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The SWAC Swim Team offers 9 training groups for swimmers of all ages and ability levels. It is the goal of the SWAC Swim Team to offer age specific training for all of our athletes geared towards challenging each individual and developing each individual to the best of THEIR abilities.
Please call us at 260-710-0879 to schedule a tryout, or Click Here to send us an email request for more information.
SWAC uses a ‘progressive’ age group program designed to develop the child physically, mentally and emotionally in a systematic fashion. A well-defined, long-term approach of gradually increasing performance levels is crucial for optimal performance during a swimmer’s physiological and physiological prime. The emphasis in the early stages of participation must be placed on developing technical skills and a love for the sport. In the later years, a more demanding physical and psychological challenge must be introduced to the training program. In this respect, ‘too much too soon’ is more often the cause of failure to achieve maximum potential in a senior swimmer than in the reverse situation.
· All training groups emphasize skill development and self-improvement in a positive, character-building environment.
· At each level in the SWAC program, swimmers are instructed to strive for excellence. Excellence in this sense represents the achievement of that level at which you know that you have done your utmost to become the best you are capable of becoming. This philosophy is consistent throughout the program and every SWAC swimmer, novice to Olympian, is encouraged to ‘Be the Best You Can Be’.
· Swimmers are encouraged to attend as many practices as they wish. Self-improvement is closely linked to increased practice attendance, membership, however, is not.
· In addition to emphasizing long-term rather than short-term results, it is also important that SWAC establish training groups comprised of swimmers who are compatible in respect to physical, emotional and social abilities. At each level, the goals and objectives are specific and directed toward meeting the needs of the swimmer. The long-term goal of continued improvement and total excellence is always at the heart of every training group assignment.
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