Long Term Athletic Development: FUNdamentals 

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As a member of Development swimmers should be able to:

• Attend at least two sessions a week.

• Perform two strokes to ASA standards and can enter and leave the pool safely.

• Have reached a Level 7 stage of the National Plan for Teaching Swimming or equivalent.

• Have sufficient mental and physical development to train at a low level.

• Have a desire to learn to be a competitive swimmer.

• Have a desire to compete at low level competitions e.g. DSC ‘Splash Nights’

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The aim of this squad will be to:

• Provide an introduction to low level competition situations.

• Provide an introduction to competition rules.

• Provide a sound base of fundamental skills and techniques across all strokes and skills.

• Introduce basic training skills such as the use of the pace clock and lane discipline.

• Provide aerobic and short sprint training.

• Develop and understanding of the What?, Why?, and How? of swimming.

• Ideally complete a Competitive Start Award.

• To build skills, lane discipline and application following Academy.