Thank you for your interest in the Narwhals! We’re always excited to have new swimmers join our family.
What is Y Swim Team?
Becoming a member of the YMCA Swim Team means fun, fitness and teamwork. The YMCA swim team is run by trained coaches to improve swimmers' competitive skills and endurance through both appropriate developmental progression and healthy competition. The YMCA swim team promotes healthy lifestyles while embracing the four core values of Caring, Honesty, Respect, Equity and Responsibility.
What Can I expect?
We offer structured competitive swim team practices including: stretching, warm-up, technique, endurance, and cool-down. Participants are expected to come to practice to work hard and improve skills. While it is not a requirement to participate in meets, it does showcase the team aspect of swimming: you swim together, you win together.
Our practice schedules can be found in the Here.
Who Can Join?
Anyone who is between the ages of 5 and 18 can join the YMCA swim team! All swimmers must be members of the YMCA to participate.
Participants must demonstrate the following skills:
· Can confidently swim 25 yards freestyle demonstrating breathing to the side and good body position
· Can swim 25 yards backstroke demonstrating good body position
· Can demonstrate the fundamental knowledge of what breaststroke and butterfly should look like
· Can demonstrate the fundamentals of a forward dive from the edge of the pool
Mastery of strokes is NOT required to join
How Can I Join?
The first step is to have a swim assessment with the Narwhals' coaches. Assessments take place at 5:00 pm on Mondays and Fridays at the New Hope YMCA and Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Ridgedale YMCA. Please email your assessment request to [email protected]. In the email please include your name, swimmer's name and age, swim experience, and preferred assessment date.
Once swimmers have been assessed, the coaches will provide you with a recommendation of practice level and instructions on how to register for swim team.
What is the Cost?
Fees and registration information can be found HERE.
Additional Questions?
For questions or help getting started, please contact:
