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Age Group Swimming Training
Groups
Blue
Group
Admittance: Selected by PHX Blue
Group Coach, Head Age Group Coach and Red Coach.
Entrance into the Blue Group requires a high
level of year-round commitment for age group swimming.
Recommendations: Ages 11-14 and “AA”
Time Standard. Goal of 80% practice attendance.
(Recommend 5-6 practices per week). Group Focus: The responsibility for
one’s swimming is now shifting to the athlete’s
responsibility at this stage/level of swimming; continued focus on
the aerobic side of workouts with increased intensity and duration;
continuation of developing race skills and strategies; being a team
player; self-responsibility; sportsmanship; importance of nutrition
and the increased importance of dryland in the weekly
schedule. Athletes
should strive to participate in at least one meet every other month
of each swim season.
Individuals must maintain commitment level (based on monthly
attendance) to continue long-term in this group. *The coaching staff reserves the
right to make exceptions for the good of the individual athlete
development.
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Red Group
Admittance: Selected
by PHX Red Group Coach, Head Age Group Coach and White
Coach.
Recommendations: Ages 10-14 and “A”
Time Standard. Goal of
75% practice attendance. (Recommend 4-5 practices per week). Group Focus: Developing/building the
aerobic base with increase in the training focus being shared
almost equally to stroke work, continuation of developing race
skills and strategies, being a team player, self-responsibility;
sportsmanship, importance of nutrition and the increased importance
and role of dryland in the weekly schedule. Athletes should strive to
participate in at least one meet every other month of each swim
season. *The coaching
staff reserves the right to make exceptions for the good of the
individual athlete development. ***
White
Group
Admittance: Selected by PHX
White Group Coach, Head Age Group Coach and Rising Star Coach.
Recommendations: Ages 9-12, “BB” Time
Standard and legal 200IM. Goal of 67% practice attendance.
(Recommend 3-4 practices per week). Athletes should strive to
participate in at least one meet every other month. Group Focus: Building increased endurance
(first phases of training) with ongoing stroke work; continuation
of learning how to race; self-responsibility; sportsmanship and
increased dryland.
*The coaching staff reserves the right to make exceptions for the
good of the individual athlete development. ***
Rising
Stars
Admittance: Selected by PHX
Rising Star Coach, Head Age Group Coach and Starfish Coach.
Recommendations: Ages 7-10 and able to swim at
least 25 yards legally of all four competitive strokes and perform
a legal 100 IM. Goal of 55% practice attendance. (Recommend 3
practices per week).
Due to the ongoing learning stroke progressions, the athlete should
maintain weekly attendance throughout the duration of the season
for maximum development and improvement. Group Focus: Daily/on-going stroke work;
introduction to primary racing skills and situations, being a
teammate; self-responsibility, team pride and introduction to
dryland. *The PHX
Rising Star or Starfish Coach will evaluate the individual during a
tryout PRIOR to making a recommendation &/or placement to
the PHX Competitive Team and the Rising Star Group. ***
Pre-Competitive to Competitive Groups
Starfish
Group
Admittance: Selected by PHX
Starfish Coach, Head Age Group Coach and Rising Star Coach.
Recommendations: Ages 6-9 and able to swim 25
yards of both freestyle and backstroke and a working knowledge of
both the Breaststroke and Butterfly kick. A child must have the
emotional maturity to be independent of parent (s) &/or
Caretaker throughout the time allotted for the practice. Goal of
55% practice attendance. (Recommend 2-3 practices per
week. Due to the
on-going learning stroke progressions, the child should maintain
weekly attendance throughout the duration of the season for maximum
development and improvement. Group Focus: Learning/acquiring of four (4)
competitive strokes; Handling self in a group (team) setting; team
pride and introduction to dryland. The PHX Rising Star
&/or Starfish Coach will evaluate during a tryout prior to
recommendation &/or placement on the Starfish Group and the
Pre-Competitive team.
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***All group moves are the sole decision/responsibility of
the PHX Coaching
Staff.
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