Swim Team White Group

This entry-level group is ideal for swimmers who have completed lessons and are ready to explore competitive swimming. Focus is on fundamentals and skill development.

Practice Schedule:

Meets twice a week for 45 minutes

To participate, swimmers must be:

• Age 6–18
• Able to swim 25 yards/meters front crawl (freestyle) 
• Able to swim 25 yards/meters with a backstroke kick
• Able to follow simple instructions and participate for 45 minutes
   

Fees:

Swim team fees range from $60–$70/month depending on your location and are drafted monthly on the 1st.

Registration:

All swimmers interested in joining the swim team are required to attend an assessment with the team’s coaches. To get started, register for your swim team assessment and our aquatics team will reach out to schedule your swimmer’s time.

What swimmers develop in White Group:

• Introduction to competitive swimming and team building
• Streamlines and push-offs
• Introduction to circle swimming and pace clock
• Freestyle side breathing, freestyle stroke technique, backstroke technique and use of backstroke flags
• Introduction to starts and turns
• Refined freestyle technique, training drills, appropriate turns, and improved starts
• Refined backstroke technique, drills, appropriate turns, and improved backstroke starts 
• Introduction to breaststroke and butterfly

Swimmers will work toward developing a legal 100-yard freestyle and 50-yard backstroke, and will demonstrate competence in fly and breaststroke. They’ll learn to follow independent instructions and positively engage with teammates.

Swim Team White Group is available at:

Albemarle Family YMCA
Blocker Norfolk Family YMCA
Eastern Shore Family YMCA
Great Bridge/Hickory Family YMCA
Greenbrier Family YMCA
Outer Banks Family YMCA
Suffolk Family YMCA
Taylor Bend Family YMCA
YMCA of Portsmouth