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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