Minimum requirements for the program: 5-12 years of age, the ability to practice two times a week for 45 minutes, and approval by swim team coaches or recommendation from a YMCA swim instructor.  Please contact Adam Gaulin at [email protected] for more information or to schedule an evaluation.

Dry Land training sessions will be offered twice a week.  Practice will incorporate muscle strengthening, stretching, and body balance exercises that will enhance in-water performance.  This will take place on Tuesdays or Thursdays from 5:00-5:45pm which will allow time to change before swim practice at 6:00pm.

Knowledge of the four competitive strokes: freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, and breaststroke; ability to swim 50 yards of freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and 25 yards of butterfly.  Practice is two times per week for 45 minutes.

Knowledge of the four competitive strokes: freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, and breaststroke; ability to swim 50 yards of freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and 25 yards of butterfly.  Practice is two times per week for 60 minutes.

Knowledge of the four competitive strokes: freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, and breaststroke; ability to swim 100 yards of freestyle and backstroke, and 50 yards of breaststroke and butterfly.  Increased pool time will continue to build a strong foundation of core techniques while building endurance. Practice is three times per week for 90 minutes.

Times

• Monday & Wednesday: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
• Friday: 4:00pm - 5:30pm

This group will continue to work on stroke technique and building endurance for greater success in swimming longer distances.  Swimmers must be able to swim a 90 minute practice and a total of 6 hours per week.  Swimmers are encouraged to arrive 15 minutes early to each practice to stretch.

Times

Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday: 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Friday: 5:30pm - 7:00pm

This class is designed to work on the 4 competitive strokes, butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle, in conjunction with normal practices. It will help swimmers improve stroke technique and teach drills that will enable the continued refinement of the stroke. Coaches will utilize training tools such as kick boards, pull buoys and drills to re-enforce correct technique.