RED
Age: Pre-High School
Group Description: In this group swimmers will continue to work on developing competitive training principles, stroke technique, and skills development. In this group swimmers will increase their aerobic base development, with an emphasis on skills development and stroke technique. The Red group swimmers display an interest in swimming as their sport, and enjoy attending practices, improving their skills, and competing. In this group, swimmers will increase their training intensity while continuing to work on stroke mechanics, training habits, and increasing their capacity. In this group swimmers will be working towards attaining National BB time standards (11-12 age group) and qualifying for Age Group Championships and Junior Olympics.
Coaches look for:
Interested in swimming as their sport
Enjoy attending practices, improving their skills, and competing
Met the previous group's requirements
Completed the 11-12 IMR events
Achieved a 11-12 National B time in 3 events, including an IM event
Ability to commit to and handle the workload and requirements of this group
Practice Attendance: 6 practices per week offered. 4 practices/week is required.
Meet Attendance: Attendance of 80% of all offered meets is required. If qualified, swimmers must attend all Championship meets.
Practice Duration: 90 minutes