Academy Squads
Our swim Academy provides group lessons in which we support developing swimmers up and in to the development of competitive swimming when children can progress into our development squads. We follow the Swim England framework.
We provide lessons at Alton Sports Centre on weekday and Sunday evenings.
Our lessons are run by Swim England level 2 teachers, with maximum size of Bronze = 6 Silver = 8 Gold & Diamond = 10 children per lesson to ensure that the highest quality of teaching is delivered.
We run a continuous assessment programme whereby each child progresses at their own pace and ability.
For more information on our swimming lessons please contact our Swim Academy Coordinator at [email protected]
ACADEMY CRITERIA
| GROUP |
JOINING REQUIREMENTS |
AIMS/OUTCOMES |
| Bronze 1 (LTS stage 1-2) |
> Min age 4yrs > Water confident |
> Stroke Development > Aiming for 50m |
| Bronze 2 (LTS stage 2-3) |
Travel > 5m + on front > 5m + on back (straight arm recovery) > Idea of breaststroke legs > Idea of dolphin kick |
> Stroke Development > Aiming for 10m > See Silver Requirements |
| Silver (LTS Stage 3-4) |
Travel > 10 - 15m on front (breathing to side) > 10 - 15m on back (straight arm recovery) > Basic breaststroke legs > Basic dolphin kick Skills > Push & glide on Front & back (streamlined position) > Floats - star floats (front & back), mushroom float |
> Stroke Development > Aiming for 25m > See Gold Joining Requirements |
| Gold (LTS Stage 4-5) |
Travel > 25m Frontcrawl* > 25m Backstroke* > 25m Breaststroke legs (feet turned out) > 25m Basic Breaststroke whole stroke > 5-10m Dolphin kick (streamline position) Skills > Push and glide min 3m (front, back & side) > Log roll on front to back, and back to front > 3m sculling head first & feet first > Tread water - 30 secs |
> Stroke Development > Aiming for 50m > See Diamond Requirements Target Times (Achieve at least 2) 25m Front crawl 28 Secs 25m Backstroke 30 Secs 25m Breaststroke 40 Secs |
| Diamond
(LTS stage 6-8) |
Travel > 50m front crawl* > 50m backstroke* > 50m breaststroke* > 15m Dolphin Kick - front & back (streamlined position) Skills > Push & glide min 5m (front, back & side) - underwater > Forward somersault > 10m sculling head first & feet first > Tread water - 1min |
> Stroke Development > Aiming for 100m legal strokes > 400m distance swim > See D3 Requirements Target Times (Achieve at least 2) 50m Front crawl 50 Secs 25m Backstroke 26 Secs 25m Breaststroke 32 Secs 25m Butterfly 32 Secs |
| *Swim England Standard, swum efficiently without swimmer becoming excessively exhausted |
| The Swim England stages in brackets are a guide as to equivalent levels for those joining from other swim lessons
these very much depend on where the child has swam previously as there is a big difference between swim schools |
