Walnut Creek Aquabears
Progression through the Practice Groups
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Purple Prep
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Purple
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Gold
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Senior
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Target Age & Experience
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10&U Swimmers New to Competitive Swimming - Can Swim 50 Yards of Freestyle & 50 Yards of Backstroke and working knowledge of Fly and Breast
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10&U
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11, 12, 13, 14 through August after 8th grade
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9th grade and above
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Summer Rec swim team or competitive club or advanced lessons
All New swimmers will be evaluated prior to joining
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Summer or competitive club experience
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Summer or competitive club experience
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Summer or competitive club experience
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Stroke Form and Skills
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Exit Purple Prep with legal strokes, starts, pushoffs, streamlines, underwaters, turns, and finishes
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continue to build technical proficiency in stroke form and race skills through 200 free, 100 strokes, 200 IM
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continue to build technical proficiency in stroke form and race skills from 500 free, 200 strokes, 400 IM
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continue to build technical proficiency in stroke form and race skills for specific events
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Practice Schedule
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5 sessions @ 60 minutes, M-F
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5 sessions @ 60 minutes, M-F
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5 sessions @ 90 minutes, M-F
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5 sessions @ 120 minutes, M-F
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1 session @ 90 minutes, S am
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1 session @ 90 minutes, S am
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up to 3 am/pm sessions
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makes 3-5 sessions per week
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makes 3-5 sessions per week
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makes 4-6 sessions per week
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makes 6-9 sessions per week
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Logged Practice Sets
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Skills checklist performed in practice trials for 50 free, 50 back, 50 breast, 50 fly, 100 IM
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Skills checklist performed in practice for 100 free, 50 back, 50 breast, 50 fly, 100 IM
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Skills checklist timed in practice or competition for 200 free, 100 back, 100 breast, 100 fly, 200 IM
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Skills checklist timed in practice or competition for specific events
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Recorded 25y trials of each stroke improved either time (:01 faster) or efficiency (1 fewer stroke cycle at the same time)
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Recorded 25y trials of each stroke improved either time (:01 faster) or efficiency (1 fewer stroke cycle at the same time)
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Recorded 25y and 50m trials of each stroke improved either time (:01 faster) or efficiency (1 fewer stroke cycle at the same time)
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Progress towards:
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Progress towards:
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Progress intervals:
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Progress intervals:
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Legal Strokes
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10 x 100 @ 1:40 FR
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15 x 100 FR @ FPSO
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100 FR @ FPSO progression
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Race Start Certification
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8 x 100 @ 2:00 K
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10 x 100 K @ FPSO
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20 x 50 K @ FA progression
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6 x 100 @ 1:50 IM
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8 x 100 IM @ FPSO
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3/4/5 FR interval progression
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n/a
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Progress FR threshold test set towards 1:30 average
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Progress FR threshold test set average
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Progress FR or stroke threshold test set average
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Goal Sessions
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Group Goal Talks, Individual Review of Tracking Sheet
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Group Goal Talks, Individual Review of Tracking Sheet
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Individual Goal Sheets and Goal Talks, Review of Tracking Sheet
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Individual Goal Sheets and Goal Talks, Review of Tracking Sheet
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Competition
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Participates in mini-meets and age group meet in skill- and experience-appropriate events recommended by Purple Prep coach.
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Follows the Age Group meet schedule and competes in skill- and experience-appropriate events recommended by Purple coach.
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Follows the Age Group meet schedule and competes in skill- and experience-appropriate events recommended by Gold coach. Also swims in some Senior meets recommended by the Gold coach.
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Follows the Senior Group meet schedule and competes in events recommended by Senior coach.
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Progress to complete 10&Under IMReady
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Progress 10&Under IMReady score. Progress to complete 10&Under IMX.
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Progress IMReady Score. Progress to complete 11-12 and 13-14 IMX
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Progress Power Point total in main 4 events
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Move-ups
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Soft move-up to Purple a.s.a.p. with legal strokes, basic understanding of stroke concepts, starts, pushoffs, streamlines, underwaters, turns, and finishes
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Hard move-up to Gold (at start of a new season after Winter JO's, Spring FW's or Summer's End)
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Hard move-up to Senior (at start of a new swim year in September)
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Early exit: 3 events with 10&Under FW time standard and Purple coach recommendation
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Early exit: 3 events with Sectional time standard and Gold coach recommendation
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