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The Lakers Aquatic
Club offers training and practice groups for swimmers
of all ages and ability levels. It is the goal of the Lakers Aquatic
Club to offer age specific training for all of our
athletes geared towards challenging each individual and developing
each individual to the best of their
abilities.
Please click HERE
to send us an email request for more information.
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Speedsters - Coach Riley
Shea
This group is offered as
training for the pre-competitive swimmer and swims three days per
week. The main focus will be on the FUNdementals of
swimming...working on stroke drills, freestyle, backstroke,
streamlining, breathing and endurance techniques required to move
to the Silver competitive group. Swimmers need to be able to
do 3x100 freestyle and 3x100 IM without stopping (except for a
minimal rest interval) and perform all strokes and turns legally to
move
up.
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Junior (formerly silver) - Coach Danni
Kudla
This group is for the
more experienced swimmer who has completed the goals in
Speedsters. It practices four days per week and the main
emphasis of this group is still stroke technique,
kicking, streamlining and starts & turns. The
swimmers in this group will be introduced to training
concepts that include interval swimming. The primary focus is
on freestyle and IM training to establish a solid endurance base.
Swimmers need to be able to perform the 500 freestyle in less than
7:45 and
other criteria set forth in the Guidelines for Advancement to advance to the Blue
group.
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Intermediate (formerly blue) -
TBD
This group is for the
experienced swimmer that has made a commitment to their sport and
has excelled in the Silver group. The BLUE swimmer has a
solid base of all the competitive strokes and is ready to
focus on training their bodies at five practices per week plus
dryland. The main emphasis will still remain on stroke
technique, kicking, streamlines, starts, and turns. However,
in this group conditioning and training principles will be used to
teach the swimmer how to push themselves beyond their comfort
zone. At this level, the swimmers will learn a great deal
about training the different energy systems of their bodies to
prepare them for peak
performance.
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Senior (formerly gold) - Coach
Kelton Graham
This group is for the
older, experienced swimmer, who has demonstrated excellent
attendance and leadership in the BLUE group. The group has a
MINIMUM attendance level of five days per week. They must have
achieved state qualifying times in the 13-14 age group and shown an
ability to train freestyle as described in the Guidelines for
Advancement. Good flexibility is required as is
a demonstrated ability to push oneself through painful
training sets required to compete at the OPEN state level of
swimming. The main emphasis will be stroke technique,
conditioning and intense training of all energy systems of the
body. The swimmer in this group has made a clear commitment
to their sport and training. Swimmers in this group are
dedicated and attend practice on a daily basis. Swimmers in
this group are high-level state swimmers who are
pursuing Sectional, Jr National, Sr National and Olympic Trial
time standards.
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Lakers Aquatic Club
Group
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Criteria
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Per month (SC)
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Senior Red
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(Freshman year of high school or
above) 9 practices a week offered. Swimmers need to
make 7, If a swimmer qualifies for a national level meet
then the attendance needs to be 95% otherwise attendance needs to
be 85 %. 9 practices a week offered. Criteria: 20 x 100 @ 1:20 free
or 15 x 100 bk @ 1:40 or 12 x 100 Br @ 1:45 or 15 x 100 fly @ 1:40
Females can add 10 seconds to each interval
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$200
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Senior White
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(Freshman year of high school or
older.) 7 practices a week offered, swimmers should
make 6 of them. 20 x 100 @ 1:30 free or 15 x 100 bk
@ 1:40 or 12 x 100 Br @ 2:00 or 15 x 100 fly @ 1:45 for the white
group
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$195
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Senior Blue
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Freshman year of high school or
older. No time standard, no attendance requirement.
Offered 6 practices a week, new swimmers to the
Lakers
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$180
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Intermediate Red
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(Ages 11-14.) (Mostly 13/14)
6 days per week offered, swimmers
should make 10 x 50 Flutter kick @ 50/55, 10 x 100 Kick @ 1:45
-1:55, 10 x 50 Fr @ 45, 10 x 100 Free @ 1:20 -1:25, 10 x 100 IM @
1:35 – 140.If a 13/14 year old cannot make the standards they
may swim with Int White. 2 hour practices plus 30 min
dry land 5 times per week.
Must have great streamlines and
turns and legal in all 4 strokes. Expected attendance 95-100%
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$190
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Intermediate White
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Ages 11-12.
5 practices a week offered must make
3 to 4. Must be able to make 10 X 50 Kick @ 1, 10 x 100 Kick
@ 2, 10 x 50 Fr @ 50-55, 10 x 100 Fr @ 1:35-1:40, 10 x 100 IM @
1:45.
Must have great streamlines and
turns and legal in all 4 strokes. 2 hour practices plus 30
min dry land 4 times per week.
If a 11/12 or/and13/14 year old
cannot make the standards they may swim with Int Blue.
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$180
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Intermediate Blue
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Ages 11- 14
4 practices a week offered, swimmers should
make 3. Must be legal all 4 strokes and able to follow
instructions.
Should be able to make 10 x 50 Kick @1:10, 10
x 100 kick @ 2:10-2:15, 10 x 50 Fr @ 1:00,10 x 100 Free @
1:35-1:40, 10 x 100 @ 1:50 -1:55.
If 11/12 or/and 13/14 year old cannot make the
standards they may swim with Junior Red group.
2 hour
practices plus 30 min dry land 3 times per week.
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$175
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Junior Red
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Ages 7-10. A swimmer must be able to
swim 10 x 100 @ 2 with correct turns. Swimmers should be able
to legally swim freestyle, butterfly, back stroke and breast
stroke. 5 practices a week offered, a swimmer is
required to make 3.
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$160
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Junior White
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(Ages 7 to 10) 4 a week
offered. Swimmers should be legal in all 4 strokes
and must be able to make 10 x 50 @ 1:15. Otherwise they can
swim with the Silver white
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$150
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Junior Blue
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Ages 7-10. 3
practices a week offered. Swimmers should be legal in 2 of the 4
strokes, comfortable in the water and able to follow instructions
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$140
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Speedster Red
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No time standards. Swimmer have mastered all 4 strokes, turns, and
streamline and can swim a legal 50 of each stroke. Swimmer should
be able to pay attention to instruction. 1 HR 4 workouts offered
swimmers should try to make 3. Dry Land 3 times per week 20
min.
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$125
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Speedster White
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No time standard. Swimmers must be able to swim 2 of the 4
strokes completive strokes legally. Proficient form not
required. Swimmers must be able to pay attention to instruction.
Will learn to swim a 25 butterfly and breast stroke, basic
stroke drills, flip turns and open turns. 1Hr 3 workouts
offered swimmers should try to make 2. Dry land 2 times per week 20
min.
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$100
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Speedster Blue
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(Ages 5 – 8)
No time standards. Swimmers must be comfortable in the water
and able to float and be able to swim at least 15yards under their
own power. Will learn to swim full 25 freestyle and 25
backstroke and basic FR/BK drills.45 min 3 workouts offered
swimmers should try to make 2.
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$80
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High School drop in
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For the duration of the High School
swim season
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$100
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Middle School drop
in
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For the duration of the Middle
School swim season
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$100
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College visiting
swimmer
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Must be on a college team
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$20/session
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