Competitive Swim Team
Competitive Swimming Progression
Stroke Development Program (Swim Lessons)
Bronze Group
Group Details
- Swim Lessons for Beginners
- Level 1 - Water Safety Skills
- Level 2 - Freestyle Fundamentals
- Level 3 - Backstroke Fundamentals
- Small Group Lessons (4:1 athlete to coach ratio)
- 2 days/week (M/W or T/Th) or 4 days/week (M-Th)
- 30-minute practice
- 100% stroke development
- Required Equipment
- Kickboard
- Goggles
- Swim Cap
Fees
- Annual Team Registration Fee: $25
- Annual AAU Registration Fee: $25
- Monthly Tuition:
- 2 days/week $110/month
- 4 days/week $190/month
Platinum Group
Group Details
- Swim Lessons for Beginners
- Level 1 - Water Safety Skills
- Level 2 - Freestyle Fundamentals
- Level 3 - Backstroke Fundamentals
- Private Lessons (1:1 athlete to coach ratio)
- 1 day/week (Friday)
- 30-minute practice
- 100% stroke development
- Required Equipment
- Kickboard
- Goggles
- Swim Cap
Fees
- Annual Team Registration Fee: $25
- Annual AAU Registration Fee: $25
- Monthly Tuition:
- 1 day/week $150/month
Stroke Development Program (Pre-Competitive Team)
Silver Group
Prerequisites
- Proficient in both freestyle and backstroke minimum 25 yards
- Bi-lateral side breathing in freestyle required.
Group Details
- 4 days/week (M-Th)
- recommended attendance 3 days/week
- 45-minute practice
- 90% stroke development/10% conditioning
- Focus: introduction to breaststroke and butterfly, IM, turns, and race starts.
- Developmental Swim Meets are encouraged.
- Required Equipment
- Kickboard
- Goggles
- Swim Cap
- Fins
- Equipment bag
Fees
- Annual Team Registration Fee: $50
- Annual USA Swimming Premium Registration Fee: $100
- Monthly Tuition: $125
Novice Comptetitive
Gold Group
Prerequisites
- Legal 25 yds of each stroke
- Legal 100 IM
- Basic understanding of flip turns and race starts.
Group Details
- 5 practices/week offered (Mon-Fri)
- 1 hour practice + 30 min optional dryland 2 days per week
- 75-80% stroke development/20-25% conditioning
- Focus: refinement of technique, turns, introduction to longer swims. Race prep through streamline, kicking, drilling and beginner sets
- Monthly meet attendance strongly encouraged.
- Intrasquad and champs meets required.
- Required Equipment
- Kickboard
- Goggles
- Swim Cap
- Fins
- Pull Bouy
- Equipment bag
- Waterbottle
- Team suit
- Team cap
- 4 team shirts
Fees
- Annual Team Registration Fee: $100
- Annual USA Swimming Premium Registration Fee: $100
- Monthly Tuition: $140
Age Group Competitive
Age Group I (ages 12&Under)
Prerequisites
- 5X100 Free @ 2:00
- 5X100 IM @ 2:30
- 6X100 Kick @ 2:30
- Legal 50 yds of each stroke achieved in a sanctioned meet.
- Legal 200 IM achieved in a sanctioned meet.
Group Details
- 6 practices/week offered.
- 1.25 hour practice + 30 min optional dryland approx. 2 days/wk.
- 50-60% stroke development/40-50% conditioning
- Focus: Refinement of technique, turns, introduction to race strategy, championship training through streamline, kicking, drilling, breath control and endurance using more interval training sets
- Monthly meet attendance strongly encouraged.
- Intrasquad and champs meets required.
- Subject to coach approval
- Required Equipment
- Hand Paddles
- Kickboard
- Goggles
- Swim Cap
- Fins
- Pull Bouy
- Equipment bag
- Waterbottle
- Team suit
- Team cap
- 4 team shirts
Fees
- Annual Team Registration Fee: $100
- Annual USA Swimming Premium Registration Fee: $100
- Monthly Tuition: $150
Age Group II (ages 12&Under)
Prerequisites
- 5X100 Free @ 1:45
- 5X100 IM @ 2:15
- 6X100 Kick @ 2:15
- Legal 100Y of each stroke achieved in a sanctioned meet.
- Legal 500Y Free achieved in a sanctioned meet
- Legal 200Y IM achieved in a sanctioned meet.
Group Details
- 6 practices/week offered.
- 1.5 hour practice + 30 min optional dryland approx. 2 days/wk.
- 50-60% stroke development/40-50% conditioning
- Focus: Refinement of technique, turns, introduction to race strategy, championship training through streamline, kicking, drilling, breath control and endurance using more interval training sets
- Monthly meet attendance strongly encouraged.
- Intrasquad and champs meets required.
- Subject to coach approval
- Required Equipment
- Hand Paddles
- Kickboard
- Goggles
- Swim Cap
- Fins
- Pull Bouy
- Equipment bag
- Waterbottle
- Team suit
- Team cap
- 4 team shirts
Fees
- Annual Team Registration Fee: $100
- Annual USA Swimming Premium Registration Fee: $100
- Monthly Tuition: $160
Age Group Elite (ages 9-12)
Prerequisites
- 5X100 Free @ 1:30
- 5X100 IM @ 2:00
- 6X100 Kick @ 2:00
- Legal 200Y (11-12) 100Y (9-10) of Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly achieved in a sanctioned meet
- Legal 200Y and 500Y Free achieved in a sanctioned meet
- Legal 200 IM (9-10) 400 IM (11-12) achieved in a sanctioned meet
- 3 or more BB times (ages 11-12)
- 3 or more A times (ages 9-10)
Group Details
- 6 practices/week offered
- 2 hour practice + 30 min dryland 2-3 days/wk
- 30% stroke development/70% conditioning
- 70% monthly practice attendance requirement
- Focus: championship training for Gulf Age Group Champs and TAGS. A year-round commitment to swimming both short course and long course is required to be placed in this group.
