The Hastings Lake Y offers training and practice groups for swimmers of all ages and ability levels. It is the goal of the Stingrays  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 call us at 847-410-5316 to schedule a tryout, or Click Here to send us an email request for more information 

Stingers:
This group is an entry level for swimmers who can swim Front crawl and Backstroke. Swimmers will improve their front crawl and backstroke  learn breaststroke and butterfly. 

Bronze:

Beginner team for swimmers who can swim Front Crawl and Back Crawl the length of the pool.  We would also like them to be able to swim Butterfly or Breastroke.  Emphasis is on learning how to dive off starting blocks, flip turns, improving front crawl and backstroke.  They will also learn all four of the competitive strokes. Swimmers are expected to attend all home meets and all Championship meets that they qualified for at the end of the season. 

Silver:
This group is for swimmers that are intermediate.  Swimmers have competitive swimming experience and have mastered the 3 competitive strokes.  Focus is on learning the rules of the sport, and improving foundational skills (streamline, kicking, technique).  Swimmers are expected to attend all home meets and all Championship meets that they qualified for at the end of the season.  Swimmers should be able to complete the following sets without stopping during each set:

6 x 50 Free       6 x 50 Back         4 x 50 Breast    
4 x 50 Fly          6 x 50 Kick          1 x 100 IM

Gold 1:
This group is for swimmers from intermediate to advance.  Swimmers have competitive swimming experience and mastered the 4 competitive strokes.  swimmers have the ability to do pace work and interval training.  Swimmers are expected to attend both dry land training and pool training.  Swimmers are expected to attend all home meets, 50% of the away meets, and all Championship Meets that they qualified for at the end of the season.

Swimmers must have achieved 4 of the 6 following times in a short course, 25-yard pool:
50 Free    33.55          100 Free  1:20.05       50 Back    39.55                                                   
50 Breast  48.55          50 Fly      44.55         100 IM      1:32.00

Gold 2: Ages 12 and older
This group is for swimmers from intermediate to advance.  Swimmers have competitive swimming experience, are able to swim all 4 competitive strokes efficiently, have the ability to do pace work and interval training using a pace clock, and are able to commit to a rigorous workout program. including dry land.  Swimmers are required to attended all home swim meets, 50% of the away meets, and all Championship Meets that they qualified for at the end of the season.

Swimmers must have achieved 5 of the 7 following times in a short course, 25-yard pool:
50 Free     29.55            100 Back  1:17.55    100 Breast 1:27.55         100 Fly     1:20.05
100 Free    1:10.05         200 IM      2:52.05   200 Free    2:29.55