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The South Pasadena Sea Tigers Swim Team offers training and practice groups for swimmers between the ages of 5-18.  It is our goal to offer age specific training for all of our athletes geared towards challenging each individual and developing each individual to the best of their abilities.  Practices are held at the South Pasadena High School swimming pool located at:  1525 Diamond Street, South Pasadena, CA 91030

Training groups are determined by both age and ability, at the discretion of the coaches.

Bronze (novice) - Minimum guideline: Swimmer must be able to swim 25y of at least 3 strokes: Free, Back, Fly, Breast strokes.
Training Fee: $80/month + annual registration fee
Practice times: clickTeam Calendars (select Bronze and the current month and year)

Silver (intermediate) - Minimum guideline: Swimmer must be able to swim 200y Free, and 100y for each of the other strokes.
Training Fee: $85/month + annual registration fee
Practice times: click Team Calendars (select Silver and the current month and year)

Silver+ (advance intermediate) - Minimum guideline: must be practicing in Silver for at least over 1 year - a transition group between Silver and Gold.
Training Fee: $90/month + annual registration fee
Practice times: click Team Calendars (select Gold and the current month and year)

Gold (advance) - Minimum guideline: Swimmers must be either in a High School swim team OR committed to be in competitive swim meets (USS meets). If swimmer is in 10yrs and under age group, he/she must meet a 10 and under age group blue time (per SCS time standard); swimmer in older age groups will be considered at the coach's discretion.
Training Fee: $90/month + annual registration fee
Practice times: click Team Calendars (select Gold and the current month and year)

Strokes Training
Bronze/Silver - during weekday practice session
Gold/Silver+ - Saturday morning

The Coaches
Scott Watanabe -
Head coach and Gold/Silver+ level Coach
Mark Barr - Silver level Coach
Andrew Gerletti - Bronze level Coach

All coaches have many years of competitive swimming experience in teaching kids from novice to National swimmers. They all hold USA Swimming Certification for coaching and are also CPR/First aid/Lifeguard training certified.

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Team tryouts

Available weekdays from 5:00pm - 6:00pm during Silver practice hours. Please check our team calendar (select Silver practice schedule) before coming for tryout.
L
ocation: South Pasadena High School pool - 1527 Diamond Street, South Pasadena.

**Please bring the following items to the tryout:

  • Authorization and Release Form - download and fill it out
  • Swimmer's birth certificate or passport for proof of birth date - this is required if swimmer has never been registered as a USA Swimming member

Additional information:

If you have any questions regarding the information in the packet, please click here.

Financial assistance is available. Approval of the application is on an individual basis. Please complete the Financial Aid Form and arrange appointment with the team Registrar [email protected].

 

Email Contacts:

SeaTigers Board Members: [email protected]

Team Treasurer: [email protected]

Team Registrar: [email protected]

SeaTigers Store: [email protected]