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Synchronized swimming

challenging and fun!

Sometimes described as "water ballet", synchronized swimming combines top levels of
fitness with grace, flexibility and imaginative choreography. Synchro develops:

Self-confidence
Interpretive and performance skills
Friendship and teamwork
Strength and endurance
Aerobic and anaerobic fitness

The Aqualenes provides top level, fully certified NCCP Level I, II and III synchronized swimming coaches to provide swimmers with the safest, most rewarding synchronized swimming experience.

Our Head Coach, Laurie Wachs has twenty five years coaching experience. Laurie has coached many swimmers to medal performances at a provincial and national level. In November 2004 Laurie Wachs was inducted into the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame as a “Sport Builder”. In November of 2000 the Coaching Association of Canada selected Laurie Wachs as the recipient of the 3M Coaching Canada Award in the Development Sport – Female Category.

Saskatchewan has produced many outstanding Synchro athletes. In 2000, a form Aqualene swmmer, Lesley Wright, was a member of the Canada "A" team at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. Lesley also performed for many years with the famous Las Vegas, Cirque De Soleil Water Show, "O".

In 2006 the Aqualenes Senior Team captured a National Title and in 2008 captured silver in the Combo Event at Open Nationals.

In 2007, Aqualenes Swimmer Jessica Guenther won Saskatchewan a bronze medal at the Canada Winter Games. Jessica has been a member of the Junior National Team for the past two years.

Synchronized swimming has the potential to enhance our lives; it has a positive effect on our physical and mental well-being and it brings us together.  The Aqualenes mission is to develop champions for life.  We will fulfill this mandate by positioning Long Term Athlete Development as the foundation of all our programs – from grassroots to national team.  Through LTAD, this development will be enhanced and participants will learn invaluable life skills as they progress through its seven stages.  From a young age, children learn to respect and nurture individual differences, embrace challenges, and value the benefits that result from being part of a team effort. 
Long Term Athlete Development supports life-long participation in Synchro (or other physical activities) and excellence at the High Performance Level.  Both participation and excellence are built on the common foundation of fundamental movement and sports skills developed during the early stages – Active Start, FUNdamentals, and Learning to Train.  Athletes may make the transition into life-long sport participation for fun and fitness at a later stage in Long Term Athlete Development. 

For more information on the Saskatoon Aqualenes please see our web site at http://saskatoonaqualenes.saskatoon-sk.com .  

It is important that parents review the handbook which can be found on the web site.  There is a link to the handbook on the home page.  The handbook outlines the rules and policies of the club with respect to travel and other issues.

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