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Mini-
Marlins: Ages
4-10
Introductory group for beginners wishing to try
year round swimming. Swimmers must be able to complete
one length (25yards) of both freestyle and backstroke. The goal of
this group is to teach all 4 strokes in a progression type
manner.
Bronze Group: Ages
6-10
This is the introductory group of the SMRT
competitive swim team. This group is designed for our
youngest and most inexperienced athletes. The main emphasis
of this group is establishing proper swimming habits through stroke
drills, basic swim sets, and games. Swimmers in this group
know all 4 strokes, but are not quite proficient in all of
them. The goal of this group is to become proficient in all 4
strokes. The Bronze group has practice 3 times per
week. Swimmers will swim 1 hour per practice.
Silver Group:
Ages
8-12
This is the
next level of the SMRT program. This group is designed for
our more experienced younger swimmers. The main emphasis of
this group is to build off of the work done in the Bronze Group,
and adding slightly more focus on aerobic swimming while also
learning about basic goal-setting and race strategies.
Prerequisites for the Silver Group require all swimmers to be able
to legally swim 50 yards of all 4 competitive strokes (butterfly,
backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle) and 200 IM. In
addition swimmers must achieve at least a “B”
time in their age group. Any swimmer moving from the Bronze
Group must also have a 50% monthly practice attendance
average. The Silver group has practice 4 times per
week. Swimmers will swim for 1.5 hours per
practice.
Gold Group: Ages
8-14
This is the mid
level of the SMRT age group program and is a step up from the
Silver group. This groups is designed for those swimmers who
are ready for more practice time and aerobic conditioning, but not
quite ready for the rigor of the pre-senior group. The main
emphasis of this group is to continue working on technique and
stroke drills and increasing aerobic conditioning to prepare
swimmers to move to the next level, the pre-senior group.
Prerequisites for the Gold group require that all swimmers be able
to swim 100’s legally for each stroke and a 200 IM. In
addition they must have at least “BB” times in their
age group. Any swimmer moving from the silver group must also
maintain a 60% monthly practice attendance average. The Gold
group practices 5-6 times per week. Swimmers will swim from
1.5-2.0 hours per practice and will be introduced to
dryland
Pre-Senior
Group: Ages 10 and
older
This is the
highest level of the SMRT age group program and is designed for our
most experienced younger swimmers (10-12) or our less experienced
older swimmers (13-over). The main emphasis of this group is
to maintain work on stroke drills while adding more pool time and
aerobic swimming into the mix. More advanced goal-setting
will also be a part of the Gold group. Prerequisites for the
pre-senior group require all swimmers to be able to swim legal
100’s for each stroke and a 200 IM. In addition at 10
years old they must have sectional time standards, 11-12 age group
must have state times, and 13 and over must have “A”
times or state times. Any swimmer moving from the gold group
must also maintain a 80% monthly practice attendance average.
The Pre-senior group practices 5 - 6 times per week. Swimmers
will swim for 2 - 2.5 hours per practice and will also have a total
of 1.5 hours per week of dryland
workouts.
Senior
Group:
Ages 13 and
older
The first senior group level in the
SMRT program. This group is designed for SMRT’s older
and more experienced athletes who have the goal to compete at the
senior sectional level. There is a stronger emphasis on
attendance and training in this group. Swimmers will focus on
daily, short-term, and long-term goal setting, nutrition,
etc. Prerequisites for the Senior Group require all swimmers
to be able to swim 200’s of each stroke, a 400 IM, and a 1000
free. In addition they must have at least a 13-14 sectional
time standard. Any swimmer moving from the Gold Group must
also maintain an 80% monthly practice average. The Senior
Group swims between 1.5 - 3 hours per practice and also has 3.0
hours of dryland training per week.
National
Group:
Ages 15 and
older
The national group is the highest
level in the SMRT program. This group is designed for
SMRT’s older and most experienced athletes who have the goal
to compete at the collegiate/national sectional level. There
is a stronger emphasis on attendance and training in this
group. Swimmers will focus on daily, short-term, and
long-term goal setting, nutrition, etc. Prerequisites for the
National Group require all swimmers to be able to swim 200’s
of each stroke, a 400 IM, and a 1000 free. In addition they
must have at least a senior sectional time standard.
Any swimmer moving from the senior group must also maintain an 90%
monthly practice average. The National Group swims between
1.5 - 3 hours per practice and also has 3.0 hours of dryland
training per
week.
Note:
For all groups and for all swimmers their progression to the next
group must be looked at carefully by their coaches. They must
show good work ethic in the groups they are currently in and also
show a maturity level that is consistent with the workload imposed
by the next group. It is at the coaches discretion as to
whether a swimmer is physically and emotionally prepared to move to
the next group.
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