Youth Recreational Swim Club Tryouts

The YMCA Youth Recreational Swim Club provides a combination of both recreational and competitive opportunities for participation. Participants aged 8 to 17 are welcome to join, provided they are able to meet the minimum skill requirements: - 3 minutes of treading water comfortably without bobbing or floating on back - Flutter kick from hips - Basic understanding of whip kick - Understand breaststroke order progression and demonstrate it to coaches - Proficient front crawl/back crawl Beginner: Fundamentals of competitive swimming! - Minimum skill requirements listed above - Star 3 level breast stroke Intermediate: Level up your stroke! - Minimum skill requirements listed above - Basic understanding of butterfly - Stroke breast stroke (Star 4-5) - Proficient dolphin kick Advanced: Refine your Technique! - Minimum skill requirements listed above - Proficient butterfly - Excellent endurance. Have fun learning competitive swimming skills in a more relaxed recreational environment. You will refine and practice competitive strokes including front crawl, breaststroke, back crawl and butterfly. Participants will learn to enter the water for a race, flip turns and work to maximize swimming speed, efficiency and endurance. Participants will be grouped according to skill level. Tryouts will take place prior to the start of the program. These fun evaluations aim to place participants in the right program tier for the lifesaving sport club, ensuring personalized coaching tailored to each child's abilities. Once assessments are complete, supervisors will directly register your child in the appropriate level.

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