Virtual Resources
Many things such as workouts and webinars have gone virtual during the past year and can still be viewed on USA Artistic Swimming’s Youtube channel.
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Rising Stars Program
USA Artistic Swimming announced a new athlete development program called Rising Stars. With the goal of identifying and developing high-level athletes throughout the nation, this three-tier program will work to cultivate the Olympic athletes of tomorrow. The Rising Stars program will be available for novice, intermediate, and age group athletes all across the country. This new development program offers a unique pathway for athletes to start at their association and club level and work with some of the nation's best coaches to improve their artistic swimming abilities and gain exposure for future consideration for U.S. national teams. Athletes can advance from Red Star Camp to Blue Star Camp before receiving an invitation to the annual All-Star Camp. These association and zone-level camps will be held across the country, with the ultimate goal of reducing travel barriers for athletes to learn and grow together. The national office will be looking for clubs and Associations to host 20 Red Star camps during the July-September time frame, and the camps must be held on three non-consecutive days. Swimmers will be able to advance from Red Star camps (association level) to Blue Star camps (Sectional level) to Rising Stars Camp. For more details, check out the page on the USA Artistic Swimming website.