Squad structure

Pre-Academy is swimming lengths in the teaching pool. Focusing on technique and developing their strokes more until they are ready for the main pool. Once ready they go to a club group in the main pool or Academy.

 Academy is on a Tuesday night which is a half hour lesson for those they are not as strong for the longer sessions. but can swim 25m and are confident in deep waters.

Our Fitness groups are for those wanting to swim once a week, please note Each night have different Abilities for the fitness group.

Intermediate mainly consists of swimmers that are competing, but not at a high level, swimming twice a week. Once we feel the swimmers in Intermediate are ready they will move to Juniors or Squad depending on their age.

We then have Juniors for our strong younger swimmer. Finally we have the Squad for our strong older swimmers.

we require the following minimum abilities:

• Confident in deep water

• swim 200m continuously

• Confidently swim 50 meters freestyle (front crawl)

• Confidently swim 50 meters backstroke

• Confidently swim 50 meters basic breaststroke

• Confidently swim 25 meters basic butterfly 

• Willingness to compete

Lessons in the teaching pool Minimum abilities:

• Confidently swim 15 meters Front crawl

• confidently swim 15 meters Backstroke

• confidently swim 15 meters Basic Breaststroke