Tennessee Aquatics Tridents

Tridents will swim at TWO locations this year, UT and the Pilot Family YMCA

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Tennessee Aquatics Tridents is a noncompetitive team for swimmers ages 6-18. This group is designed to improve athletes’ swimming and build endurance. For younger swimmers, TNAQ Tridents provides an environment that promotes the foundational skills and proper technique of all four strokes while building athletes’ confidence in the water and their love for the sport. For older swimmers, there is an emphasis on fine-tuning their technique and improving their strength and endurance – which helps them reach their goals in the middle school and high school season. TNAQ Tridents strive to promote an environment through the Three Points of Success: Respect, Teamwork, and Fun.​

TNAQ Tridents are divided into four practice groups depending on the athlete’s age and ability:

• Tridents 1 – Athletes ages 14-18 that can swim freestyle and backstroke without stopping for at least 100 yards and have an understanding of breaststroke and butterfly.
• Tridents 2 – Athletes ages 11-13 that can swim freestyle and backstroke without stopping for at least 100 yards and have an understanding of breaststroke and butterfly.
• Tridents 3 – Athletes ages 8-10 that can swim freestyle and backstroke for at least 50 yards and have an introductory understanding of breaststroke and butterfly.
• Little Tridents – Athletes ages 6-10 that can swim freestyle and backstroke unassisted without stopping for at least 25 yards.

All swimmers must be able to swim unassisted for twenty-five yards.

Practices during the school year are broken into four eight-week long sessions: two in the fall semester and two in the spring semester:

• Fall Session 1 – August 25 - October 23 (September 1 off for Labor Day and October 6-9 off for Fall Break)
• Fall Session 2 – October 27 - December 18 (November 26-27 off for Thanksgiving Break)
• Spring Session 1 – January 12 - March 5
• Spring Session 2 - March 16 - May 7

These sessions work perfectly for athletes who want to work around their school schedule and other extracurricular activities, but want to continue swimming outside of the summer season. Athletes are not required to commit to all four eight-week sessions; they can pick a session(s) that work best for their schedule. For example, if an athlete plays a fall sport and can’t swim in the fall, but wants to swim in the spring to prepare for the summer season, they are more than welcome to join us in the spring. 

Equipment Needed: swim suit, goggles, and fins

Practice Schedule

Cost

Questions? Email Coach Joy Van Der Noord at [email protected]