Development

Long Term Athletic Development: FUNdamentals 

As a member of Development swimmers should be able to:

• Attend at least two sessions a week.
• Perform two strokes to ASA standards and can enter and leave the pool safely.
• Have reached a Level 7 stage of the National Plan for Teaching Swimming or equivalent.
• Have sufficient mental and physical development to train at a low level.
• Have a desire to learn to be a competitive swimmer.
• Have a desire to compete at low level competitions e.g. DSC ‘Splash Nights’
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The aim of this squad will be to:

• Provide an introduction to low level competition situations.
• Provide an introduction to competition rules.
• Provide a sound base of fundamental skills and techniques across all strokes and skills.
• Introduce basic training skills such as the use of the pace clock and lane discipline.
• Provide aerobic and short sprint training.
• Develop and understanding of the What?, Why?, and How? of swimming.
• Ideally complete a Competitive Start Award.
• To build skills, lane discipline and application following Academy.