Minuteman Masters hosted a very successful tri clinic on Saturday, June 16th at our home LCM pool in Bedford, MA. Nine participants enjoyed personalized attention from four Minuteman Coaches. Coaches Rich Axtell, Nate McBride, Sue Sotir, and Ellen Stanley offered expertise on freestyle technique, drafting, and sighting. The clinic was broken into the three disciplines after a brief welcome and warm-up.

Coach Rich introduced the freestyle technique portion of the clinic and prescribed drills to the participants. Coach Nate introduced drafting along with illustrations and organized participants into pairs for drafting drills. (Coach Ellen hopped in so each swimmer had a mate) Coach Sue introduced sighting and utilizing illustrations prior to sending the group of participants through a series of sighting exercises. Two coaches were positioned at each end of the pool for optimum feedback throughout the clinic.

Video was shot of Coaches Ellen and Sue practicing proper techniques taught in the clinic. Coach Nate then captured each participant on video. Videos of Coaches Ellen and Sue along with participants video were posted on the Minuteman website.  Each video is accompanied by written commentary.

The clinic managed to stay on a 90 minute timeline that allowed for material on the itinerary to be addressed in detail. The Coaches did a great job by maximizing feedback and new material introduction in the time allowed for the clinic. Feedback received from participants has given the clinic a resounding “two-thumbs up”. Due to the success of the tri-clinic, Minuteman will be hosting another clinic soon! Stay tuned for the announcement!!!

-Head Coach Rich Axtell