Swim Team Blue Group

Blue Group Program Details

The Focus is on refining the four competitive strokes following the USA swim guidelines and increasing overall stamina and endurance

Practice Schedule:

Meets three times a week for an hour. At least two a week are encouraged.


To participate, swimmers must be:
  • Age 6-18
  • Able to swim 50 yard/meters front crawl (freestyle) with appropriate turns and streamlines. 
  • Able to swim legal 25 backstroke with appropriate turns and streamlines.
  • Show basic understanding of the butterfly and breaststrokes. 
  • Ability to listen and execute an independent set of instructions, as well as to interact positively with teammates.
  • Athletes are encouraged to swim a minimum of 2 YMCA meets per season.
  • Attend at least 2 practices a week
     
Fees:

Swim team fees range from $69–$80/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 Blue Group:
  • Ability to follow set instructions and pace-clock intervals
  • Technique for butterfly, breaststroke, and individual medley transitions
  • Continued refinement and emphasis of streamlines and good body position as well as refinement of starts and turns
  • Introduction to set development, conditioning and endurance.
  • Use of pace-clock and intervals
  • Develop skills above to be able to:
    • Swim a 100 yard individual medley with legal turns in under 2:00 minutes
    • Swim a 100 yard front crawl (freestyle) with appropriate turns and streamlines
    • Swim a 100 yard backstroke with appropriate turns and streamlines
    • Master the 50 yard fly and breaststroke
  • Swim stroke refinement
  • Improve endurance and speed
  • Race strategy
  • Build towards:
    • Legal 200 Free 
    • 6x100 on 3:00
    • Legal 100 Backstroke, 100 Breaststroke, 100 Butterfly, and 100 IM
       
Swim Team Blue 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

Swim Team Assessment