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Knik Swim Team welcomes you to try out
our program for two weeks free! We want to encourage new
swimmers to join for recreation, fitness, fun as well as promote
competitive swimming. Listed below is a brief description of
KNIK’s four training levels. Many of our new swimmers
began in our ’Learn to Swim’ programs. Our most elite
swimmers, who are team oriented, promote the sport within the
community and compete at Sectional competitions and beyond!
Please call us to schedule a
tryout by click here to send us an email request for more information.
This
group is intended for our youngest swimmers new from the
Learn-to-Swim program. Practices will be four times per week
and last for 45 minutes. There are two goals to this
group. The first is to lesson the jump from lesson while
providing ample opportunity to improve strokes and endurance.
The other is to provide a more homogenous group for our younger and
newer swimmers so that practices can be as age appropriate as
possible. The end goal is to develop a swimmer confident in
all 4 strokes, starts, turns and a desire to try a few swim
meets. There are no attendance requirements and no pressure
to compete.
Bronze
This
group is designed for swimmers new to the team and/or deficient in
1 or more of their competitive strokes. An emphasis will be
placed on technique development for all four strokes, starts and
turns, and learning clock management. The more advanced
Bronze swimmers will be proficient in all four strokes, the
IM’s, and all of the associated starts and turns.
Attendance is encouraged 3 to 4 practice sessions per
week. Practices will be 60 minutes per session. An
emphasis will be placed on continued technique refinement and an
introduction to advanced conditioning. Swimmers will be
expected to independently utilize clock management techniques to
perform swimming sets of up to 20 minutes in duration. An
introduction to attendance at competitions will be encouraged
with the goal of meet-to-meet improvement and the development of
age appropriate championship qualifications awareness.
Silver
This
group is designed for our advanced age-group swimmers and
our new to the sport middle school aged swimmers. Regular
attendance is encouraged for the age-group swimmers with a
workout frequency of 4 - 5 times per week. Practices
will be 90 minutes per session. An equal emphasis will be
placed on technique refinement and developing aerobic
fitness. The swimmer will be introduced to racing strategies
and psychological considerations. The swimmer will also be
introduced to the benefits of dry-land training. Regular
attendance at competitions will be expected with the goal of
scoring points at the Age Group, Senior and Junior Olympic
Championships.
Gold
This
group is designed for our most advanced and committed age group and
middle school aged swimmers and our high school aged swimmers who
desire a flexible attendance schedule. Regular attendance is
required for the age group and MS aged members with workout
frequency ranging from 5 - 6 sessions depending on the
period of the swimming calendar. Practices will be 90-120
minutes per session including 30 minutes of dry-land 2-3 times per
week. An emphasis will be placed on maximizing aerobic
fitness, refinement of technique and psychological
adaptations. Regular attendance at competitions will be
expected with the goal of scoring points at the Age Group, Senior
and Junior Olympic Championships and qualifying for Age
Group/Senior Sectional Competitions.
Platinum
This
is the group designed for our most advanced and committed high
school aged swimmers. Regular attendance is required with
workout frequency ranging from 6 to 9 sessions depending on
the period of the swimming calendar. Practices will be
120-150 minutes per session including 30 minutes of dry-land 2-3
times per week. An emphasis will be placed on greatest
competition performance potential via strategic/maximal training
regiments, refinement of technique and psychological
adaptations. Swimmers will also be expected to perform an
independent weight-lifting program 3 days per week. Regular
attendance at competitions will be expected with the goal of
scoring points at the Senior and Junior Olympic Championships and
qualifying for the Age Group/Senior Sectional Competitions and
beyond.
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