- Monthly meet attendance required.
- Intrasquad and champs meets required.
- Subject to coach approval
- Required Equipment
- Snorkel
- Hand Paddles
- Kickboard
- Goggles
- Swim Cap
- Fins
- Pull Bouy
- Equipment bag
- Waterbottle
- Team suit
- Team cap
- 4 team shirts
Fees
- Annual Team Registration Fee: $100
- Annual USA Swimming Premium Registration Fee: $100
- Monthly Tuition: $180
Senior Competitive
Pre-Senior I
Prerequisites
- Minimum age of 13
- 5X100 Free @ 2:00
- 6X100 Kick @ 2:30
- Legal 50 yds of each stroke achieved in a sanctioned meet
- Legal 200 IM achieved in a sanctioned meet
Group Details
- 6 practices offered/week
- 1.5 hour practice + 30 min optional dryland 2-3 days/week
- 50-60% stroke development/30-40% conditioning
- Focus: for athletes wanting to prepare for and compete at the High School level or are looking for an approved activity for off campus PE. Refinement of technique, turns, more race strategy, championship season training through streamline, kicking drilling breath control and endurance utilizing more advanced interval training sets.
- No minimum practice attendance required.
- Monthly meet attendance encouraged.
- Intrasquad and champs meets required.
- Subject to coach approval
- Required Equipment
- 4 Team Shirts
- Team Suit
- Team Cap
- Snorkel
- Hand Paddles
- Kickboard
- Goggles
- Swim Cap
- Fins
- Short Fins (zoomers)
- Pull Bouy
- Equipment bag
- Waterbottle
Fees
- Annual Team Registration Fee: $100
- Annual USA Swimming Premium Registration Fee: $100
- Monthly Tuition: $160
Pre-Senior II
Group Details
- 6 practices offered/week
- 2 hour practice + 30 min optional dryland 2-3 days/week
- 50-60% stroke development/30-40% conditioning
- Focus: for athletes wanting to prepare for and compete at the High School level or are looking for an approved activity for off campus PE. Refinement of technique, turns, more race strategy, championship season training through streamline, kicking drilling breath control and endurance utilizing more advanced interval training sets.
- No minimum practice attendance required.
- Monthly meet attendance encouraged.
- Intrasquad and champs meets required.
- Subject to coach approval
- Required Equipment
Prerequisites
- Minimum age of 13
- 5X100 Free @ 1:45
- 5X100 IM @ 2:15
- 6X100 Kick @ 2:15
- Legal 100Y of each stroke achieved in a sanctioned meet.
- Legal 500Y Free achieved in a sanctioned meet
- Legal 200Y IM achieved in a sanctioned meet.
- 4 Team Shirts
- Team Suit
- Team Cap
- Snorkel
- Hand Paddles
- Kickboard
- Goggles
- Swim Cap
- Fins
- Short Fins (zoomers)
- Pull Bouy
- Equipment bag
- Waterbottle
Fees
- Annual Team Registration Fee: $100
- Annual USA Swimming Premium Registration Fee: $100
- Monthly Tuition: $170
Senior
Prerequisites
- Minimum age of 13
- 5X100 Free @ 1:20
- 5X100 IM @ 1:50
- 6X100 Kick @ 1:50
- Legal 200 yds of each stroke achieved in a sanctioned meet
- Legal 400 IM achieved in a sanctioned meet
- 3 or more BB times required.
- Subject to coach approval
Group Details
- 6 to 9 practices/week offered depending on season.
- 2-hour practice + 30 min dryland 2-3 days/wk
- 20% stroke development/80% conditioning – not including technique focus in early season.
- Focus is on championship training for Gulf Champs and qualifying for Sectionals. A year round commitment to swimming both short course and long course is required to be placed in this group.
- 70% monthly practice attendance requirement
- Monthly meet attendance required.
- Intrasquad and champs meets required.
- Required Equipment
- 4 team shirts
- Team cap
- Team suit
- Waterbottle
- Equipment bag
- Tempo Trainer
- Pull Bouy
- Short Fins (zoomers)
- Fins (long)
- Swim Cap
- Goggles
- Kickboard
- Hand Paddles
- Snorkel
Fees
- Annual Team Registration Fee: $100
- Annual USA Swimming Premium Registration Fee: $100
- Monthly Tuition: $190
National
Prerequisites
- Minimum age of 15
- 2 or more 15-16 “AA” Motivational Times or 1 or more Sectional Cuts acheived
Group Details
- 6 to 9 practices/week offered depending on season.
- 2.5 – 3 hour practice + 30 min dryland 3 days/wk
- 10% stroke development/90% conditioning – not including technique focus in early season.
- Focus is on championship training for Sectionals and Nationals. A year round commitment to swimming both short course and long course is required to be placed in this group.
- 80% monthly attendance requirement
- Monthly meet attendance required.
- Subject to coach approval
- Required Equipment Snorkel
- Hand Paddles
- Kickboard
- Goggles
- Swim Cap
- Fins
- Pull Bouy
- Equipment bag
- Waterbottle
- Team suit
- Team cap
- 4 team shirts
Fees
- Annual Team Registration Fee: $100
- Annual USA Swimming Premium Registration Fee: $100
- Monthly Tuition: $200

