MEET THE RACE CLUB TEAM
The Race Club swim coaches are a highly skilled group that focus primarily on improving swimming technique. Each Race Club swimming coach is well trained to observe and correct the smallest details and flaws of your swimming technique.
Armed with some of the most advanced swimming technology available, including measuring velocity, acceleration and deceleration, drag and propulsion, hand pressure and orientation, our coaching staff will be able to find your most challenging errors and offer some creative ways to correct them and improve your swimming technique.
Because of the high density of water, swimming may be the most technique sensitive sport in the world. Our swim coaching staff will help you master the nuances of great swimming technique in all four swim strokes, starts and flip turns.
GARY HALL, SR
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR AND HEAD COACH
EXPERTISE:
● Swimming ● Mental Training ● Strength Training ● Nutrition and Recovery
MARY HALL
MANAGER, ACCOUNTANT & MOTHER OF THE CLUB
EXPERTISE:
● Accounting ● Family Suppot ● Social Skills
RICHARD HALL
DIRECTOR OF VIDEO PRODUCTION & ASSISTANT COACH
EXPERTISE:
● Photography ● Swim ● Mental & Strength Training ● Nutrition & Recovery
HISTORY-OLYPMIC SWIMMING TECHNIQUES
INDUSTRY AFFILIATION:
● Swim Swam
● Triathlete Magazine
● United States Olympians Association
● Florida Swim Network
2000
The Race Club swimming camp was not officially founded until 2003, but its origin dates back to the year 2000 when a group of 13 talented swimmers came together to train for the Sydney Olympic Games. At that time, we called ourselves The World Team.
The World Team of 2000 was an experiment for us. For the first time, we provided not only great swimming coaches for the 13 athletes, but great coaches in all five of the important training disciplines: swimming, strength training, mental training, nutrition and recovery. We had never done that before. The swimming drills and private swim lessons from the Race Club coaches paid off. Our results exceeded our expectations. Ten athletes competed in Sydney, six for the United States. The six American athletes won 10 Olympic swimming medals for the USA, 1/10 of the total medals won for our country.
2003
In 2003, Gary Hall Jr. founded The Race Club in Islamorada, Florida, with the hopes of promoting the sport of swimming worldwide. Gary Jr. designed the logo using the Sea Griffin, symbolizing fierce competitiveness and the dolphins, for swimming athleticism.
2004
Just to be sure our success at the 2000 Games was not a coincidence; we repeated our effort in 2004 for Athens, this time as The Race Club. Although we sent fewer swimmers to Athens, the results were just as impressive. We won six Olympic swimming medals. Now we knew we had developed a great formula for fast swimming.
2006
In 2006, The Race Club began to share what we had learned about training swimming athletes in all five important disciplines with the rest of the world. We began offering The Race Club swimming camps where we taught swimmers of any age, or any ability, how to swim faster. Swimmers have come from around the world to learn our training and swimming techniques. They have not been disappointed.
2008
In 2008, 17 swimmers, representing 15 countries that trained with The Race Club, competed in the Beijing Olympics. Two more Olympic swimming medals were won. All competitors swam their personal best times.
Today
Today, The Race Club is focused on developing the most advanced swim camps in the world in Oceanside, California. Swim campers not only benefit from the Race Club formulas for success in training, but also some of the most advanced video and analytical software available. With each and every Race Club Camper, we have proudly improved their skill, elevated their enthusiasm, and opened their eyes to swimming’s lifelong possibilities.
For some, a Race Club Camp has resulted in a full college scholarship. For others, it has simply renewed a passion for the sport and strengthened a commitment to fitness.
Training Olympic swimmers is our passion and our history. Making you a better swimmer is our business. Life is worth swimming!
In 2003, Gary Jr worked with a firm in the UK to develop the full crest for The Race Club. Gary selected the Sea Griffen as the centerpiece for the crest because of the aggressive nature of sprinters. He selected the two Dolphins facing the Sea Griffen because of the athleticism required to swim fast. The royal blue waves on the bottom of the center shield with a light gray background, contrasted with the vibrant red, yellow, and gold colors of the Sea Griffen and Dolphins, symbolize the swimming pool or open water. The silver, gold, and red armor placed above the shield with royal blue and white plumes emanating from the back side represent the desire to protect our Race Club family members. Finally, The Race Club is emblazoned using the old English black font on the gold and red ribbon below.