Weekly Training Schedule (from September 2025)

Development

Coach : Louise Silvestri

Email : [email protected]

• Tuesday 5.45-6.45pm Bishopsgate School
• Wednesday 6.15-7.00pm land training followed by swimming 7.00-9.00pm Eclipse Leisure Centre
• Thursday 6.45-7.45pm Egham Orbit Leisure Centre
• Saturday 7.00-8.00am Sunbury Leisure Centre
• Sunday 5.00-6.30pm Bishopsgate School

Attendance

• Swimmers aged 8-9 years should attend 3 sessions per week
• Swimmers aged 10-11 should attend a minimum of 4 sessions per week
• Swimmers aged 12 should attend 5 sessions per week
• Swimmers must attend all target open meets and support all Club events

Fees : £102.00 per month

Annual Registration (includes ASA) : £50.00 per year payable every January

Athlete Development Support Pathway Stage : Learn to Train

Age Range : Girls 8-12 years and Boys aged 8-12 years

Development Phase : Major skill learning and development stage, all basic skills and techniques learned before swimmers enter puberty.

Typical Weekly Training Volume : 5-11 kilometers per week

Progressions : Peak motor development, fundamental technical skill development progressively more specific stroke work.  Fundamental ancillary capacities, knowledge and experience, land based work introduced to develop fundamental movements and body weight exercises.  Pre and post pool work outs introduced and developed with progressive routines.

Swim Specific : Development of all four strokes and Individual Medley, specific events 200m Freestyle and 200IM.

About : Development Squad allows talented young swimmers the opportunity to attain first level competitive swimming at a young age when cognitive and motor skills develop fastest.  Swimmers learn movement literacy and develop their fundamental technical skills which will last a lifetime.  “Perfect” practice is the order of the day; swimmers learn stroke discipline, body balance, co-ordination of movements and early development of body weight strengthening.