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| Almost 300 campers check-in between 8:45 to 9:00 AM and return home at either 1:30 PM or 3:30 to 3:45 PM. About 100 campers arrive by bus from as far north as Aventura and Bal Harbor and as far south as Dadeland North MetroRail and Douglas Road MetroRail. Arriving children deposit their bag, towel, clean shirt, beach shoes, and sunscreen in their cubby. Campers can leave pool and bay gear (such as goggles, mask, snorkel and fins) in a mesh bag within a team box. |
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| Staff |
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| The Swim Gym Aquatic Sports Camp staff of 61 and Swim Gym Mini Swim Camp's 20 member staff provide supervision at approximately 1:4 at SGASC and 1:3 in the Minicamp. Every staff member's detailed job description includes specific duties regarding Child Safety, Clean-Up, and Lost and Found. Every person on staff is Community CPR for Adult and Child and First Aid trained. Many are trained lifeguards as well. All swim instructors are Water Safety Instructors certified by the American Red Cross. |
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| Swimming |
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| This sport made Swim Gym famous! Competitive swimming styles, drills, fins, games, songs, relays, masks, snorkels, jumps, dives, and flip turns are all part of Swim Gym's repertoire. Every aquatic activity goes on in this pool. |
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| Fishing |
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| 1 Coach, 16 Rods and Reels, Yo-Yo's, Safety Glasses, Casting Nets, Camera, Cutting Board, Scaling Knife, Filleting Knife, Hooks, Weights, Pliers, Cooler, WD40, Live Shrimp, and Homemade Bait. Campers catch fish or worms for bait. All the facilities and fishing activities make for a wonderful angler's experience. |
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| Water Polo |
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| A Coach, 8 Balls, 16 Woggles or Flotation Belts, the Unofficial Water Polo Rink, PVC Floating Goals, a Teaching Dock, and 6 Heavy Anchors. These all add up to the best conditioning sport in the world. Here, children can succeed while feeling safe. As challenges become more complex, their pride in repeated sucess increases. |
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| Winch Board with the 'Grinch' |
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| The board is pulled along the beach by an electric winch. No boat is involved. Lots of fun. |
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| Snorkeling and Scuba |
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Fun and safely introduce children to snorkeling through pool work.
Snorkeling is available to all campers. We store your mask, fins, and
snorkel. Label all of your belongings. Put everything in a clearly
labeled mesh bag. This bag can be left at camp for the entire two weeks.
Separate cubbies are available for daily storage of your backpack,
towel, and extra t-shirt.
Scuba Diving – South Florida has long been a destination for underwater discovery. Scuba Diving is a central component of the South Florida Aquatic Sports and Recreation scene, and now it’s part of the Swim Gym Aquatic Sports Camp. Campers ages 10-15 will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in PADI’s Discovery Scuba Diving course during a 2-week session at SGASC. Under the guidance of Grove Scuba’s PADI certified master scuba divers, our campers will have the opportunity to learn all the skills necessary to eventually become certified divers. |
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| Rock Climbing |
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Have the thrill of mountain rock climbing on our new climbing wall. Thrilling and good exercise, but still safe because of harnesses and protective equipment. |
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| Sailing |
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2 Coaches, 4 Prams, 1 Sunfish,
1 Minifish, 1 Hobie, Sails, Rudders, Dagger Boards, Line, Masts,
Booms.
All the nautrical paraphenalia adds up to a little camp engineering course. Sailing challenges but is a little scary to the young. They always sail with the coach or other previously-trained sailing campers. Excitement comes from watching as these children learn, step by step, to maneuver their boats and express their newly acquired skills. |
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| Kayaking |
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1 Coach with 8 - 2-Man Boats and 19 Paddles.
Kayaking equipment can motivate children both to learn and to get in shape over a period of two weeks. Early on, younger campers, carried by the wind, can end up in a different direction than they paddle. Kayak snakes protect them so that they can to practice without fear until they master this skill. |
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| Canoeing |
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| The campers enjoy five canoes, twenty paddleboats, and personal floatation devices ("life jackets") sufficient for all. |
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| Bay Play |
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Open Water Swimming / PFD Training.
Many children fear swimming in salt water when they first come to camp. Most hardly swim 100 yards without stopping. Yet, by the last day of their Open Water Swim Class, most campers age 9 and older swim a ¼ -mile or even further. Sometimes at camp, children and skippers need a little time off. At Bay Play, everyone's favorite "hang out" time, large inner tubes and floating noodles lure campers. Relays or dig ditches, moats, castles and mermaids, and much more thrill our campers. |
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| Log Rolling |
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| An up and coming sport with a rich history and a promising future, the sport of logrolling is growing all over the country; in fact it could be an Olympic sport someday. At SGASC we brought to South Florida one of the oldest sports in our nation's history. The log is made of roto-molded polyethylene, meaning it is smooth to the touch yet durable enough for a day's worth of entertainment. Additionally, the log is covered with a non-skid surface that provides traction for wet feet. The log measures 8 feet in usable length and is anchored by two rafts in a section of the bay deep enough so that when our little log rollers fall off, they only feel a splash. |
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| Water Biking |
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| Look like fun? Water biking is not as easy as it looks. Campers really enjoy this low stress cardiovascular activity shared by up to four friends. They glean the cardiovascular benefits of cycling while cruising the shoreline of our gleaming bay. |
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| The Backyard |
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Sand Soccer / Sand Volley / Newcomb / Sky Ride / Trampoline / Slip 'n' Slide
Regardless of age, the back yard at the soccer field has something for everyone. The trampoline, the slip-and-slide, the sky ride, or even snacking in the shade from Miami's tropical summer sun, all elements lure our campers. |
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| Rainy Days |
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| Even sunny Florida has rainy days. Our camp is ready for a little liquid sunshine. Arts and crafts, singing, games, puzzles, and story-time chase away rainy day blues. |
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| Lunch |
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1 Head Cook - 3 Kitchen Helpers - 3 Freezers - 2 Refrigerators - 3 George Foreman Grills
We feed 380 very hungry campers, coaches, and skippers daily!!! 30-minute lunch shifts from 11:00 to 1:00 and morning and afternoon snacks of fresh fruit and a Popsicle or a granola bar keep their engines going. |
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