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Email contact for Competitive Swim Team: aquatics@sais.edu.sg
Email contact for Learn to Swim: learntoswim@sais.edu.sg
Our Team
Our Team
Lions Swim Academy is managed by the Aquatics Department and is part of the wider Athletic program at Stamford American International School. Located at the Woodleigh campus of SAIS, the school boasts two 8-lane 25m pools equipped with full electronic timing. Led by seven, full-time coaching staff members, the program continues to grow year after year. The academy has a capacity of nearly 400 swimmers, ranging from after-school activities through to the competitive school team. Lions Swim Academy is a paid activity.
Our Philosophy
Our Philosophy
"To support the aquatic journey through Learning, Development or Performance experiences that will enrich the student's life."
From one to nine sessions per week, there are plenty of opportunities to train and compete. With principles from the Optimal Athlete Development framework, our staff are uniquely positioned to balance cognitive, physical and socio-emotional development of the student-swimmer alongside their academic expectations.
Underpinning our program philosophy are three guiding statements:
Swimming builds great people
We believe in starting with ‘why’. Swimming builds great people by fostering lifelong, transferable skills related to effective time management, progressive goal setting, abilities challenges, and learning to cope with disappointment and successes. We understand that each student-athlete progresses at a different pace and requires opportunity appropriate to their ability level. As such, our coaches individualize training plans and our squad and competition structure offers progression in a timely manner.
Success is a feeling
Success is seen as a feeling generated from a variety of sources such as academic achievement, sporting success and character development. Not only do we recognise results, we recognise improvements.
Being part of something bigger.
We believe in Lion Pride, where our student-athletes have a sense of belonging to our swim program. We consider Lions Swim Academy to be part of the vital fabric of school life. Feeling part of something bigger is the ultimate aim.
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