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Who: Club Olympia Swim Team a USA Swimming member club designed to meet the needs of local swimmers and triathletes wanting to maximize their competitiveness and technique through proper training without having to leave Columbus.
What: A USA Swimming and Indiana Swimming member club designed to meet the needs of local swimmers and triathletes wanting to maximize their competitiveness and technique through proper training without having to leave Columbus. The primary purpose is to assist swimmers and triathletes looking to advance from state to zone to sectional to national to international competition.
Where: Columbus, Indiana. The club utilizes local pools such as Northside Middle School (25 yards, 6 lanes) and Donner Aquatic Center (outdoor 50 meters, 8 lanes).
Why: A significant number of swimmers (and/or parents) were interested in forming a new swim club in Columbus in 2015-16 because they believed they were not getting the coaching/training that they need to continue to improve in order to meet both their short term and long term goals (natural progression to national competition, state/zone champions, college athletics grant-in-aid, professional opportunities, open water training, triathlon training).
When: The short course season is August 20 through the completion of a swimmer’s season in March (Championship season). The long course season is from the end of March through the completion of the swimmer’s season in late July or early August.
Coaching: Currently, Club Olympia has three coaches, but we are looking to add 1-2 more coaches to help with the growth of the team. We try to keep a 10:1 swimmers to coach ratio (or lower) as much as possible.
Eligibility: Swimmers must have the ability to swim 2-3 different strokes for a 25 without stopping. We have different levels and swimmers must master specified skills to advance to the next level.
Practice: Swimmers, depending upon their level, will be offered 5-9 practices per week of 60 minutes to 2 hours duration per practice. Swimmers will be expected to make a minimum of 4-6 practices, with illnesses, school work, and family commitments as permissible excuses to meet this requirement. While the schedule varies, here is a sample week for the short course season … based upon availability at Northside: 5:20-6:50 a.m. T-W-F, 5:30-7:30 p.m. M-T-W-Th, 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday, and 8:30-11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Dryland: Club Olympia will have a dryland program for each group. Swimmers are expected to give their best effort during dryland. The dryland is to help strengthen the muscles used in the water for swimmer. Stronger often means faster!
Meets: Swimmers will be expected to participate in at least one invitational or triathlon or open water competition per month (on average). The club typically schedules two meets per month, except for September and April. Swimmers are expected to attend the highest level of championship meet that they qualify for each season.
High School: Swimmers are encouraged to compete for their high school team as long as they believe the high school workouts will not hinder their development as competitive swimmers. There will be 1-3 workouts offered per week during the high school season to complement their training (at a time that does not conflict with their high school swim schedule), especially as it relates to distance events, open water events or triathlons. Club Olympia is willing to work with the high school coaches (through open lines of communication) to ensure the swimmers are receiving the type of training encouraged by the high school coaches in the off season (which happens to be 8-9 months a year).
