Age Group 1: Intermediate Competition Program (ages 8-13)
Swimmers in this group have developed strong fundamental skills, demonstrated a desire to reach their competitive potential, and are ready to develop a more extensive training base. Individual medley and distance events are encouraged to develop versatility. Skills include advanced stroke technique, racing starts and turns, and race strategies. Solid practice habits are reinforced, and more complex training sets are introduced.
Prerequisites:
- Ability to swim continuous 200 freestyle
- 100 backstroke; 50 breaststroke and butterfly
- Demonstrate flip-turns and open turns
- Ability to complete a dive from the blocks
Required Equipment:
- Kickboard
- Fins
- Snorkel
- Pull buoy
- Paddles
- Mesh equipment bag
Optional Equipment:
- Tempo trainer
- PACE googles.
*Regarding fins: please do not get short blade fins, biofuse fins, or zoomers. Different types of fins are made of different types of sets, swimmers, and ability levels. The fins that are shown here are the right choice for the swimmers on our team.
