Age Group

This training group is designed to introduce and advance swimmers in year-round swimming. Correct stroke mechanics are always emphasized, and as stroke skills improve swimmers are challenged with more difficult training sets. Swimmers are encouraged to enjoy their swimming and to begin to focus more on the competitive aspect of the sport. Swimmers in this group should compete in “BB” level swim meets. Swimmers in this level are generally age 9-12-years-old.

Swimmers are encouraged to attend a minimum of 3-4 practice out of the 5 offered per week. 
 

2024 - 2025 Practice Schedule

Group Requirements

Objective: (Fundamental Part 2) ( 9-years-old - 12-years-old)

1. To continue to enhance ABC’s to develop overall sports skills;
2. To begin to integrate physical, mental, cognitive and emotional components within a well-structured program introduce concept of training: endurance, strength and speed;
3. Introduce and develop athletics-specific skills and fitness;
4. Learning to compete; and,
5. To integrate physical, mental, cognitive and emotional development.

Minimum requirement to join these groups:

Backstroke

1. 100 Legal Backstroke (<=1:40 SCY)

Freestyle

1. 100 Freestyle (1:40 SCY)

Breaststroke

1. 100 breaststrokes (2:00.0 SCY)
   1. Correct timing pull/breath/kick;
   2. Legal turn (touching with both hands); and,
   3. Underwater pullout (minimum 10 yards).

Butterfly

1.    50 Butterfly (45.0 SCY)

Medley

1. 100 IM (1:48.0)
2. Legal swim and turn-transition

Set

1. Knowing how to work with the pace clock;
2. 6 X 100s free @ 1’50 Stroke count <20; and,
3. 16 x 50 Kick @1:10.

The times above must be equal or faster to access to our AGE Group program and must be achieved at the USA swimming meet. 

Attendance:

1. Have a minimum of 50% of attendance in the previous group

To remain in this group must meet at least 3 out of 4 points listed below:

1. Have competed in at least 3 meets during the previous season; 
2. Have swum IMR events once per season (SCY and LCM); 
3. Achieved one “BB” motivational time standard; 
4. Achieved 3 “B” motivational time standard; and,
5. Have 70% of attendance.

or 1 (one) of the following:

1. Qualified for 2 individual events for WAG or JAG;
2. Qualified for an individual event for JO’S;
3. Achieved one “A” motivational time standard; or,
4. Have 100% attendance.

Required Equipment

1. IM Tech Hand Paddles (small/medium)
2. Junior Team Pull Buoy
3. Junior Speedo Bullet Snorkel
4. Junior Team kickboard
5. Short fins (Zoomer): SWITCHBLADE FIN, Biofuse fins (preferred) or Trialon rubber swim fins
6. Mesh Bag