COMPETITION TEAM
Our Competition Team is divided into two training tracks
Guppies
- Be able to swim across the pool safely (25 yards)
- Be able to flutter kick on front and back
- Be able to side breathe
- Know the basics of freestyle and backstroke
- Know how to use a kick board
- Be willing to listen, learn, and improv
Starfish
- 4x25 Freestyle with side kicking to breathe
- 4x25 Backstroke staying on back the whole time
- 50-100 of flutter kick
- 4x25 of decent breaststroke kick
- 2x25 of elementary breaststroke (Two hand touch)
- 4x25 of Head/Hand lead body dolphin
- Underwater Streamlines off every wall (Back, Side, Belly)
- Dive from the side
- Can feel confident doing a jump/cannonball of the block
- Can do somersault in the water
- Can do somersault by the wall and push off
- Knows their stroke count from the flags to the wall
- Knows to touch the wall with two hands for breaststroke
- Knows to streamline off every wall (but knows there’s a “special” streamline for breaststroke that they will learn in starfish)
- Knows to touch the wall on their back for backstroke
- Has seen what butterfly looks like
- Knows that dolphins kick in for butterfly
Little Sharks
Test sets:
8x100 Free @2:15
6x75 Kick @2:00
2x200 IM (everything legal, turns, pull downs) (butterfly can look a little scary)
4x25 underwater to half
Dive off the block with streamline and breakout
Backstroke dive with streamline and breakout
Other things they need to be able to do:
Following an interval
Use floats correctly
High-quality backstroke flip turns
High-quality freestyle flip turns
Proper turns every wall
Underwater’s off every wall
Follow SHARK guidelines
Tiger Sharks
6x75 k @1:30
10x100 FR @1:40
4x200 FR @3:40
4x200 IM @3:45
2x25 uw whole way @:45
Other things they need to be able to do:
-Coach approval
-Developing SHARKS values
-Listenes at practice
-Starting to set personal goals
-75% attendance
Hammer Head Sharks
Test sets:
8x75 k @1:25
10x100 FR @1:30
4x200 IM @3:30
6x200 fr @3:15
4x25 UW whole way @:40
Other things they need to be able to do:
-Coach approval
-Developing SHARKS Values
-Focused at practice
-Is working towards higher competition
-80% Attendance
-Commitment to goals, teammates, parents, and coaches.
Mako Sharks
Test sets:
8x75 k @1:15
10x100 FR @1:15
8x200 FR @2:45
5x200 IM @3:00
6x25 UW whole way @:30
Other things they need to be able to do:
-Coach approval
-Emulates SHARKS values
-Demonstrates high effort at practices
-85% Attendance
-Model for other groups
-Commitment to goals, teammates, parents, and coaches
-Represents CSC at competitions
National Team
Membership in the National Team require the highest level of commitment and training. Swimmers are committed to swimming as their only competitive sport.
Group Prerequisites
- Coach recommendation Required
- Minimum age 13
Training Group Expectations:
- 85% Practice Attendance
- Dryland and Long Course Training required
- Complete IMX Every Season
- Representing CSC Sharks at the highest levels
- Be a model for the younger up-and-coming swimmers on and off the team
- Commitment and desire to excel at practice and at meets
- Responsible for performance by developing and executing race strategy
- Exemplifies commitment to goals to teammates, parents, and coaches
- Understands and performs personal race strategies
- Knows the team goals
- Takes an active role in developing specific and attainable practice group goals
Equipment Requirements
Team Cap, goggles, water bottle, short fins, kick board, paddles (Arena Elite or Flex), pull buoy, tempo trainer, swimmer's snorkel (front-mounted), small parachute, yoga mat.
Optional: drag socks, stretch cords (talk to Coach Halle for specifics).