Developmental Competitive Age Groups

LTS Black & Gold - Where we ENTER the CLUB
Ages: 5-7 year olds (must be in kindergarten)
Daily Training & Yardage: Instructional practices 2 days a week for 45 minutes each
Basic Goals:

  • Introduction to competitive swimming in a Group Training Environment
  • Learning workout habits and lane etiquette

Swimming Educational Goals:

  • Learn how to streamline
  • Basic swim rules

Meets: Participate in CSC mini-meets & CSC home meets

LTS Black
Areas of Focus:  

  • Body Position
  • Breathing Techniques
  • Overall Stroke Development
  • Develop kicks for all 4 strokes
  • Develop an understanding of the arms for all 4 strokes

Admittance:        

  • 25 yd freestyle
  • 15 yd backstroke
  • basic knowledge of breaststroke and butterfly
  • Must be in Kindergarten

LTS Gold
Areas of Focus:  

  • Body Position
  • Breathing Techniques
  • Overall Stroke Development
  • Work towards legal breaststroke and fly kick
  • Work towards legal arms in breaststroke and fly

Admittance:        

  • 25 yd freestyle
  • 15 yd backstroke
  • 15 yd breaststroke
  • 15 yd fly

Developmental Competitive Groups - Where we LEARN to PRACTICE

Age Group White:
Ages: 6-10 years old
Daily Training & Yardage: 45 minutes 4 days/week swimming 800-1,500 yards
Basic Goals:

  • Introduction to competitive swimming and a Group Training Environment                        
  • Learn workout habits and lane etiquette

Areas of Focus:

  • Build a strong foundation in all 4 competitive stroke
  • Improve kicking

Swimming Educational Goals:

  • Reading a clock
  • Progression of drills
  • Swim Meet Procedures

Dryland Program: SwimStrong Dryland
Test Set to Advance: Legal 200 IM + 8x50 IMO on 1:30
Equipment: Kickboard, Fins, Snorkel
Meets: Participate in CSC mini-meets, CSC local home meets & travel to a few 
Admittance: 25 freestyle, 25 backstroke, legal breaststroke kick, basic butterfly rhythm

Age Group Black:
Ages: 6-10 years old
Daily Training & Yardage: 60 minutes 5 days/week swimming 800-2,000 yards
Basic Goals:

  • Begin Aerobic Development
  • Read a pace clock and begin understanding basic intervals

  •           Begin Racing Skills

Areas of Focus:

  • Body Position
  • Breathing Techniques
  • Improve on streamlines, learn flip turns and open turns
  • Build a strong foundation in all 4 competitive strokes
  • Develop kick and a LEGAL breaststroke kick

Swimming Educational Goals:

  • Reading a clock and how to go 5 to 10 seconds apart
  • Names of Drills
  • Basic Swim Rules
  • Swim Meet Procedures

Dryland Program: SwimStrong Dryland
Test Set to Advance: No Test set but must be legal in all 4 strokes
Equipment: Kickboard, Fins, Snorkel & Pull Buoy
Meets: Participate in CSC mini-meets, CSC local home meets & travel to a few 
Admittance: 25 freestyle, 25 backstroke, legal breaststroke kick and legal butterfly stroke

Age Group Gold:
Ages: 11-14 years old
Daily Training & Yardage: 60 minutes 5 days/week swimming 1,000-3,000 yards
Basic Goals:

  • Technique development
  • Learning Aerobic Training concepts with an emphis on competitive and race strategy development
  • Read a pace clock and begin understanding basic intervals along with lane management

  •           Racing Skills and working towards District Cuts 

Areas of Focus:

  • Build a strong foundation in all 4 competitive strokes
  • Improve Kicking

Swimming Educational Goals:

  • Reading a clock knowing intervals and times gone in practices
  • Progression of Drills

Dryland Program: SwimStrong Dryland
Test Set to Advance: No Test set but need to achieve District Cuts to advance to the Tigershark groups
Equipment: Kickboard, Fins, Snorkel & Pull Buoy
Meets: Participate in CSC mini-meets, CSC local home meets & travel to a few 
Admittance: Know all 4 competitive strokes, flip turns and open turns