BAC SWIM TEAM PRACTICE GROUPS |
| At every level, we take a long-term approach to swimmer development. Once swimmers begin in our program, we give them the preparation and tools they need to make swimming a lifetime activity. We use an age-based system to categorize our large team. This structure keeps swimmers of similar age and ability together as they progress through the program, and it creates a healthy environment for competition as our swimmers work toward the upper echelons of our sport.
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| Barracuda 1 Description: Barracuda 1 group meets twice per week. With approximately 8 athletes in the group, this group maintains a low swimmer to coach ratio and is focused on developing fundamental skills like streamline and kicking. Competitive skills like breaststroke kick and butterfly are developed so the atheltes can progress to the next group. Values of sportsmaship are introduced. Consistent attendance is key to improvement. Meet attendance is limited to intrasquad meets and home meets by invitation. Goals of the Group:
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Barracuda 2 Description: The Barracuda 2 Group is for atheltes 8 years old and younger and meets three times per week. With approximately 12 athletes in the group, the group works to refine its competitive skills, and begins to work on skills like reading the pace clock and some race strategy. Meet attendance is limited to intrasquad meets and home meets. Goals of the Group:
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Barracuda 3 Description: Barracuda 3 Group meets five times per week. With approximately 15 athletes in the group, the group is doing regular interval work, building habits that will help with regional (in Zone 1 North) competition. Athletes are regularly participating in all assigned meets by BAC coaching staff, including 3 BAC hosted home meets per year. The group is learning the stroke technique and practice skills to provide readiness for Age Group 2. Goals of the Group:
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Age Group 1 Description: Age Group 1 is a group of atheltes 9-10 years old and meets five times per week. With approximately 20 athletes in the group, the group prioritizes stroke fluency. Habits that have been developed in the Barracuda Groups are reinforced and expanded. Meet attendance will be focused on intrasquads and Zone 1 North competitions. A majority of practice will be centered around stroke technique instruction and development. Goals of the Group:
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Age Group 2 Description: Age Group 2 is composed of athletes ages 9-10 and meets six times per week. With approximately 20 athletes in the group, the group develops training habits, race habits, and goal setting to be successful regionally (Zone 1 North Champs, Junior Olympics, Far Westerns) and will be introduced to team travel opprotunities (Santa Rosa, Neptune Invite, Arizona Holiday Festival). Swimmers in the group are discovering their passion for the sport through fun and challenging practices. Practices will be centered around stroke development with an introduction to "challenge sets" to prepare athletes for Junior 2. Goals of the Group:
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Junior 1 Description: The Junior 1 Group is composed of athletes 11-12 years old and practices five timers per week. With approximately 20 athletes in the group, the group is working towards stroke fluency and developing good training habits. Habits that have been developed in Age Group 1 & 2 are reinforced and expanded. Meet attendance will be focused on intrasquads and Zone 1 North competitions. Goals of the Group:
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Junior 2 Description: The Junior 2 Group is composed of athletes ages 11-12 years old who are continuing to take steps in making a committment to swimming as a focus sport. Athletes in Junior 2 are commited to maintaining an 80% attendance percentage while learning time management skills in balancing school, other activities/sports, sleep and social time. Junior 2 practices are composed of both stroke development as well as introducing a training component. Athletes will be challenged in many new ways as the group trains to develop VO2 max. Junior 2 swimmers are committed to working towards focus meets like JOs and Far Westerns and competing at their highest level qualified meet. Goals of the Group
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Varsity Description: The Varsity Group is a training group for those who want to maintain a connection to the sport of swimming, but may not want to participate in the highest level competitions possible. The Varsity Group will work on training concepts and aims to develop an overall sense of physical fitness. Motivated Varsity Group memebers may move into Senior Prep/Senior 1. Goals of the Group
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Senior Prep Description: Senior Prep athletes are on a trajectory to pursue swimming to the highest level possible, including the possiblity of swimming post-high school. Senior Prep athletes possess the longer term goal of entering the Senior program (Senior 1 or National) and will work on striking the critical balance between school, swimming and social time. Goals of the Group
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Senior 1 Description: Senior 1 Group athletes are passionate about swimming, but may not know what their swimming plans are post-high school. Senior 1 is a year round, committed group. Group members are committed to developing exemplary team culture and being team leaders among their peers and younger teammates alike. Goals of the Group
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National Group Description: The National Group is BAC's top training group. Athletes in this group will have displayed that competitve swimming is their top extracurricular priority. Athletes in this group are committed to qualifying for, and attending, the highest level of competition possible. Group members are committed to developing exemplary team culture and being team leaders among their peers and younger teammates alike. Athletes who are unable to maintain the group standard over the course of a trimester will be asked to meet with the coaching staff to discuss possible group reassignment. Goals of the Group
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