This page provides the coaches aims for teaching our children, and the growth as they progress through the club...

Teaching Aims for Swimmers

SMALL POOL 

1.  First Group - 30 Minute Sessions 

  • To be able to enter the water with confidence and unaided.
  • Blow bubbles for 10 Seconds with their face in the water
  • To be able to bob up and down 6 times with their head fully submerged.
  • Free movement using hopping, skipping and jumping.
  • Open their eyes under the water, identifying selected objects.
  • Kickig 5M on their FRONT and BACK, using a float and alternating leg action
  • Introduce simultaneous arm action
  • Achieve a horizontal back postition, unaided in a relaxed manner
  • To be able to travel on their FRONT and BACK 5M with a fonrt crawl action, arms coming over the top of the water

2.  Second Group - 30 Minute Sessions

  • Push and glide supine position face in the water, with no aids
  • Rotate from front and back in a floating position, in a relaxed manor
  • Kicking 5M on the FRONT and BACK, using an alternating action streamline, with no aids
  • Kicking 5M on FRONT, using a simltaneous action with floats
  • Travelling on fron for 5M with a Front Crawl action, arms coming over the top of the water with breating. 
  • Travelling on FRONT and BACK for 5M with a backstroke action, with arms coming over the top of the water and toes pointed,.
  • Travelling on FRONT for 5M with a breaststroke action.
  • Submerge completely for 5 seconds in 0.9M of water.

3.  Third Group - 30 Minute Sessions 

  • Push and glide prone position face in the water, with no aids
  • Jump into the water min depth 1.0 meters with confidence and unsupported
  • Pick an object up off the pool floor with no hesitation and eye opening a depth of 1.8 meters
  • Kicking on FRONT and BACK for 5m in a streamline position with face in for 10 meters, no aids
  • Swim 10 meters FRONT and BACK action, arms coming over and breathing to the side every 3 pulls
  • Swim 10 meters BREASTSTROKE with arms and legs in a simultaneous action breathing on every pull
  • Be confident at floating on front, back, mushroom and rolling over
  • Introduce a Dolphin action on front or back
  • Introduce to Deep water 1.93 meters

 

THE TANK

1.   First Group - 1.8 Meter Depth

  • Push and glide with good streamline position, front and back
  • Pencil jump with confidence
  • Sculling feet first and head first
  • Kicking in a streamline position for 10 meters on front (Torpedoes)
  • Kicking in a streamline position for 10 meters on back (Torpedoes)
  • Introduce treading water
  • Swim 25 Meters Front-Crawl with bilateral breathing
  • Swim 25 Meters on Backstroke, streamline position with regular breathing
  • Swim 25 Meters on Breaststroke regular breathing and feet turned out
  • Introduce Butterfly arms to legs
  • Introduce to Tumble turns

2.   Second Group - 1.8M Depth + Main Pool (25M) 1.43-1.93M Depth

  • Head first surface dive and feet first surface dive
  • Introduction to diving
  • Introduction to swimming lengths
  • Front crawl tumble turns
  • Breaststroke Turns
  • Treading water for 1 minute
  • Swim 50 Meters Front Crawl with bilateral breathing
  • Swim 50 Meters on Backstroke, streamline position regular breathing and efficient leg action
  • Swim 50 Meters on Breaststroke regular breathing and feet turned out
  • Swim 25 Meters on Butterfly
  • Begin swimming in competition galas when 8 Years and over
  • Opportunities to enter all day Open Meets when 9 Years and over

MAIN POOL

 

1.  LANE 5 (Group 4) - 25M Pool

  • Building to distance with correct technique
  • Undertstanding the turn around times and implement (using the clock)
  • Reaction times for speed
  • Basic understanding of the feel and the catch
  • Swimming 1100 to 1800 meters per session, 4 times per week
  • Work on all 4 strokes for technique
  • Work on speeds and turns
  • Achieve competitive starts award
  • To use different equipment
To cover and understand
  • Pacing sets
  • Stamina work
  • Distances work
  • Endurance sets
  • Sprint sets

2.  LANE 4 (Group 3) - 25M Pool

  • To be confident and ambitious
  • Swimming at District Level up to County standard
  • To work on Speed, Strength and Stamina
  • Swimming 1800 to 2400 meters per session, 4 times per week
  • To think about what competitions you would like to enter
  • Understanding rules for competitions (example, DQ)
  • To work hard at advanced drills
  • Keep a record of your PB times
  • To know how many arm pulls it takes to swim 25 meters in each stroke.
To improve on...
  • Pacing sets
  • Stamina work
  • Distances work
  • Endurance sets
  • Sprint sets

3.  LANE 3 (Group 2) - 25M Pool

  • To be confident and ambitious
  • Understanding rules for competitions
  • Swimming at District Level up to County standard
  • To work on Speed, Strength and Stamina
  • To work hard at advanced drills
  • Swimming 2800 to 3200 meters per session, 4 times per week
  • To work on all 4 strokes for technique
To understand and implement
  • Pacing work
  • Distances work
  • Endurance sets
  • Sprint sets
  • Skills (Tumble turns and dives)
  • Record progress

 

4.  LANE 1 & 2 (Top Group) - 25M Pool

  • Swimming at County Level, up to National (depending on ability)
  • To be confident and ambitious
  • Understanding that when racing, the aim is to win
  • Swimming 2800 to 3200 meters per session, 4 times per week
Covering....
  • All Strokes - technique
  • Pacing work
  • Stamina work
  • Distances work
  • Endurance Sets
  • Advanced Drills
  • Skills (Tumble turns, diving)
  • Keeping a personal progress report.