National Tryout Standards
Developmental Swim Team Level One & Level Two
Try-Out
⎯ 50 Freestyle with flip turn
⎯ 50 Backstroke with flip turn
⎯ 25-50 Butterfly with open turn
⎯ 25-50 Breaststroke with open turn
Look for the following items while the above try-out is being completed. Bolded items are must haves.
A. Butterfly ____/4 (Level One: 2/4, Level Two: 4/4)
⎯ Swims 25 yard/meter Butterfly (occasional flutter Kick ok)
⎯ Streamline dolphin kicks 10 yards underwater off wall
⎯ Legal Finish: 2 hand touch
⎯ Open Turn with dolphin off wall
B. Breaststroke ___/4 (Level One: 2/4, Level Two: 4/4)
⎯ Swims 25 yard/meter Breaststroke (occasional flutter/scissor kick ok)
⎯ Legal Underwater Pullout
⎯ Legal Finish: 2 hand touch
⎯ Open Turn with underwater pull out
C. Backstroke ___/4 (Level One: 2/4, Level Two: 4/4)
⎯ 50 yard/meter legal backstroke with good body position
⎯ Streamline dolphin kicks 10 yards underwater off wall
⎯ Flip Turns
⎯ Finishes at wall on back
D. Freestyle ___/4 (Level One: 2/4, Level Two: 4/4)
⎯ 50 yard/meter legal Freestyle
⎯ Streamline dolphin kicks 10 yards underwater off wall
⎯ Rhythmic, Bilateral/Rotary Breathing
⎯ Flip Turns
Team Level One (Bronze)
Swimmers must demonstrate the following:
⎯ 200m easy warm-up
⎯ 3 X 50m Freestyle @ 1:20 interval
⎯ 1 X 50m Breaststroke as recovery
⎯ 100m Individual Medley @ 2:30 interval
⎯ 1 X 50m Breaststroke as recovery
⎯ 3 X 50m Backstroke @ 1:40 interval
⎯ 1 X 50m Butterfly
Level Two (Silver)
Swimmers must demonstrate the following:
⎯ 300m easy warm-up
⎯ 3 X 100m Freestyle @ 2:00 -OR- 5 X 100m Freestyle @ 2:10
⎯ 200m Individual Medley @ 4:15 -OR- 3 X 100m Individual Medley @ 2:10
⎯ 1 X 100m Backstroke @ 2:10 -OR- 2 X 50m Backstroke @ 1:15
⎯ USAS Racing Start
⎯ Reads Pace Clock
⎯ Understand Intervals
Level Three (Gold)
⎯ 300m easy warm-up
Swimmers must demonstrate the following:
⎯ 1 X 100m Backstroke @ 1:45
⎯ 1 X 100m Butterfly @ 1:35
⎯ 1 X 100m Breaststroke @ 2:00
⎯ 1 X 100 Freestyle @ 1:20
⎯ 400m Individual Medley @ 8:00