Unlike most sports, boys’ swimming takes a different approach to the idea of captains practices by playing games to create a team atmosphere instead of swimming according to junior captain Nate Stone.

Stone said he admits not much swimming takes place at these practices.

“Honestly, there’s not much swimming that goes on. It’s really just getting to know each other and having fun,” Stone said.

Stone said a lot of what they do at captain’s practices depends on who shows up.

“If we have a lot of new kids, we’ll definitely focus on introducing them to the four strokes,  and seeing where they are so we can kind of tell which lane they’ll be in,” Stone said.

Head coach Amanda Forsberg said she believes captains practices benefit the coaches by letting the captains introduce the correct techniques.

“It helps us (coaches) so that when the season starts, everyone knows the proper technique and terminology so we don’t have to spend time during practice going over that,” Forsberg said.  “Captains practices are also beneficial to us because then the captains can let us know what kids are interested, giving us a number going forward and where their skill level is.”

Right now, no dates are set for the captains practices but they will be held once a week throughout November, according to Stone.