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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.