How to Join
Thank you for your interest in swimming at the YMCA. The YMCA Pacific Aquatic Club is a competitive year-round USA Swimming team for youth between the ages of 7 and 18.
Swimmers seeking to join the team, must first attend a tryout assessment, where a coach will evaluate the swimmer's readiness and determine where thy best fit and what process might be necessary to prepare them to join the team.
Any athlete who wishes to join this fall must complete at least the following consecutively:
Water safety:
Swim 50 yards of freestyle or breaststroke non-stop; immediately tread water with head above the water for 1 minute; back float for 30 seconds.
Followed by:
Prospective Yellow Lane:
25 yards each of each competitive stroke (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle), with proper form and timing.
Prospective Bronze Lane:
- Swim 50 yards of all 4 strokes legally
- Swim 200 Free w/flip turns and streamline
- Swim 4 x 50 flutter kicks on 1:35
- Swim 4 x 50 free on 1:30
Prospective Silver Select Lane (Competition Focused):
- Swim 300 Free
- Swim legal 100 IM < 1:45
- Swim 5 x 50 free on 1:15
- Expected to do all turns in practice with proper under waters required by each stroke
- Know how to do a competitive dive
Prospective Gold Lane:
- Swim 500 Free under 8:30
- Swim legal 200 IM under 3:45
- Swim 5 x 50 free on 1:05
Prospective Gold Select Lane (Competition Focused):
- Swim 500 Free under 7:30
- Swim legal 200 IM under 3:15
- Swim 5 x 100 free on 1:45
For a tryout please contact our coaching staff at [email protected].
