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Pre-Competitive Program
Why try swimming?
Swimming develops wonderful cardiovascular endurance, the most important key to physical fitness.
Swimming participants really do participate – all swimmers are busy for the entire length of the practice session. Swimmers at different levels of competence all participate fully and equally during practices. No bench sitting, time-outs, or intermissions. Swimming is the best sport in terms of proportional muscular development. Swimming enhances children’s natural flexibility by exercising all major joints through a wide range of motion. Swimming develops superior coordination by requiring combinations of complex movements of all parts of the body.
Swimming is the freest of all youth sports.
Swimming is a sport that will bring children fitness and enjoyment for life… no one will ever be too old to enjoy a swim.
Starlets
Practices emphasize basic competitive stroke instruction and fun water activities. Pre-Competitive swimming
provides a stair-step between lessons and the competitive swim team, and although many children take the
course
with no intention of becoming competitive swimmers, they do become stronger and more confident swimmers.
This
program is excellent for those swimmers who want to take the next step in perfecting technique. This program
operates at our Thornhill location in 25 meters, 6-lane pool.
Our focus is technique in the four
competitive strokes, which are freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly. Skills are broken down
into
kicking and drills identifying key components and then put back together into full stroke.
Swimmers
are
taught flip turns, transitions from one stroke into another and dives. Although this program is
non-competitive,
from time to time swimmers are encouraged to embrace competition, learning to race for the fun of it.
Competitive Program
Current schedule allows swimmers:
To learn how to budget their own time with strict emphasis at school’ program implementation.
To contribute more time for preparation homework and school projects before regular practice. They also have "morning off" at the next day.
Waterspouts
This is entry-level program to introduce swimmers to competitive swimming. Swimmers are 8-10 years old attend 2-3 practices/week. They develop proper coordination on the deck, transferring this skills in the pool, learn technique of all strokes, turns and dives decently, become involve in Mallards Team life style by participation Team’ events and meets as well. Kids are having fun, building confidence and learning teamwork in the friendly and developmental team structure of Mallards Swim Team.
Tornados
For swimmers under the age 12 years old and they attend 3-4 times/week. The program introduces the swimmer to each skill required for competitive swimming. Swimmers begin basic training, and as strength increases, they learn more advanced stroke technique. Although the emphasis is on developing their skills, it is at this level that they begin to learn the joy of competing and begin to attend meets on a regular basis. Stroke Development Awards & Challenge Awards are given on successful completion of required skills. These meets will focus on technique & fun.
Hurricanes
The swimmers are 10-14 aged and they attend 6-8 practices/week. Basically, their goals are following:
Progress to the Junior Provincial level;
Train all 4 stroke technique with an emphasis on distance free and 400 IM events;
Introduction to dryland training;
Understand growth and its impacts;
Goal setting-both short and long term.
