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Akula Summer Camp 2022

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 20:09:19 GMT

Get Your Sun Block and Swim Caps Ready for Artistic Swimming Summer Camp!

Spectators have been awed by the grace and power of the sport of artistic swimming since the inception of the sport in the early 1900s. Artistic swimming requires a unique combination of overall body strength, stamina, agility, grace, split-second timing, artistic interpretation, and dramatic flair. Many have described the sport as a mixture of swimming, dance and gymnastics. The goal of every performance is technical excellence, artistic impression and synchronization of body and music.

Akula will be hosting TWO summer camps in July 2022. First camp will be for the younger group (ages 4-9). Second camp will be for more seasoned swimmers (ages 10 and up). Join our camps to get a head start on the basics of artistic swimming or to hone your skills towards elite swimmers, but more importantly HAVE FUN!

Akula Pups Camp (Ages 4-9)

In this camp will introduce artistic swimming to the young pups. The kids will learn each swimming stroke, the importance of basic swimming skills lays the foundation for artistic swimming. The kids will learn; basic synchro water skills like sculling, learn to perform some water dance with music, as well as land based dance, work on flexibility and strength. The camp will wrap-up with a little show utilizing their skills.

The activities includes:

Swimming skills
Synchro basics
Stretching
Fitness for kids
Fun land and water game activities

If you would like to become a confident swimmer, you love water and music, this camp is just for you! And have opportunity to meet and photo session with Olympians!

Date and Time:

July 11-15 from 9 AM to 12:30 PM

The day will consist of; 90 min of swimming, 45 min of snack and break, 75 min of land exercises.

Location:

Morgan Hill Aquatic Center

16200 Condit Rd

Morgan Hill, CA 95037

Requirements:

Your child must be confident in the water and able to swim 25 yards with or without swimming aids like floatation devices.

Registration:

Early bird registration by May 1st 2022: $350
After May 1st 2022: $400
Registration ends June 31st 2022
Registration is limited to 20 attendees
No refunds

Snacks and drinks can be provided from Akula for the duration of the camp. This camp will be coached by Olga Kuzhela with assistance from Akula Team.

Akula Elite Camp (Ages 10 and Up)

If you have already gone through a season of artistic swimming and want to learn more outside of your day-to-day practices, this is for you! This camp will focus on artistic swimming elements in the water, figures and routines. We are going to work on calisthenics to achieve grace of movement using all parts of the body. We will create a short routine to perform at the end of camp in the water and land using all the elements and techniques practiced during the camp.

On land, the priority will be flexibility - a key element in artistic swimming. Learning stretching techniques with help from rhythmic gymnastics olympian. On water learn techniques and corrections with help of figures olympian expert.

Join us to improve your synchro skills with professional olympians and most of all HAVE FUN!

Elements covered:

Figures
Routines
Improvisations
Technical skills
Artistic impression work
Working as a team
Stretching with rhythmic gymnastics Olympian

Date and Time:

July 18-22 from 9 AM to 3 PM

The day will consist of mix of both land and water activities along with lunch and break. And have opportunity to meet and photo session with Olympians!

Location:

Morgan Hill Aquatic Center

16200 Condit Rd

Morgan Hill, CA 95037

Requirements:

Have already completed a season of artistic swimming.

Registration:

Early bird registration by May 1st 2022: $600
After May 1st 2022: $650
Registration ends June 31st 2022
Registration is limited to 20 attendees
No refunds

Drinks and lunch can be provided from Akula for the duration of the camp. This camp will be coached by Olga Kuzhela and Anastasia Nazarenko.

Who and Who

The summer camps will be coached by two Gold Olympian medalists.

Olga Kuzela

A gold medalist in synchronized swimming team event at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Head coach of Akula Artistic Swimming Club and have also coached numerous other athletes who competed at Junior Olympics. Olga is also known as a figure specialist. Olga will be coaching both the Akula Pups Camp and the Akula Elite Camp.

Anastasia Nazarenko

Olympic Gold medalist in rhythmic gymnastics London 2012. The founder of stretch/flexibility studio in New York. The athletes will have a lot to learn from her incredible flexibility and her experience in this front. It's a rare opportunity to learn from a rhythmic gold medalist. Anastasia will be coaching the Akula Elite Camp alongside Olga.

Halloween Party & Open House

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 22:27:14 GMT

Get Dressed for Halloween Fun!

Hello Akula Families,

You are all invited to our Halloween Party and Open House on Saturday October 30th from 9:00am - 11:30am at Morgan Hill Aquatic Center! Normal practice will be taking a break and land-fun will commence. We invite everyone to come in costumes and bring a friend because it is party time!

We will have

-Pumpkin painting

-A coloring station

-Costume contest at 11am

-& goodie bags!

Please share the word with neighbors and friends and spread the word! We will not be in the pool that day. Stop in at any time for a quick hello, or stay the whole time the choice is yours. Please let me know if you have any questions. Save the date and see you there!

Super exciting news: We are being shared on the Visit Morgan Hill website for our Open House! If so inclined, please take a look-see at this cool link and share away on your social media pages! https://www.visitmorganhill.org/event-calendar-detail/akula-artistic-swimming-club-halloween-party-amp-open-house

Introduction

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 03:34:42 GMT

A Bit About Me

My name is Olga Kuzhela. I was born and grew up in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. I started synchronized swimming at the age of 7. My journey has been very interesting!

I have always wanted and known I will be a coach one day. Because I have met a lot of wonderful, wise, caring coaches who have had a tremendous impact on me. Some of them taught me how to never give up, persevere and achieve my personal best of the best. Some of them weren’t nice to me and they taught me how to move forward anyway patiently. I am so grateful to have all those extraordinary people in my life.

While I was swimming, I collected memories and thoughts about coaches. I wanted to be one of them. I have created my own style. I love kids. I teach them through love. It doesn’t matter if they become champions or not. I want them to do what they love to do, and if they love what they do, they need to work hard to achieve their own goals and dreams. Artistic swimming is a beautiful sport, on the other hand, is also hard.

Now I truly can say that my dream is coming true! I am proud to announce that I am and my partners opening our own Artistic Swimming Club in Morgan Hill! We are so excited about a unique opportunity to teach this beautiful sport of synchronized swimming to our local youth. I can show our new students what artistic swimming really is! You are going to enjoy our practices! And who knows, maybe in the future we will have a national team representing our beautiful country in the World Championships or Olympic Games! Join us today! don’t miss a day! All you need is water and music!