Club Goals
- To build self-esteem and confidence
- To develop leadership, team spirit, and sportsmanship
- To promote a healthy lifestyle
Eligibility
Swimmers of all abilities are welcome to join the club. The only prerequisites are a demonstrated ability to swim 3 lengths of a 25 meter pool doing a front crawl, back crawl, and whip kick on front with confidence.
Initial assessment requires completion of Swimmer 4. Swimmers ages 5 – 8 years with completed Swimmer 2 can qualify for Orange.
Group Overview
Entry Requirements
- Completion of Swimmer 2
- Swim (25 m) safely and unassisted
- Jump into deep water and return to the wall safely
Group Focus
- Develop strong fundamentals
- Develop positive habits and stroke techniques
- Provide younger swimmers (5-8 years) an entry into swim club
Entry Requirements
- Demonstrate the learning outcomes of Orange Group
- BK: Swim comfortably and continuously (25 m)
- FR: Swim comfortably and continuously (25 m)
- BR: Swim comfortably and continuously (25 m)
Group Focus
- Develop strong fundamentals
- Develop positive habits and stroke techniques
Entry Requirements
- Demonstrate the learning outcomes of Yellow Group except for BR & FLY
Group Focus
- Equip swimmers with the skills necessary to be successful in Grey
- Targeted at swimmers (10-15 yrs) with minimal swim club experience
Entry Requirements
- Demonstrate learning outcomes of Yellow Group
- 25 m FLY – 0:27
- 50 m BK – 0:55
- 50 m BR – 1:02
- 50 m FR – 0:49
Group Focus
- Incorporate more advanced stroke-specific techniques
- Begin developing endurance, power, and speed
Entry Requirements
- Demonstrate learning outcomes of Grey Group
- 50 FLY – 0:52
- 50 BK – 0:50
- 50 BR – 0:54
- 50 FR – 0:43
Group Focus
- Refine stroke-specific techniques
- Training regimes help build endurance, power, and speed
- Longer training sets
Entry Requirements
- Demonstrate learning outcomes of Red Group
- 100 IM – 1:35
- 200 IM – 3:30
Group Focus
- Developing power while fine-tuning strokes
Entry Requirement
Varies depending on offering
Group Focus
- Dives, starts, turns, and racing skills
Group Placement
The first assessment for a swimmer considers not only the abilities and speed of the swimmer, but also their safety in the water.
Assessment is ongoing. Swimmers’ participation in the Time Trials and Mile Swim is only part of the assessment. We take a holistic approach, considering speed, technique, attitude, and safety.
Swimmers develop and progress at their own rate. Advancing them too quickly may discourage them because the higher standard of the new group is too demanding.
The Star Clinic is supplementary and available to registered swimmers. All Star Clinics focus on racing skills and provide an opportunity to practice dives, starts and turns. Requirements are to ensure that swimmers of a similar speed are placed together.