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Life Time Swim Nebraska offers training and practice groups for swimmers of all ages and ability levels. It is the goal of the Life Time Swim Nebraska Team  to offer age specific training for all of our athletes geared towards challenging and developing each individual to the best of their abilities.

 

Please call us at 402-334-4023 or email [email protected] to request more information or schedule a tryout.

 


Developmental 01 (5 years and up)

Swimmers on the Developmental 01 team are exploring the possibility of competitive swimming. Designed for swimmers who have completed the Life Time 601 lesson program or some equivalent and is wanting to continue to fine tune their technique as well as start building their endurance.  Swimmers continue to develop a foundation for competitive swimming through drills/technique and endurance to increase kick strength and ability across all 4 strokes.

Swimmers in this group typically 2 days a weeks lasting 45 minutes. Swim meet occurences vary, but usually take place a few times throughout the school year.

Requirements: 

  • 50m legal backstroke with proper body position and finish on back
  • 50m legal freestyle with rhythmic, bilateral breathing 
  • 25m breaststroke
  • 25m butterfly

2022/2023 Practice Times (2x/week): 

Monday-Thursday 6:00PM - 6:45PM


Developmental 02 (5 years and up)

Swimmers on the Developmental 02 team are continuing to explore the possibility of competitive swimming.  Designed for swimmers who have completed Life Time Developmental 01 program or some equivalent swim team experience and is looking to reinforce legal technique, turns, and finishes while continuing to build endurance.Swimmers will build from and refine their foundation of competitive swimming. 

Swimmers in this group practice typically 2-3 days a weeks lasting 1 hour. Swim meet occurences vary, but usually take place a few times throughout the school year.

Requirements: 

  • 100m legal backstroke with proper body position and finish on back
  • 100m legal freestyle with rhythmic, bilateral breathing 
  • 50 m breaststroke with open turn
  • 25m butterfly

2022/2023 Practice Times (3x/week): 

Monday-Thursday 6:00PM - 6:45PM


USA Bronze Swim Team (6 years and up)

Swimmers on the USA Bronze team are entry level to USA competitive swimming.  Designed for swimmers who have completed Life Time Developmental 2 program or completed a tryout with our coaching staff. These swimmers are looking to continue to refine technique and endurance in all four swimming strokes. As part of this team swimmers are introduced to racing. Our practice time is specifically aimed at getting swimmers excited about racing.

Swimmers in this group practice typically 3-4 days a weeks lasting 1 hour. Swimmers in this group are expected to participate in at least one sanctioned swim meet per season. Meet occurences vary, but usually take place once every 4-6 weeks throughout the season.

Requirements: 

  • 200m Swim w/o stopping
  • 3 x 50m Freestyle on 1:20 interval
  • 100m Individual Medley on 2:30 interval
  • 50m Butterfly
  • Legally complete a 50m swim of every stroke

2022/2023 Practice Times (3x/week): 

Monday-Friday 6:00PM-7:00PM


USA Silver Swim Team (9 years and up)

Swimmers on the USA Silver team are continuing to work on competive swimming technique, with the biggest addition being race strategy.  Designed for dedicated swimmers who have completed Bronze program or completed a tryout with our coaching staff. These swimmers are looking to continue to refine technique and endurance in all four swimming strokes.

Swimmers in this group practice typically 3-4 days a weeks lasting 75 minutes. Swimmers in this group are expected to participate in USA sanctioned swim meets. Meet occurences vary, but usually take place once every 4-6 weeks throughout the season.

Requirements:  

  • 3 x 50m Freestyle on 1:20 interval
  • 100m Individual Medley on 2:30 Interval
  • 3 x 50m Backstroke on 1:20 interval
  • 50m Butterfly
  • Understands intervals and reads pace clock

2022/2023Training Times (4x/week)

Monday-Friday 7:00PM-8:15PM


USA Gold Swim Team (11 years and up)

Swimmers on the USA Gold team are regularly participating in sanctioned swim meets and swim more challening races. Designed for dedicated swimmers who have completed Silver program or completed a tryout with our coaching staff. These swimmers exhibit the ability to manage more yards in practice with shorter intervals between repeats. 

Swimmers in this group practice typically 4-5 days a weeks lasting 90 minutes. Swimmers in this group are expected to participate in USA sanctioned swim meets. Meet occurences vary, but usually take place once every 4-6 weeks throughout the season.

  • 3 x 100m Freestyle on 1:50 interval
  • 200m Individual Medley on 4:15 interval OR 3 x 100m Individual Medley on 2:10 Interval
  • 100m Backstroke on 2:10 interval OR 2 x 50m Backstroke on 1:15 interval
  • Racing Start

2022/2023Training Times (5x/week)

Monday-Friday 7:00PM-8:30PM

USA Senior Swim Team (12 years and up)

Swimmers on the USA Senior team are regularly participating in sanctioned swim meets and swim more challening races. Designed for dedicated swimmers who have completed Gold program or completed a tryout with our coaching staff. These swimmers are highly motivated to attend meets with the goal of getting faster. They are expected to attend 5-6 practices oper week. They will also be expected to do drylan activities outside of in-water practices.

Swimmers in this group practice typically 5-6 days a weeks lasting 2 hours. Swimmers in this group are expected to participate in USA sanctioned swim meets. Meet occurences vary, but usually take place once every 4-6 weeks throughout the season.

Requirements: 

  • 100m Butterfly on 1:35 Interval
  • 100m Backstroke on 1:45 Interval
  • 100m Breaststroke on 2:00 Interval
  • 100m Freestyle on 1:20 Interval
  • 400m Individual Medley on 8:00 Interval

Training Times (5x/week)

Contact Aquatics Team for more Information

 

 


 

Summer Swim Team (5 years and up)

Swimmers on the Summer Swim team are introduced to the world of competitive swimming. It's Fun and laid back, yet our swimmers still get a chance to compete. Designed for swimmers who have completed the Life Time 401/501/601 lesson program or some equivalent and is wanting to continue to fine tune their technique as well as start building their endurance. Life Time Nebraska Summer Swim team competes in the Greater Omaha Swim League.

Requriements: 

10 & Unders

  • 25m legal Backstroke with proper body position and finish on back
  • 25m legal Freestyle with rhythmic, bilateral breathing
  • Passed Life Time level 401 swim lesson or equivalent

11 & Up

  • 50m legal Backstroke with proper body position and finish on back
  • 50m legal Freestyle with rhythmic, bilateral breathing
  • Passed Life Time level 501 swim sesson or equivalent

 

2024 Practice Times: 

Summer Swim Team program runs for 9 Weeks; Tuesday, May 28th-Thursday, July 25th.

Most practices last 45 minutes to one hour.

Swim meets are typically held once a week on Wednesday evenings starting June 5th-July 3rd

Prelims & Finals the week of July 8th-12th. Warm Ups are at 5pm & Meets Start at 6pm.

  • All Ages (8 & Unders end 15 min early)
    • Monday- Thursday 9:00AM - 10:00AM
    • or
    • Monday- Thursday 10:00AM - 11:00AM
    • or
    • Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, *Friday 5:30PM - 6:30PM (*Wednesday in place of Friday 5/29, 7/10, 7/17 & 7/24)