Bronze Group

This is our entry level group.  An athlete must be able to perform a 25-yard freestyle with rotary breathing and a steady kick and a 25-yard backstroke with little or no stopping.

• Practice 2-3 times a week
• Will learn how to use the backstroke flags
• Develop proper turns for free, back, breaststroke, and butterfly
• Learn how to streamline off the walls consistently
• Will learn how to swim freestyle, backstroke correctly
• Will be introduced to breaststroke and butterfly

Copper Group

From the Bronze group, athletes move into this group.  Athletes in this group are ready for more challenge than the Bronze group, but not quite ready for Silver.

• Practice 3-5 days a week
• Will learn how to use the pace clock and team drills
• Will develop legal strokes, turns and starts for a competitive swim meet
• Will start developing an understanding of swim terminology

Silver Group

From the Copper group, athletes move into this group.  Athletes in this group can swim four legal competitive strokes, and are working on perfecting start and turn techniques.

• Practice 3-5 times a week
• Use 4 fly kicks off every wall for free, back and fly
• Know pace sets, descending sets, easy/hard sets- develop the swimmer terminology
• Know time standards for divisional and state
• Know team drills

Gold Group

From the Silver group, athletes move into this group.  Athletes in this group are usually at least 10 years old and have completed the Silver Group move-up skills list. 

• Practice 4-5 days a week
• Legal strokes, turns, starts along with relay starts
• Strong streamline with 4 fly kicks off every wall on free, back, and fly
• Know pace sets, descending sets, easy/hard sets- develop the swimmer terminology
• Know team drills
• Know how to use the pace clock

High School

This group is for swimmers on the Warsaw Community High School team who would like to swim with our team before the start and after the end of the official high school season.