Silver Squad
Squad Level: Junior Intermediate
Age Range: 8 years – 13 years
No. of Sessions/week: 3 - 4
Session Duration: 75 mins
Training Pool: 50m outdoor pool (25m length)
Squad Description: As training frequency increases, swimmers are continuously advanced in skill development while appropriately increasing distance and endurance during sessions. More advanced skills for competition are refined, such as Individual Medley turns and race specific skills.
Minimum Criteria: Criteria into this level is largely based on skill acquisition and training ability for competition purposes. A swimmer should be deemed competent in all four strokes and be capable of covering 2km – 3km in a 75-minute training session. They should have sound knowledge and skill of all starts, turns and finishes and independently know how to use the pace clock in training.
Squad Expectations:
Swimmers take part in Club Nights while in this squad
Swimmers 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 or seated well back from the pool deck area. 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 four sessions per week):
Monday 4.00pm – 5.15pm
Tuesday 4.00pm – 5.15pm
Wednesday 4.00pm – 5.15pm
Thursday 4.00pm – 5.15pm
Friday 4.00pm – 5.15pm
