Junior Blue Squad

Swimmers are continuously advanced in skill development while appropriately increasing distance and endurance during sessions

UWA WEST COASTJUNIOR BLUE SQUAD

Squad Level:
  • Junior Intermediate to Advanced
Minimum Criteria:
  • Consistently demonstrate ability to read the pace clock and work off time cycles without coach prompting
  • Consistently, correctly and efficiently swim 2000-3000m each session
  • Consistently demonstrate the ability to correctly dive in for ALL strokes/events and complete underwater work to minimum 8 metres
  • Consistently demonstrates the ability to correctly do change of direction turns in ALL strokes/events and at least 5m underwater
  • Consistently demonstrate the ability to finish ALL strokes/events correctly
  • Other swimmers at coach’s discretion
  • Maturity, age, physical & mental attributes, and contributions to squad
The Program focuses on:
  • 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.

SEPTEMBER/ OCTOBER 2023 SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
UWSC will be running a school holiday program over September/ October school holidays.  The program will be held at HBF stadium indoor pool each afternoon (except public holiday) and will focus on racing specific skills. NOTE: No AM sessions for Juniors in School Holidays. Please enrol separately for UWSC School holiday program via UWSC Customer Portal – Registrations now open – https://thinksmartsoftware-au.com/customer_portal_v2/

When:
Week 1 – Tuesday 26 to Friday 29 September
Week 2 – Monday 2 to Friday 6 October

Session times:
Junior White and Green – 16.00 to 17.00
Junior Blue – 17.00 to 18.30
Junior Gold – 17.00 to 18.30
Plus extra dry land sessions for Junior Gold and Blue with Coach Chloe Innes on Wednesdays and Thursdays in the school holidays (16.30 to 17.00 – before swim)

Where: HBF Stadium indoor 8 lane pool

Junior Skills session – with UWSC Head Coach Rob Palfery and UWSC Performance Squad Swimmers
When:
Friday 6 October
Where: HBF Stadium indoor pool

Session times:
Junior Gold and Junior Blue – 08.00 to 09.30
Junior Green and Junior White – 09.30 to 10.30

This is a great opportunity for UWSC Juniors to hear and learn from our Head Coach Rob Palfery who coaches UWSC Performing National and Developing National Green squad.  Coach Rob will work with his National Squads to deliver this exceptional skills training session for our UWSC Juniors.

Register for School Holidays via UWSC Customer Portal – Registrations now open. https://thinksmartsoftware-au.com/customer_portal_v2/

SHORT COURSE SEASON TRAINING SCHEDULE | 17/07/23 to 23/09/23
HBF Stadium
MONDAY POOL
17:00 - 18:15indoor 8-Lane
TUESDAY POOL
05:30 - 06:45indoor 8-Lane
WEDNESDAY POOL
17:00 - 18:15indoor 8-Lane
THURSDAY POOL
06.00 - 07:30indoor 8-Lane
THURSDAY POOL
17:00 - 18:15indoor 8-Lane
FRIDAY POOL
17:00 - 18:15indoor 8-Lane
SHORT COURSE SEASON TRAINING SCHEDULE | 24/04/23 to 1/07/23
UWA Aquatic Centre 13 lane pool
MONDAY POOL
17:00 - 18:15UWA Aquatic Centre 13 lane pool
SATURDAY POOL
08:00 - 09:15UWA Aquatic Centre 13 lane pool
Age Range:
  • 8 years – 13 years
Preferred Sessions per Week:
  • 3 – 4 Sessions
Session Duration:
  • 75 Minutes
Equipment required:
  • Swim Cap
  • Goggles
  • Fins
  • Kickboard
  • Drink Bottle
  • Pull buoy
  • Drink Bottle
  • Front Snorkel
Venues:
  • HBF Stadium & UWA Aquatic Centre

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