Competitive Programming

Selection at the Coaches discretion. Athletes will swim five or six 90-120 minute sessions in the water and will complete one session(s) with the Riptides strength coaches to work on specific injury prevention and strength work in a gym environment. Athletes will be held to a high level of accountability within the club with their attitude, attendance and effort levels in practice. They will be asked to step outside their comfort zone in training and be put in leadership roles with younger athletes. Keep progressing their strokes in line with their goals, and keep developing towards the overall training and competition goals. Swim Specifics will include:

• Show a willingness to compete at a high level and strive for future success, Championships, National Meets and beyond

• Arrive on time or early for practices prepared to lead and set and example

• Attendance at Swim Meets as specified by the coach and attendance at National and Provincial Training Camps when achieved

• Attendance on training camps as delivered by the club

• No self tapering for select meets, tapering at the discretion of the Coach

• Willingness to work on all strokes and disciplines at competitions at the discretion of the coach including detailed race plans, off strokes, etc.

• High level of communication around absences from training and meets.

Junior performance will be split between 12&U (5x per week) and 13&O (6x per week) in line with appropriate training times for the age groups. We would not expect athletes in those age groups to swim more than those times.