Swim Team

List of 4 items.

• Lionfish 1

  Overview
  Lionfish 1 is the first of five tiers for the Lionfish practice groups—swimmers are ages 5–8. Lionfish 1 swimmers work on stroke fundamentals and are encouraged to have a full understanding of how each stroke works and how their body interacts with the water, as well as gain the strength needed to perform each stroke correctly. Swimmers also learn how how to swim intervals, use the clock, exercise lane etiquette, and execute proper starts and turns for the four strokes. Competition is not required but encouraged.
  
  To be eligible for the Lionfish 1, a swimmer must be able to:
  

  1. Swim both freestyle and backstroke legally and have working knowledge of breaststroke and butterfly
  2. Swim 100-yard freestyle and backstroke without stopping
  3. Demonstrate working knowledge of race starts and turns
  4. Demonstrate a basic use of the pace clock and lane etiquette
  5. Pass the following test sets:

  ● Swim one 25-yard fly without stopping (does not need to be legal)
  ● Swim one 100-yard backstroke legally without stopping
  ● Swim one 25-yard breaststroke without stopping (does not need to be legal)
  ● Swim 4 x 50-yard freestyle legally

  
  Objectives
  The focus of Lionfish 1 swimmers is on further skill development, stroke construction, and refinement. Swimmers learn to swim interval sets and manage effort and pace. General education on how to train, manage hydration and nutrition levels before, during, and after practice begins at this level. Coaching staff mentor swimmers on developing a strong work ethic. Basic racing concepts, such as stroke rate/stroke count, efficient air exchange techniques during starts and turns, as well as event-specific breathing patterns, are learned.
  
  

  Swim Meets
  We strongly encourage swim meet attendance at this level, but competition is not required.

  
  Cost
  $1,200 for year | $525–1st Semester | $750–2nd Semester
  *Includes a team suit

• Lionfish 2

  Overview
  Lionfish 2 is the second tier of the Lionfish practice groups and is for swimmers ages 7–12. Swimmers fine tune the techniques covered in Lionfish 1 while also learning more advanced techniques. Lionfish 2 swimmers work on building endurance, strength, speed, race strategies, and proper muscle memory technique.
  
  

  To be eligible for the Lionfish 2 practice group, a swimmer must be able to:

  1. Perform all four competitive strokes and have the endurance to swim 100 yards in freestyle, breaststroke, and backstroke, as well as swim 50 yards of passable butterfly
  2. Demonstrate legal starts, turns, and finishes in all four strokes
  3. Demonstrate a basic use of the pace clock and lane etiquette
  4. Pass the following test sets:

  ● Swim 8 x 100-yard freestyle with a 1:45 send-off
  ● Swim 5 x 100-yard kick with a 2:30 send-off
  ● Swim two 200 IMs with a 4:00 send-off using legal starts, transitions, and finishes

  
  
  Objectives
  The focus of Lionfish 2 swimmers is on mastering all four strokes and Individual Medley, starts, turns, transitions, and finishes. Swimmers advance in interval sets, effort, and pace management. General education on learning how to train, manage hydration and nutrition levels before, during, and after practice continues at this level. Coaching staff mentor swimmers in developing a strong work ethic. Basic racing concepts are introduced, along with stroke rate/stroke count, effective air exchange techniques during starts and turns, and event-specific breathing patterns.
  
  Swim Meets
  We strongly encourage swim meet attendance, but competition is not required.
  
  Cost
  $1,200 per year | $525–1st Semester | $750–2nd Semester
  *Includes a team suit

• Lionfish 3

  Overview
  Lionfish 3 is the third tier of Lionfish practice groups; swimmers are ages 10–15. Lionfish 3 is for swimmers who are beginning to dedicate themselves to the sport and for older swimmers who are preparing for their high school swim team or trying to make Summer ‘A’ meets. Practices focus on technique with a slightly stronger emphasis on endurance and speed.
  
  To be eligible for the Lionfish 3, a swimmer must be able to:
  

  1. Swim 500-yard freestyle without stopping
  2. Perform other competitive strokes legally—100-yard breaststroke and backstroke, and 50-yard butterfly, including legal starts, turns and finishes
  3. Demonstrate legal starts, turns, transitions, and finishes in Individual Medley
  4. Demonstrate a strong knowledge of the use of the pace clock and lane etiquette
  5. Pass the following test sets:

  ● Swim 4 x 50-yard freestyle on a 1:00 interval
  ● Swim 4 x 50-yard of the other three strokes on a 1:15 interval
  ● Swim 2 x 200-yard IMs with legal starts, transitions, and finishes
  ● Swim 2 x 100-yard kick on a 2:20 interval

  
  Objectives
  The focus of the Lionfish 3 practice group is on swimming biomechanics, with attention paid to every detail of stroke refinement and racing techniques. Coaching is centered on developing all-around swimmers; accordingly, the backbone of Lionfish training at this level is the Individual Medley. Swimmers are assessed individually, and attention is paid to building around strengths while diligently working on weaknesses.
  
  Swim Meets
  We strongly encourage swim meet attendance, but competition is not required.
  
  Cost
  $1,200 for year | $525–1st Semester | $750–2nd Semester
  *Includes a team suit

• Lionfish Select

  Lionfish Select is the top evening Lionfish practice group. Lionfish Select is geared towards the dedicated swimmer, including swimmers preparing for their high school swim team, with an average age range between 10-17 years old. Swimmers will continue to focus on specific stroke techniques but will begin to transition into a more aerobic based practice style. Interval work and clock management are integral to this practice group. The Lionfish Select practice group focus is proper technique muscle memory with heightened attention on pacing, breathing and event specific racing techniques. The Lionfish coaching philosophy is to develop an all-around swimmer, the coaching staff will guide each swimmer in developing a strong work ethic and an intrinsic motivation to improve. Competition is not required but strongly encouraged.
  
  To be eligible for the Lionfish Select practice group, a swimmer must be able to:
  

  1. Swim 1 x 500-yard freestyle with flip turns,

  2. Swim 1 x 200-yard Backstroke with flip turns,

  3. Swim 1 x 200-breaststroke with pull outs

  4. Swim 1 x 100-yard butterfly

  5. Demonstrate legal starts, turns, & finishes in all 4 strokes

  6. Demonstrate a strong knowledge on the use of the pace clock and lane etiquetteTest Set:
  
  

  • Swim 4 x 100-yard freestyle on 1:45

  • Swim 3 x 100-yard backstroke on 2:00

  • Swim 2 x 100-yard breaststroke on 2:15

  • Swim 1 x 50-yard butterfly faster than 1:30
  
  

  Swim Meets: Competition is not required but encouraged, we offer at least one swim meet per month for swimmers ages 9 years and older.