SPY Group Descriptions: ALL GROUPS
Winter Season Swimmers are expected to participate in at least 3 YMCA meets during the regular short-course season, must participate in SPY Invitational, and to attend all championship meets for which they qualify.

 

Senior Group -  

  • Coaches' approval to demonstrate all necessary skills, responsibilities, attention, fitness endurance, & maturity for this group
  • Swimmer should be prepared to train/swim for 2 hour pool practice
  • Swimmer should be able to handle workout designs.
  • Swimmers must be able to make 100's on 1:30 consistently.

Pre-Senior - 

  • Coaches' approval that swimmer is ready to handle the responsibilities, attentiveness, fitness/endurance, and maturity for this group 
  • Swimmer must be ready to train for 1 1/2  practices
  • Swimmer should be able to handle workout designs.
  • Swimmers must be able to make 100's on 1:50 consistently.

Advanced -  

  • 8 & under must have "AA" in the 100 free and 100 IM for their age group & Coaches approval to train in Advanced Group Level
  • Coaches approval that swimmer is ready to handle on the responsibilities, skills, attentiveness, and maturity needed for this group
  • Swimmer must be ready to train for 1  to 1 1/4 hour practices
  • Swim 200 free with flip turns & 200 IM
  • Swim set on prescribed cycles
  • Streamline Kick 

 

​​ Development -  

  •  Must demonstrate skills in all 4 competitive strokes; still improving on turns and starts; improving on streamlines
  • Coaches approval that swimmer is ready to handle on the responsibilities, skills, attentiveness, and maturity needed for this group
  • Swimmer must be ready to train for 1 hour practices

Beginner/PreCompetitive Level -  

  •    Must have basic skills in at least 2 competitive strokes and successfully swim 25 yards without assistance
  • introduction to competivie swimming terms and skills for practices and meets