Get to the pool as often as your group practices. Regular attendance makes for better swimmers.
Attend team meets that are offered for your level. Meets are a great way to gauge your progress.
After attending meets, your times will be sent from Swim Connection. All times, except for 8-under and senior, are based on the National Age Group Motivational Times (2009-2012).
Time standards to achieve (in order) are: B, BB, A, AA, AAA, AAAA.
For a new swimmer, a good first goal would be to qualify for Junior Olympics. Most Junior Olympic times are BB. Once you’ve qualified for Junior Olympics, strive for an “A” time. For each “A” time that you achieve, you’ll receive an “A” medal.
Our team typically offers one meet a month. Some of the meets are for the whole team, others are for the Senior swimmers only, and some of the meets need qualifying times to attend.
We have two seasons. The long course season (50 meters) starts in April and ends in August. The short course season (25 yards) begins in September and ends in March. Junior Olympics are held twice a year for each course. Short course in March & Long course in July.
Meet Descriptions:
- whole team – everyone goes
- non-novice – not for beginners / usually not 50M pool
- age-group – level 1, 2, 3, pre-senior
- seniors – Steve’s senior group
Meet Progression / Goals
Junior Olympics (JO)
Far Westerns (FARW)
Sectionals (SECT)
Jr Nationals (JNAT)
US Open (OPEN)
Nationals (NAT)
Olympic Trials (OLYMP)
Olympics Standards on Swim Connection
How your child moves through Aquasol’s practice groups:
Pre-Team: For young swimmers who are water safe and are interested in learning about the Aquasol Swim Team. There time is spent learning practice etiquette, how to perform the four competitive strokes properly, racing skills,stroke drills,and the importance of kicking
Level 1: For swimmers 6 and over that are water safe, can do proper side breathing in freestyle 25 yds,along with being able to swim 25 yds. of backstroke, and that can do the breastroke kick properly. Meets should be short course, with emphasis on having FUN! As well as LEARNING!
Level 2: Swimmers will have the same skills as level one with a more specific peer group, generally entry level swimmers age 9-12 that have the knowledge/experience, can swim 50 yards of all 4 strokes properly as well as a 100 I.M. Level two swimmers should consult their respective coach regarding entering meets as to short or long course as well as which events to enter.( Your 6 year old should not be swimming a 200 meter freestyle!)
Level 3: For kids that have mastered all four strokes, know all their racing skills and stroke drills, and have the basic desire to adopt swimming as a year round lifestyle. These swimmers should be on the long course meet track during long course season. This group is about learning to train, to set practice goals to achieve daily so that we have a”paved road” to senior swimming.
Pre-senior: For swimmers 13 and over that might not yet be ready for senior swimming but need a peer group to make it more enjoyable. These swimmers will be encouraged to improve their skills and practice performance in order to become more successful as athletes.
Senior: For swimmers 13 and over that have desire to become year round lifestyle committed members of a team. This groups focus is beyond the high school level as swimmers are expected to participate in the USA meets during their high school season.
Long course meets during the high school swim season are important - as well as participation in Far Westerns and other senior type of meets when appropriate. Swimmers in this group should be beyond “instant gratification” type of fun and understand the “big picture". The coach makes every effort to assist the swimmer in procuring a college scholarship for it’s members. 6-10 practices per week is expected with strict adherence to the prescribed meet calendar regardless of the high school dual meet schedule. 6000-9000 yards per practice can be expected. Currently, we have no dryland program place, however we strongly encourage members to consult coach Steve for information about dryland training. |
