Early-Competitive Program 

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This program is a natural progression from FUNdamentals program. It is designed for swimmers (12 years old and under) who have mastered the basics for moving through the water and are now ready to be introduced to competitive swimming.

Practices consist of stroke work to build skills, endurance work to gain strength, and “quality” to increase speed. All four competitive strokes (freestyle, backstroke, breast stroke and butterfly) are taught at this level. Swimmers may also participate at local novice meets, but competitions are not mandatory.

This program is split into two groups based on ability – Junior Bronze and Junior Silver. The Junior Bronze group practices are one hour in length, three times a week. Junior Silver practices four times a week (three one-hour sessions and one forty-five minute session). Once a sufficient level of achievement is reached, recommendation to our competitive program will be recommended.