Practice Group Descriptions

Team Prerequisite: 5 years old and the ability to swim 25yds of Freestyle and Backstroke. 


Macaroni Group

Expected to attend 2-3 practices per week. Swimmers must be 5 years of age or older. Swimmers must be able to swim 25yds without stopping and using rhythmic breathing. To be moved to the Adelie Group, 8 & Under swimmers must be able to complete the following requirements:

  • Dive from the starting blocks
  • Swim freestyle 200yds with flip-turns
  • Swim backstroke with horizontal body position, alternating arm pull, finish on back and turn legally
  • Be able to swim 25yds fly and breaststroke with legal stroke and finish

 

Adelie Group

Expected to attend 2-3 practices per week. Swimmers must be at least 9 years old or meet the group requirements. Swimmers must be able to swim 200 Freestyle and 100 backstroke. To be moved to the Rockhopper Group, 10 & under swimmers should be able to swim 8 lengths of the pool (200yds), and must know backstroke and be able to dive. To be moved to the Rockhopper Group swimmers must be able to complete the following requirements:

  • Swim 10 X 50yds on 1:00 using flip-turns
  • Be able to swim 200IM legally, using proper IM and stroke turns.

 

Rockhopper Group

Expected to attend 3-4 practices per week. Swimmers must be 11 years old or meet the group requirements. Swim Group requirements are to know how to swim all four competitive strokes (Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly) and know the turns for each stroke. Be able to swim 300yds Freestyle with flip turns. To be moved to the Royals Group Swimmer must be able to complete the following requirements:

  • 400 IM with legal turns and push offs.
  • Be able to swim a 500yd Freestyle
  • 10 X 100 on 1:50 Freestyle using flip-turns and streamlined push-offs      

 

Royal Group

Expected to attend 4-5 practices per week. Swimmers must be 13 years old and be able to swim all four strokes 100yds or more with proper starts and turns. Be able to swim 500yds Freestyle with flip turns and streamlined push offs. To move from Royals Group to Senior Group swimmers must meet the following requirements:

  •  Swim 10 X 100 1:30 Freestyle using flip-turns and streamlined push-offs.
  • Be able to swim 400IM B time for their age group or faster 

 

Senior Group

Expected to attend ALL practices offered. This group is for swimmers with 1 year of high school swimming experience, and be able to complete the Royal Group move-up requirements.

 

Visit our equipment page for a breakdown of required training equipment for each practice group.