"Registration Fall / Winter Season" Swimmers and Divers
Link to Register: Fall/Winter: Starts Sunday, September 14 For 2025-2026 Season
Fall/Winter Season
- September 14 - March 22
- Practice Schedule
- Mondays
- 4:30-5:30 (Red and Yellow 2 swimmers)
- 7-8 (Red and Gold Swimmers)
- Some Yellow swimmers may be able to swim this hour but ONLY with permission from Coach Bill
- 8-9 (Yellow and Gold Swimmers)
- Wednesdays
- 4:30-5:30 (Red and Yellow 2 Swimmers)
- 7-8 (Red and Gold Swimmers)
- Some Yellow swimmers may be able to swim this hour but ONLY with permission from Coach Bill
- 8-9 (Yellow and Gold Swimmers)
- Thursdays
- 7-8 (Red and Gold Swimmers)
- 8-9 (Yellow and Gold Swimmers)
- Sundays
- 4-5 (Red Swimmers)
- 5-6 (Yellow 2 and Gold Swimmers)
- 7-8 (Yellow 1 and Gold Swimmers)
- Mondays
We do ask that if you plan to regularly attend the M/W 4:30-5:30 practice to let us know this so we can staff this practice accordingly.
Swimmers are limited to 4 hours per week at the basic rate. If your swimmer wants to swim more hours each week, additional fees will apply.
- Fees Winter/ Fall
- 4 Installments $ 290
- Or payment of $ 1,160
- No Registration Fees
- No extra pool membership Fees
- No one is charged anything until after the 2 week trial period.
- Up to 4 hours a week of pool time
- $ 1,160 Basic fee (up to 4 hours/week)
- $ 1,740 Extended Swimmer (more then 4 hours/week)
- $ 812 Basic High School rate: (must swim for your high school team)
- $ 1,218 Extended High School rate : (must swim for high school team)
- Fees can be paid in full on October 1 or in 4 installments on October 1, November 1, December 1, and January 1.
- Scholarships are available to help families with part or all of the fees must be requested by September 8th, 2025.
- USA Swimming registration fee which all swimmers will need to pay by Dec 1: $98
Diving Program
- Open to athletes 10 and up
- Sundays and Mondays from 8-9 depending on group
- Makeup practices on Thursday 8-9
- Athletes must be registered with USA Diving ($43) and will be charged $140 if a current Otter swimmer or $170 for non Otter swimmer for the session.
- We will offer 1 trial practice.
- Fees charged November 1.
- Not start before October 1 and ends mid March.
- No competitions
If your swimmer is interested in this program, please email [email protected]
Scholarship Program
NE Swimming and USA Swimming offer an outreach program for those who meet financial criteria. If you meet the requirements for their reduced fees, you also meet the requirement to be considered for reduced Otter fees. Please go to this link to review the requirements. The Otters are ready to help any family who is finding it difficult to pay the complete amount. Do not hesitate to reach out and ask for assistance.
All requests for scholarships must be sent to [email protected]. The Otter board will then determine the amount of the scholarship that can be offered based on our available funds and the number of scholarships requested.
Team Eligibility
Swimmers interested in participating on the Oyster River Otters Swim Team must be able to swim safely, be able to follow directions, and have a desire to be a part of the team. All swimmers are tested with this in mind.
Age is not a limitation to being on the team. Swimmers are expected to be able to swim at least 25 freestyle with some rotary breathing and a 25 backstroke. Swimmers should have endurance to be able to handle a 1 hour practice.
Swimmers will be evaluated by a coach during the first practice.
Swimming Training Groups
The Oyster River Otters Swim Team offers training and practice groups for swimmers of all ages and ability levels. It is the goal of the Oyster River Otters to offer age specific training for all of our athletes geared towards challenging each individual and developing each individual to the best of THEIR abilities.
Please email us at [email protected] to schedule a tryout or request for more information.
Group names and brief descriptions.
Red 2: (previously swimmers that swim in lanes 1, 2 in the first hour) Swimmers can complete at least a 25 of free and back to start. The objective of this group is to teach the basics of the 4 competitive strokes, turns and dives. Teaching the fundamentals of competitive swimming is stressed.
Red 1: (previously swimmers that swam in lane 3, 4 in the first hour) Swimmers have at least a basic ability to do all the competitive strokes. They may need refinement to make them all legal. This group will focus on teaching the fundamentals of competitive swimming, strokes, turns and dives. This group will also begin to learn how to do sets that use the pace clock.
Yellow 2: (previously swimmers that swam in lanes 5, 6 in the first hour) Swimmers should have basic ability to do all the competitive strokes. This group will focus on being able to do the skills of competitive swimming within swimming sets. This group will mix both technique and learning how to train like a competitive swimmer. Swimmers should be able to maintain pace and follow a set using a pace clock
Yellow 1: (previously swimmers that swam in the second hour) Same as Yellow 2 except that this group tends to be older.
Gold: (previously swimmers that did the 2 hours or swam in lanes 7, 8) Focus of the group is training to be a faster swimmer. Swimmers have the opportunity to do multiple 2-hour practices. Swimmers need to be able to do all 4 strokes legally and the endurance to complete a 2-hour practice.
Equipment Needed
Competitive Practice Suit
Racing Goggles
Fins
Kickboard
