Dear Coach Corrie and Coach Matt,
 
Thank you for teaching me all the things that I have learned at the UCSD Clinic. I had a wonderful time at the clinic; the food, high dive and hot tub were awesome. But there was something else that made it a great camp, the fun coaches. I am very happy that I was able to meet you all. I will make sure to apply what I learned to swimming and hopefully get faster. When I do backstroke, I’ll push the water to my feet. On my freestyle, I will breathe with one goggle in and one goggle out of the water. With my breaststroke, I will glide more. And finally with my butterfly, I will breathe at the right time and keep my head down. Thank you to Natasha, Corrie, Matt, Jeremy and Andy. I’m pretty sure I forgot someone, it might have been David… sorry. I hope to see you all again.

Dear Coach Corrie Falcon,

I wanted to thank you and your staff for offering such a great swim camp experience again to our swimmers. This year our team sent 13 swimmers to camp. The whole experience was a success. Every swimmer who attended camp dropped time in the next meet. At Junior Olympics last weekend our small team took 10 swimmers. Nearly every swimmer qualified for finals. Gracie finished in the top 8 in nine events with a first place in the 100 back and a third in the 100 fly. After camp many of her AA times transformed into AAA times! She is actually very close to some AAAA times.  Greg dropped a lot of time also in backstroke. At Junior Olympics last weekend he earned third place in the 100 back (1:09) and 200 back (2:30).  He dropped six seconds in the 200 back and 2 ½ in the 100 back. Since camp he has dropped nearly 8 seconds in his 200 back and 6 in his 100 back. Our small team took 12th place out of 28 teams. Rachael and Sophie had an awesome JOs too. Sophie dropped 3 seconds in her fly and 5 in her backstroke. Mackenzie made two JO cuts after only swimming one year! Emily is on fire for swimming after camp. She swam in her first long course meet in mid July and she did awesome. When I was talking to Sam about where he wants to go to college, he said,  “You know I really liked UCSD. I am thinking about going there.” This was his first university experience and obviously it was a positive one.

I just wanted to say thanks because again our swimmers got a lot out of the whole experience. You and your staff offer great instruction and feedback to each swimmer. Your explanations are clear and concise. The swimmer coach ratio is fantastic! You and your staff also did a great job building an excellent rapport with our swimmers. The camp counselors/coaches were great role models. The workouts were challenging for the swimmers, but not frustrating!

Have a great year and the best of luck to you and your swimmers. You are providing the swimmers with an amazing program!

With much gratitude,

Jennifer Williams
Indian Wells Valley Swim Coach
 

 Hi Coach Corrie,

I would like to thank you again, (and all the coaches) for such an excellent experience.

During our return home, I asked Nolan to give the clinic a rating from 1-10 and he gave it a emphatic "10."  When asked what he liked best about the clinic he thought about it and replied, "the coaches."

I was totally impressed with the coaches ability to communicate at the level that a 9-year-old could grasp. From showing and breaking down video, to live in water expert instruction, to performing drills and finally underwater filming for analysis, the technique instruction was phenomenal.

Nolan showed dramatic improvement in the butterfly. Prior to the clinic he was having difficulty with the rhythm and timing between the pull and kick.  Also, while he has not yet improved the head position during breathing in freestyle he is now aware of the problem.

There are two other aspects of the clinic which go beyond technique instruction and in general go beyond what I expected from the course. First, the discussions regarding motivation, attitude and goal setting. Totally important. Nolan's goal is to set the IM record in our summer competitive recreational swim league this year.

Secondly, I think it is invaluable to have access to the coaches/athletes that have achieved such high levels in the sport and academics. These are not people out there somewhere which we are reading about in books but are real people right there that the children may interact with.

I wish we were going to make it for this summer's clinic, however it is too late for me to take vacation this summer, so you will definitely see us next summer.  I think our second guy will be old enough to attend as well.

See you next year,
Jay, Cathy, Nolan and Gary

Hi Corrie,

Just wanted to say it was a pleasure meeting you.  This was the first time Joseph (PENY Porpoises - the taller one) has done a  stroke clinic at UCSD. As I told you, his IM is terrific but his Fly slows him down.  It was like a light bulb went on in his head, he said, "I finally get what I've been doing wrong with my arms"!  We hope to do some more clinics in the future:)

Thank you!

Ellen McCannon

Hi Corrie,
 
My daughter, Payson Puckett attended session 2 swim camp, last summer.  It was her first swim camp experience.  Payson, joined club swimming in January of '08 at the age of 12.  It was, at that time that she learned the breaststroke and the butterfly stroke.  She had a lot to learn, including starts and turns, in a short time.  As you know, most swimmers, have been swimming since an early age.
 
Payson went to your swim camp, a novice, with a time of 1:24.72 in the 100 Free.  This January 16th, Payson posted a time of 1:09.77 in the 100 Free at a meet. 
 
Payson swims club and high school.  She is in a small division 3 school.  State, North Regionals, were Jan. 22nd, where she swam the 200 Free in 2:34.59, much improved from her time of 3:11.13 from 5-29-09.  She also swam the 500 Free at regionals with a time of 7:02.10.
 
Now it even gets better.  Payson did qualify for State in both the 200 Free and the 500 Free, as well as on the 200 Free Relay team from her school. State was in Conroe, TX, on Feb. 5th & 6th.  Her times improved at state:  She swam the 500 Free in 6:51.53 in the prelims.  Her 200 Free time  was a 2:32.54.  She did advance to the finals in both and swam faster with times of 2:31.31 in 200 Free, and 6:47.03 in 500 Free.  In the 200 Free relay, her split was a 31.12.  The only swim camp she has ever attended at this time, is UC San Diego Swim Camp!  Thank you for a great camp.  Payson is thrilled with what she learned there.  She continues to work hard and looks forward to attending another camp and/or clinic at UC San Diego.
 
Have a blessed week,
Vana Puckett

"Thanks Corrie and Matt.  You ran a very nice camp.  The ratio of campers to coaches + the quality of coaches and their interaction with the swimmers was exactly what we were looking for.  We will recommend you to every one we know."