Come to Napa!! 2025 Edition

October 23, 2024

Wow!! What a group of speakers!!

- MacKenzie Novell is going to be talking all about age group swimmers (twice! She has two talks lined up!)

- Russell Mark is, of course, going to be analyzing some butterfly technique. But also diving into some backstroke technique.

- Natalie Coughlin will be leading a wine tasting social on Saturday night.

- And there will be more with Eddie Reese, Greg Meehan, and Dave Durden!

In addition to this incredible lineup, Bill Meier will be at Napa to present on how to build your program better, with SwimAmerica! He'll discuss how SwimAmerica is the perfect feeder program for your club. With programs from infant to adult, there's no better Learn-to-Swim program out there!

The best part about this clinic is that there is no overlap between the speakers!! So you can make it to every talk over the weekend if you wanted to!!

Check out this awesome pool!

The ASCA Pacific Swim Coaches conference will be held at the Napa Valley Marriott! If you book before Dec 3rd, the rate is $179 a night for this gorgeous hotel!

Speaking of good rates, Early Bird pricing for the conference is $175!!! This ends on November 27th. After that, regular pricing is $190 for a whole weekend of talks and presentations (a steal!!). Come on out to Napa this January!!!

Head on over to swimmingcoach.org or click here to register today!

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