Canadian North Frost Bite Swim Camp - January 9 to 11, 2009

Swimmers in Cubs, Bronze, Silver and Gold and Polar Bear Coaches participated in the 2009 Canadian North Frost Bite Swim Camp featuring Chartered Professional Coach Sam Montgomery from January 9 to 11, 2009. Check out Sam's bio below and a few pictures taken by Coach Alexander.

 

Sam Montgomery

Sam has a Masters degree in Physical Education and Sports Administration; attended law school and is a Chartered Professional Coach. He is one of a select few swimming coaches fully certified at NCCP level 4. Sam has forty years of coaching experience at all levels. He coached swimming and water polo at the high school, university, club, national and international level in three countries, (Guatemala, United States, and Canada and others via the Internet). He has successfully guided swimmers in pools from 20 yards to 65 metres, as well as in open-water. He coached all ages, from learn-to-swim level to national record holders and Olympic finalists.

Sam has been on the staff of regional and provincial teams in Quebec, Newfoundland, British Columbia, and Alberta including three Canada Games. He served as both National Swimming Coach and National Water-Polo Coach in Guatemala. He has also been on national team staffs for Canadian youth and junior national team tours, World Cup and "B" national team tours, Pan American Games, Pan Pacific Championships, Commonwealth Games, and Olympic Games teams. His swimmers have broken numerous provincial and national records and have won over 50 national championship medals. He has coached in English, Spanish, and in French.

Sam has served as a member of the Swimming Canada Board of Directors, SNC Executive, and SNC's High Performance, Domestic, and Selection Committees. In 1995 he was awarded Swimming Canada's "Presidents Award" for contribution to swimming in Canada. He is a past president of the Canadian Swimming Coaches Association, having held that office four times. He currently serves on the Swim Alberta High Performance Advisory Committee.

Sam Montgomery is entering his third year as Red Deer Catalina Swim Club Head Coach. From 2004 to 2006 he was the UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA as Head Coach for the Golden Bears and Panda Varsity Swim Teams and as Head Coach of the University of Alberta Swim Centre. Sam is a father of six children and a grandfather of one. Five-year-old Pearson and Three-year-old twins Robert & Tobin keep Sam busy at home.

 

 

 

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