Bronze Squad
Squad Level: Junior Novice
Age Range: 8 years – 12 years
No. of Sessions/week: 3
Session Duration: 60 mins
Training Pool: This squad trains in the 50m outdoor pool (25m length) during our Summer season (Oct – April). During our Winter season (May – Sept), all sessions are in the 25m indoor pool.
Squad Description: While the main objective of this squad is still stroke development, an increasing emphasis is placed on improving endurance, as well as advancing the development of split-strokes, drills, starts, turns and finishes required for events at competitions.
Minimum Criteria: Swimmer should be able to continuously cover a distance of 200m in freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke while demonstrating satisfactory starts, turns and stroke technique. In addition, the swimmer should demonstrate 25m of butterfly.
Squad Expectations:
Swimmers take part in Club Nights while in this squad
Swimmers may take part in competitions if they are aged 9 years and over (Splash and Dash events for 8 years)
Swimmers have SWA membership
Under 12 years old swimmers must be accompanied to and from pool deck by an adult or responsible person
No Parents on Pool Deck Policy (with the exception of “Watch Week”):
We request that parents wishing to observe their children training remain on the grandstand side of the pool. It is important that parents are seated beyond eye contact with their children while they are training to avoid distraction by the parent’s presence.
Watch Week:
We invite all parents to come along during the first week of each month to observe the training sessions and catch up with the coach before or after training.
Session Times (your choice of three sessions per week):
Monday 4.00pm – 5.00pm
Tuesday 4.00pm – 5.00pm
Wednesday 4.00pm – 5.00pm
Thursday 4.00pm – 5.00pm
Friday 4.00pm – 5.00pm
