SQUADS
Senior Performance
- Coach – Stuart McDougall
- Weekly Pool Sessions – 9
- Weekly Land Sessions – 2
- Total Training Hours – 17
Junior Performance
- Coach – Stuart McDougall
- Weekly Pool Sessions – 8
- Weekly Land Sessions – 2
- Total Training Hours – 15.5
Age Group
Age Group squad offers increased training opportunities after progressing on from Potential. Swimmers further develop the stroke techniques and racing skills they will need to be successful in competition. They also begin to lay the foundations of future aerobic and speed development as well as morning training.
- Coach – Sandy Blackwood
- Weekly Pool Sessions – 6
- Weekly Land Sessions – 1
- Total Training Hours – 11
Potential
Swimmers progress from SwimSTARS into the Potential squad where they’ll get their first taste of competitions at other venues across the west of Scotland. Multiple weekly training sessions will continue to focus on improving stroke technique as well as developing racing skills.
- Coach – Declan Johnston
- Weekly Pool Sessions – 4
- Total Training Hours – 6.5
SwimSTARS 2
Our SwimSTARS squads are targeted at children who have completed the 4th level of the Learn to Swim program and are looking to start club swimming. The aim is to give them a solid foundation in the four main strokes and introduce them to swimming in lanes. They will get the chance to experience racing for the first time at our Club Championships and Grand Prix’s.
- Coach – Declan Johnston
- Weekly Pool Sessions – 3
- Total Training Hours – 4
SwimSTARS 1
Our SwimSTARS squads are targeted at children who have completed the 4th level of the Learn to Swim program and are looking to start club swimming. The aim is to give them a solid foundation in the four main strokes and introduce them to swimming in lanes. They will get the chance to experience racing for the first time at our Club Championships and Grand Prix’s.
- Coach – Stuart McDougall
- Weekly Pool Sessions – 3
- Total Training Hours – 3
Junior Masters
Our Junior Masters Squad is for swimmers aged 14-18 who are looking to either swim for fitness or transition away from our more competitive squads. For those who still wish to compete in a more relaxed and social way will still have the opportunity to compete at Club Championships, Grand Prix’s and Masters Meets (16+).
- Coach – Declan Johnston
- Weekly Pool Sessions – 5
- Total Training Hours – 7
Masters
Masters is the section of North Ayrshire Swimming where adult swimmers can come to enjoy regular structured swimming sessions. There are those wanting to get fit and improve their strokes, those who want to swim competitively and people who simply enjoy the social side.
- Coach – Declan Johnston
- Weekly Pool Sessions – 5
- Total Training Hours – 7.5
Artistic
Our synchro section offers proficient swimmers the opportunity to specialise in synchronised and artistic swimming. Our swimmers compete in competitions at Local, District and National level throughout the year. Synchronised swimmers develop a high level of aerobic fitness and flexibility. They need to be strong and yet graceful, have stamina and be able to interpret and perform to music.
- Coach – Katie Eldridge
- Weekly Pool Sessions – 2-3
- Weekly Land Sessions – 1
- Total Training Hours – 5.5
