Pacific Swimming
Level 1

MONTEREY BAY SWIM CLUB 

PROUDLY CELEBRATING OVER 50 YEARS OF SWIMMING EXCELLENCE

 

 

SILVER AND GOLD GROUPS

at MPC

 

 

SILVER GROUP: This group is for swimmers who are aged 10-14 and will be regularly competing at meets and attending all USA Swimming Camps and select teams they qualify for. Swimmers in this group should be achieving “BB-AA” time standards. 

 

Entry requirements:

  • Legal competitive strokes
  • Legal competitive turns

Age:

  • 11-14

Attendance:

  • Recommended 4-5 times a week, practice offered 5 times a week 105 min mix of land and water training

Expectations:

  • Push off in streamline and circle swim
  • Can do all strokes legally
  • Can do effective/legal starts and turns
  • Can do a relay start
  • Does a crossover back to breast turn
  • Know how to put on your own cap
  • Understanding of pace clock

Swim meets:

  • Expected to compete in all meets they qualify for, at least 6 meets per swim year, (this includes meets with no qualification standards)

Goals: 

  • Create great practice habits by showing up early ready to learn
  • Improve endurance, speed and efficiency 
  • Set goals for swim meets
  • Qualify for meets such as Age Group Champs
  • Able to do all strokes, starts and turns legally and efficiently
  • Compete in the following events: 500 free, 100 back, 100 breast, 100 fly, 200 IM in a meet

Behavior expectations:

  • Respect- others and the facility/equipment
  • Be on time, hurry when late
  • Move with purpose through transitions

Be Prepared:

  • Have a snack before practice
  • Bring all needed equipment INCLUDING WATER
  • Bring tennis shoes to drylan
  • Be Positive

Be Encouraging

Be a good teammate

Be a good listener

Review our Athlete Code of Conduct


 

GOLD GROUP: This group is for swimmers who are aged 10-14 and will be regularly competing at meets and attending all USA Swimming Camps and select teams they qualify for. Swimmers in this group should be achieving “AAAA-AA” time standards. 

 

Entry requirements:

  • Mastery of all four strokes, turns
  • Have competed at meets with MBSC or another club team

Age:

11-14

 

Attendance:

  • Recommended 5-6 times a week, practice offered 6 times a week 105 min mix of land and water training

Expectations:

  • Push off in streamline and circle swim
  • Can do all strokes legally
  • Can do effective/legal starts and turns
  • Can do a relay start
  • Does a crossover back to breast turn
  • Know how to put on your own cap
  • Understanding of pace clock
  • Qualify for Championship meet

Swim meets:

  • Expected to compete in all meets they qualify for, at least 6 per swim year (this includes meets with no qualification standards)

Goals: 

  • Create great practice habits by showing up early ready to learn
  • Improve endurance, speed and efficiency 
  • Set goals for swim meets
  • Qualify for meets such as Far Westerns
  • Mastery of the pace clock
  • Compete in the following events: 500 free, 200 back, 200 breast, 200 fly, 400 IM in a meet

Behavior Expectations:

  • Respect- others and the facility/equipment
  • Be on time, hurry when late
  • Move with purpose through transitions

Be Prepared:

  • Have a snack before practice
  • Bring all needed equipment INCLUDING WATER
  • Bring tennis shoes to dryland
  •  

Be Positive

Be Encouraging

Be a good teammate

Be a good listener

 

Review our Athlete Code of Conduct

 

VOLUNTEER HOURS:

Silver/Gold Group: 14