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Swim Club
This is our entry level group. This group will include swimmers brand new to Mavericks that have no swim team experience. These kids must have a background in swimming and need to be familiar with freestyle and backstroke. Swim Club will practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30-5:45 pm. Competition is optional.
The goal of this group will be to learn all four strokes, starts, and turns while improving their fitness level through technique training. They will be ready to move up to the Bronze team when the coaches feel that the swimmer is comfortable with all four strokes and has improved in fitness level.
Bronze Team
The group consists of kids that are either new to Mavericks or have moved up from Swim Club. If these kids are new to Mavericks, they need to be familiar with all fours strokes. The Bronze team will practice on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 4:30-6:00 pm. Competition is optional.
The Bronze team will focus on stroke development, fitness through technique training, and introduction to swim meets and goal setting. They will be improving the technique in all four strokes, starts, turns, and listening skills. A swimmer will move up to the Silver team when listening skills have improved and is able to swim longer distances while maintaining proper technique.
Silver Team
This group consists of kids that are familiar with all Bronze skills. Silver Team's practices are scheduled for Monday-Friday from 4:00-6:00 pm. Competition is optional but will be encouraged.
The focus of this group will be to improve stroke technique, fitness, listening skills, swim meet participation, racing ability, and goal setting. In this group, yardage will increase and training will focus on conditioning, and swim sets will increase in complexity. This is also when swimmers will focus more on competitions. Promotion to the Gold team will take place when the swimmer displays a more serious and positive attitude, technique and conditioning have improved, and more focused goal setting has taken place.
Gold team
This group consists of kids that are focused and more serious about swimming as a year round sport with consistent daily practice attendance. Gold team has practice scheduled Monday-Friday from 4:00-6:00 pm.
The Gold team will continue to improve and refine technique as well as fitness, and will also begin concentrating on higher levels of competition. Generally, most kids will need to be at least 12 years old for this group. These swimmers will have a complete understanding of swim sets, drills, send-offs, and race experience.
Senior Team
The Senior team will include any swimmer that is in High School or has moved up from the Gold team. These swimmers will be expected to have a complete understanding of all swim drills and coaches will be helping swimmers maximize their skills, talents, and fitness for year round swimming and competition. These kids will concentrate on peak performance at High School swimming championships as well as preparation for swimming in College or beyond. Senior Team practices Monday-Friday from 4:00-6:00 pm.
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