Typical Age: Beginning 12 & Unders

Practice Days: Tues & Thurs

Practice Times: 3:45-5p (4:45-5p Hottub Time)

Expectations: Good listening ears and appropriate respect for coaches as well as team members.  Keeping hands to self and no rough play.  Swimmers should be able to swim a 25-yard lap of freestyle and backstroke.

Practice Focus and Meets: Improving technique through drill work while also doing whole swimming to increase endurance.  Keeping practice fun with swim games is part of the learning process.  Breaststroke and Butterfly are introduced with basic drill work.  Bobs are done to teach and reinforce breathing patterns along with somersaults to help teach turns.   Peak meets are available each month to teach good sportsmanship and give them a little taste of competition.  All Peak Meets are optional but strongly encouraged by the coaching staff. .