TEAM OF THE MONTH CHATTAHOOCHEE GOLD WOODSTOCK, GA Gold Swim Team and Pre-competitive Track Chattahoochee Gold offers both a precompetitive track and USA competition training. The two pre-competitive groups are called Intro, and Technique/Fitness. Intro classes swim either once or twice a week for 45 minutes are cover the fundamentals of the four strokes, starts, and turns. Technique/Fitness classes cover the fundamentals as well, and gradually increase the amount of yardage to develop the swimmer's strength and endurance. Technique/Fitness classes that swim twice a week are called Tech/Fitness League.
Pat and Beth Murphy started Chattahoochee Gold Swimming in 1982 as a year round USA swim club north of Atlanta. Gold Swimming operates out of four sites one of which they own. The Murphy’s helped to ignite the coach-owned swim team movement and have happy helped other coaches in the same pursuit. The team currently has 760 swimmers and has produced state, regional, and national champions. Gold Swimming is one of the first teams in the nation to be awarded level 4 status, an honor reserved for the most forward-thinking and organized teams
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