Beginners Start Here: Pups
Our Pups Program starts right at the very beginning with water
confidence skills in the warm, shallow pool at Estabrook School.
Children are taught to put their faces in the water, and use their arms
and legs effectively to produce swim strokes.
Keep Swimming: Junior Otters
Swimming in the shallow end of the Ypsilanti High School Pool, Junior
Otters learn different strokes and dives, and continue to work on
breathing and crawl, aiming to swim one length with a consistent stroke
and sustainable breathing pattern.
Ready
to Swim Some Laps?
Then it’s time to join our
Intermediate Programs at the Ypsilanti
High School
pool. At practice, swimmers work on all four main strokes, as well
as starts and turns. Interval-based aerobic training is also
introduced. Most swimmers in this program compete in our tri-county SMSL
(Southern Michigan Swim League) meets, although this is not
mandatory. There are SMSL dual meets approximately once every two
weeks, and at the end of the season we compete in all-team
championships. Each dual meet has a featured stroke or event, so
swimmers gain experience in all four main strokes throughout the
season.
Ready
to Get Serious?
Then it’s time to move up to
our Advanced Bronze Program. More dry-land work, increased
yardage, and race strategy are added to the program to prepare you for
the next level. Four 90 minute pool time practices are available per week.
Want
to Swim at the Olympics? Or for Your School? Or Just as Fast as You
Can?
Then you need our Advanced
Silver and Gold Programs. Serious training for serious
swimmers. As well as the local tri-county dual meets, many of our
competitive swimmers swim at USA meets –the foremost
national association of amateur swimming.
In addition to advanced drills
for the four main strokes, starts and turns, you’ll receive training in
race strategy, interval-based aerobic training and anaerobic
training.
Competitive Swimmers train at
the Ypsilanti
High School pool
for 2.5 hours (including dry-land training), five times per week.
Parents
Too: Supporting Members
Adult learn to
swim program.
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