Thank you for your interest in New Trier Aquatics!
The minimum requirements to be able to join the team are:
- Be water safe in deep water
- Participation in a Learn to Swim Program or previous swim team experience
- Swim freestyle comfortably for one length of the pool without stopping, demonstrating a strong flutter kick and rotary breathing
- Swim backstroke comfortably for one length of the pool, demonstrating a strong flutter kick
Other useful skills we may use to determine placement are:
- Demonstrate an ability to swim free and back for longer distances comfortably
- Demonstrate the concept of how to swim breaststroke and butterfly
- Demonstrate an ability to perform a sequential dive from the side of the pool or the blocks
Older swimmers may be required to demonstrate more skills/abilities.
Please email Rob Stafford with questions about trying out for our team!
