The Regional Development group is for swimmers aged 11 and over who are interested in learning the sport of competitive swimming. Swimmers must be able to swim 200m successfully in order to join this group. Swimmers in this group are invited to attend 3-4 Fun Meets per session. Fun meets occur at specific points in the season and gather together the entire club for some in-house racing at Sungod Recreation Centre. Times are tracked, awards are given out and there is a post-meet snack/gathering after each event.
The focus of this group is the teaching of sound swimming techniques, and fun through swimming and swim club. Swimmers will learn how to efficiently swim all four competitive strokes as well as competitive starts and turns. As the swimmer progresses through the group there will be an increase in intensity and training volumes.
Each practice is 15 minutes of dryland/activation and 60 minutes of swimming.
All swimmers are accepted to this group at the discretion of the Director of Swimming.
Required Equipment
- Navy Blue Training Suit
- Navy Blue Race suit (if Competing)
- Team Cap
- Goggles
- Team Shirt/Shorts for dryland
- Long Fins - example
- Runners
- Mesh Equipment Bag
- Waterbottle
