Junior Performance Squad
The aim of Junior Performance squad is to create an environment suited to ensuring the best performance at National Age Group level and providing the next step in the pathway into National level competitive swimming. An understanding and ethos will be developed that performance in the racing pool is directly related to effort and commitment in training.
Criteria for entry into this squad include:
- Consistently demonstrates excellent swimming technique across all 4 strokes.
- Demonstrates an ability to cope with higher training volumes and intensity.
- Consistently performs various swimming skills excellently, e.g. turns, streamline, underwater kicking, diving skills.
- Regularly competes in external club meets and district meets across a range of events.
- Some key events which are desirable for swimmers to be competing in at this level include:
- 100m, 200m, 400m FC
- 200m IM and/or 400m IM
- All "Form" 100m events (Form = non-FC)
- Some key events which are desirable for swimmers to be competing in at this level include:
- Has demonstrated a history of consistent training attendance levels, application of effort in training, and a positive can-do attitude.
The squad trains 6 times a week; twice before school, 3 evenings with a land/ swim session on a Saturday.
Swimmers are recommended to aim to attend at least 5 sessions per week.
