SWIM OMAHA GROUP GUIDELINES
NOVICE GROUP
- Practice 2 nights per week for 45 minutes each practice.
- Typically age is 5+
- Swimmers must be able to complete 1 length of a 25 yard pool either freestyle or backstroke
Group Goals
- improvel freestyle and backstroke technique
- Learn breaststroke kick
- Learn body dolphin
- Learn to do a flip flip turn
- Learn to dive
BRONZE GROUP
- Meets 3 nights per week for 1 hour each practice.
- Must be able to swim 1 lenght of the pool freestyle and backstroke
- Must have a legal breaststroke kick
- Must be able to do body dolphin
Group Goals
- Learn butterfly
- Learn breastroke
- Continued stroke development
- Learn to dive off the block
- Learn to do a backstroke start.
- Learn to do a flip turn
- Learn to use a pace clock
SILVER GROUP
- Practice is offered 5 times a week, no minimum required, 2-3 times a week preferred
- Practice is 1 hour and 15 minutes
- Must be able to do all 4 strokes legally (fly, back, breast and free)
- Must be able to do a backstroke and freestyle flip turn
- Swimmers will need fins, kickboard, a snorkel and hand paddles
- Emphasis is on technique with an introduction to training
GOLD GROUP
- Meets 5 times each week for 2 hours per practice.
- Kids are encouraged to make at least 3 practices week.
- Swimmers will need fins, kickboard, snorkel and hand paddles
- Swimmers will contnue to perfect technique
- Emphasis is on technique and training
*****Note: Final group determinations are at the discretion of the coaching staff.*****