The Meadow Pool
Newly remodeled in 2008, Meadow features a 6-lane gutterless competition pool with a dive well and shallow play area for recreational use.
Our Season
The pool is open March-November for swim team and masters and during the summer months for recreational swimming. Seasonal hours are posted at the lifeguard office.
Masters Swim
Spring and Fall USA Swimming Masters program coached by senior staff that focuses on overall fitness and improving swim skills.
Lessons
Meadow offers private lessons with our senior coaching staff for children of all ages.
Mini-Dolphin Program
The Mini-Dolphin, learn-to-swim program features a progression of levels from beginner to advanced that develops strong, water-safe swimmers with the solid foundation required for participation on the swim team.
Bottlenose
Gain confidence in entering the waterLearn to blow bubbles
Float on stomach and back
Spinner Dolphin
Gain confidence in the waterLearn the basics of freestyle and backstroke
Practice going under water
Learn to jump off the side of the pool
Hourglass Dolphins
Comfortable in waterLearn to swim ¼ lap freestyle independently
Practice side breathing
Learn to dive from the side of the pool
Orcas
Confident in the waterPractice swimming ½-full lap freestyle and backstroke independently
Learn elements of breaststroke and butterfly
Learn to dive from the block
Our Swim Team
The Meadow Dolphins, founded in 1957, are a recreational swim team for swimmers, ages 4-18, that competes in the Orinda Moraga Pools Association (OMPA) league.
Practices are broken down by age group and are designed to develop the competitive strokes, strong starts and finishes, and race techniques, while building strength, confidences and a great sense of community.
Spring Clinics
Two-day and four-day Stroke Cinics, as well as Start-and-Turn Clinics, prepare swimmers for the summer season.
Summer Season
Pre-Season practices start in late April; moving to regular morning practice in the summer. Our season culminates in August with the OMPA championship.
Fall Swim
Fall Swimming, lead by our summer coaching staff, runs in the afternoons from September—November. Swimmers have the option of competing in fall meets.
Coaching Staff
A strong team of experienced coaches leads the Meadow swim team.
Matt Armanini
Head Coach
Matt began his swimming career as a Meadow Dolphin swimming on swim team from ages 8-18. His first coaching position was as a junior coach at Meadow and from there he began an impressive coaching career. Matt has coached for Orinda Park Pool, Orinda Aquatics, Miramonte and Campolindo High Schools, Campo Cabana Club (CCC) and most recently as an assistant head coach at Moraga Country Club (MCC). He was the Head Coach at CCC for two years and spent a total of six years as an Assistant Head Coach at MCC. Matt definitely knows the ins and outs of running an OMPA team!
