of them. That if they believe they can accomplish something and are willing to do anything it takes to achieve it, anything can be done. It's amazing what people can accomplish when they believe in themselves. We try to instill this into all of our swimmers. To see an example of what swimmers can do when they believe, take a look at our team achievements.
Our Philosophy:
Our first goal is simply to have as much fun as possible. When kids, well truthfully anyone, are having fun there is an increase in enjoyment and commitment in what is being done. "Swimming is fun" and we never let our swimmers forget that.
Our second goal is to teach the swimmers the proper techniques and most importantly the reason behind them first. "You have to swim RIGHT, before you can swim FAST!"
We try to teach our swimmers the power they have with inside of them. That if they believe they can accomplish something and are willing to do anything it takes to achieve it, anything can be done. It's amazing what people can accomplish when they believe in themselves. We try to instill this into all of our swimmers. To see an example of what swimmers can do when they believe, take a look at our team achievements.
