MOLINE SWIM CLUB SWIM GROUP DESCRIPTIONS
Swim Lessons
Lessons program within.
Developmental 1
Description: Entry level group.
Focus: Introduces swimmer to competitive swimming. This group will focus solely on Freestyle and Backstroke technique including streamlines, underwaters, turns, and starts.
Practice: Three 45 minute practices a week.
Meets: Introductory beginner level meets are offered to swimmers in this group.
Optional Equipment: Fins
Cost: $70 monthly
Eligible if: Can swim 25 yards freestyle with proper side breathing and 25 yards of backstroke.
Developmental 2
Description: Entry Level Group.
Focus: In this group, swimmers will continue to work on Freestyle and Backstroke technique and start learning Breaststroke and Butterfly. Continued work on streamlines, underwaters, turns, and starts.
Practice: Three 45 minute practices a week.
Meets: Encouraged to attend at least 1 meet per season. Introductory beginner level meets are offered to swimmers in this group.
Optional Equipment: Fins
Cost: $70 monthly
Eligible If: Can swim 50 yards Freestyle with proper side breathing along with 50 yards of backstroke. Flips turns are required for the 50s.
Bronze
Description: Intermediate Training Group.
Focus: The Bronze group will continue to refine all 4 strokes, flip turns, open turns, and underwaters while adding skills like pullouts and breakouts. Swimmers will learn to use a pace clock and begin learning how to do “sets” as a part of their practice.
Practice: 3-4 one hour practices a week.
Meets: Encouraged to attend at least 2 meets per season.
Required Equipment: Pullbuoy and Fins.
Cost: $80 monthly
Eligible If: Swimmers can swim 3 of the 4 strokes legally for 100 yards with proper turns and streamlines and are able to swim a 100 IM. Swimmers need to be able to do a dive from the starting block, freestyle flip turns, backstroke flip turns and open turns.
Silver
Description: Intermediate Training Group.
Focus: In Silver, Interval training is implemented on a daily basis. Swimmers begin to complete “workouts”. Practice is presented in a structured format that usually includes: Warmup, Drill/Technique Work, Training Set, and Cool Down.
Practice: 3-4 one hour practices a week.
Meets: Encouraged to attend at least 2 meets per season.
Required Equipment: Pullbuoy, Fins, and Snorkel.
Cost: $85 monthly
Eligible if: Swimmers need to have the endurance to make it through the workouts.
Gold
Description: Intermediate Training Group.
Focus: These swimmers are introduced to advanced age group swimming. Swimmers have devoted time to develop skills in the water. Dryland is offered in the Gold group, working on core strength. Gold swimmers are recommended to attend at least 4 practices a week on a consistent basis.
Practice: 5 practices offered per week. Dryland is offered at the discretion of the coach.
Meets: Encouraged to attend at least 3 meets per season.
Required Equipment: Pullbuoy, Paddles, Fins and Snorkel.
Cost: $90 monthly
Eligible if: Swimmers must be able to complete a 200 IM demonstrating the correct turns and streamlines, followed by 8x50’s of Freestyle on an interval that is conducive to the Gold group.
Senior
Description: Advanced Training Group.
Focus: 13&Over training group. This group is focused on keeping swimmers in shape for HS season and/or getting them ready for the transition to High School Swimming. Senior swimmers are recommended to attend at least 4 practices a week on a consistent basis.
Practice: 5 practices offered per week. Dryland is offered at the discretion of the coach.
Meets: Encouraged to attend at least 3 meets per season.
Required Equipment: Pullbuoy, Paddles, Fins, and Snorkel.
Cost: $100 monthly
Eligible if: Swimmers have at least completed the Gold level requirements within the program.
Platinum Elite
Description: Elite Training Group.
Focus: This is an advanced training group where high school swimmers are dedicated to consistently attending practices and competing at a high level. This is a performance-based group where athletes are asked to meet the following standards:
- Maintain a 70% Attendance Rate.
- 2 Travel and 2 Local Meet per season.
- Attend all days of the Championship Meets.
Practice: 5-6 practices offered per week, with additional morning practices.
Required Equipment: Pull Buoy, Paddles, Fins, and Snorkel.
Cost: $110 monthly
Eligible If: Swimmers must have achieved state/national cuts.
All group placements and move-ups are at the coaching staff's discretion. We want to ensure our swimmers are training in an appropriate and healthy environment based upon their attitude, skill set, work ethic, and commitment level.
