Junior 2 (ages 10-13): Competition Team
Formerly “Gold”
Prerequisites:
- 8x 50 Freestyle @1:15
- 4x 100 I.M. @2:30
- 4x 100 Freestyle @2:15
- 1x 500 Freestyle @12:00
Goals:
- Have fun swimming and learn to promote team values during practice, competition, and in daily life
- Take personal responsibility for completing stretching, warm up, and warm down
- Refine starts, turns, and finishes technique
- Refine stroke technique and build speed and endurance through drill and interval-based training
- Understand and demonstrate ability to use the pace clock and complete interval-based sets
- Work on personal goal-setting with the coach
- Nutritional awareness
- Begin to explore preferred strokes and events
- Understand and demonstrate the ability to swim a 200 Freestyle with negative splits
- Participate in dryland training targeted at improving in-water performance
- Earn a time in each of the following events: 200 Freestyle, 200 Preferred Stroke, 500 Freestyle, 400 I.M.
- Achieve a B time in at least one event for each stroke
Expectations and Requirements:
- Follow the Athlete Code of Conduct
- Have a positive attitude
- Be on time to practice
- Be open to trying new techniques and drills
- Come to practice and meets prepared to succeed: that means following uniform requirements and bringing required gear
- Attend 4-5 practices per week and a minimum of three meets between August and March and a minimum of three meets between April and July
- Attend all required team meetings
- Act as a role model to Athletes in Junior 1, Group 2, and Group 1, modeling good behavior and work ethic and providing support by cheering at swim meets
- Come to practice to work hard and have fun: a positive mindset—no matter the challenges Coach presents you with—will go a long way to improvement
- Come to swim meets ready to work hard and compete: if you qualify for finals you must swim in the finals
- Follow and promote team values and act with kindness and respect to all participants
- Participate in and contribute to team fundraising and volunteer opportunities
- Complete athlete SafeSport training