Thank you for your interest in HEAT!
HEAT offers a guided age-group program for children age 5 and up. HEAT has been awarded a Bronze Medal Club status from USA swimming as one of the top 200 clubs in America several times over the past 10 years.
We offer training groups for the beginning swimmer to the most competitive and skilled swimmer. When a young person becomes a member of HEAT, they learn so much from goal setting, working hard, sportsmanship, team work and so much more. Swimming with HEAT provides physical, emotional and intellectual skills that will last a lifetime.
Practices are broken down by ability level - swimmers complete a placment skills test to determine which practice group is most appropriate to join. Once in a practice group, swimmers complete challenge sets a few times a year to work towards Leveling Up! to the next pracrice level.
JR HEAT is a transition program between swimming lessons and competitive USA swim team. It is our intention that JR HEAT will replace our novice practice level.
Requirements for JR HEAT:
Swimmers must be able to swim 2 lengths (50m) of the pool with thier arms coming out of the water (no doggie paddle) and complete 1 length (25m) on thier back. Swimmers must be comfortable in the deep end.
HEAT is a year round swim program that offers 2 different registration periods:
HEAT will also host Spring tryouts some years.
2025 Fall Tryouts have been completed.
Minimum Requirement to make the team at Level 1 or above: able to swim 100m each of free and back, able to do a free flip turn, legal in either breast or free, and mature enough to be on deck without a parent at swim meets.
A group placement evaluation is required to ensure swimmers are able to complete the above requirements as well as to assess which practice level he/she should be placed in. Information on our levels is available here.
HS swimmers should contact Coach Matt directly with proof of times: [email protected].
Swimmers must complete group placement evaluations, be registered with HEAT, registered with USA swimming, and approved in order to attend practices.
Team Registration:
Registration for New Swimmers will open the day after the last group placement evaluation. Visit Hudsonheat.com and look for the orange box on the right hand side that says ‘HEAT Registration’.
1. Scroll all the way down to the bottom (after reading the information) and select the green "Continue or Check Status" button.
2. Follow all instructions. Be sure to fill in all emails that you'd like information to be sent to, including athlete’s email 14 & Over! Also, please fill in the SMS (Standard Messaging System) with your cell phone information to receive text messages that we may need to send last minute or with important information.
3. Your account will be pending until manually approved by our staff. This may take up to a week.
TRANSFERS ARE ONLY FOR THOSE TRANSFERRING FROM ONE USA TEAM TO ANOTHER--see form above. This is NOT for those coming from AMSA, Country Club League, or the JCC. YMCA Swimmers should only fill this out IF they were registered as a USA Swimmer.
4. Please be sure to mark the correct shirt size for your swimmer. This is how we know what size to order your swimmer for their team shirt and we do not order extra.
5. Your swimmer may begin practices once you receive your email of approval from TeamUnify. Please allow up to 1 week.
Once you register and your registration is approved, you will receive an email from TeamUnify (TU) asking to confirm your email. Please do so! This is where all our team information comes from. Please check your junk/spam folder, as sometimes it filters in there. Once season begins, a weekly newsletter is sent out with important due dates and practices changes for the week. Please let us know if you are not receiving this weekly email from our president.
After approval from HEAT, all Level 1 and up swimmers must register for USA Swimming. From the heat home page, click the orange USA registration button on the right hand side. Cost per season is $82 paid directly to USA swimming.
Coming soon - Required equipment by level
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