Life Time Arizona Swim Team

Our team is a year-round competitive USA Swimming team offering high quality, professional coaching and technique instruction for all ages and abilities. The goal of our team is to promote a lifetime of wellness through the sport of swimming in a safe and inclusive environment. 

Life Time Arizona Swim Team has been structured into three basic groups of athlete development in our swimming program.  In each level of the program, we continually try to evaluate and adapt to the multitude of factors that impact the growth and development of young athletes.  We have learned through experience that the perfect developmental swimming program is a moving target based on the changes of development of young people.  Our coaches establish work outs in all three groups that focus on swimmer development by keeping it challenging and fun to ensure the swimmers longevity in the sport.

**For a schedule of practice times, please contact your respective Life Time Club.

Bronze- Ages 6 to 10

Swimmers in the group should have a basic understanding of swimming skills.  Refinement and continued development of these skills are the main objective of this group.  Emphasis is placed on swimmers having fun, while developing stroke technique, and beginning competition.  In this group we focus on teaching the fundamentals of stroke development while working on basic motor skills, and body positioning.  In order to begin in this level of our program, swimmers must be able to swim a minimum of 50 meters freestyle and backstroke and 25 meters of breaststroke and butterfly.

Practice equipment for this group includes kick board and fins.

 

Silver- Ages 9 to 14

Swimmers in this group are able to complete a 200 IM while maintaining good technique.  In this group swimmers will continue to work and build upon the fundamentals of stroke development while continuing to build a strong foundation in all strokes.  Our coaches do a great job in creating practices that are challenging and fun at the same time.

Practice equipment for this group includes kick board, fins, and pull buoy.

 

Gold-Ages 10 to 14

Swimmers in this group are eager to continue their swimming by taking it to the next level.  In this group swimmers continue to refine their stroke technique while growing their competitive experience.  Having a high level of commitment and determination is important for swimmers to display in this group.  Dry land experience is increased for swimmers in this group.

Practice equipment for this group includes kick board, fins, pull buoy, paddles.

Senior 1 & 2

Athletes in this group are generally high school and college age.  Swimming levels can be from beginning high school swimmers to National team level.  Swimmers are expected to have a common goal of improving, and they will be expected to be committed to improving individually and contributing to the improvement of the group as a whole.  Swimmers should recognize that their dedication to the sport will generate the greatest results.