Competitive

Olympic Way (OW) swimmers will continue development of all four competitive strokes, skills, starts and turns with an emphasis on skill development for racing. Introduce and teach basic training requirements such as lane etiquette and pace clock use. 

Age: 8-11

Competition: In-house competitions as well as some local and regional invitational meets will be offered at this level. Swimmers should be trying to achieve the Festival North and/or Provincials Meet Qualifying Standards and should attend Festival North and/or Alberta Provincials if they do qualify. 

Dryland: Continue to develop agility, balance, coordination & speed (ABC’S) through, fun, games land and specific training. 

Standards: Swimmers who have shown stage appropriate development on all four strokes and skills will be qualified to advance into the OW program. 

Outcomes: Swimmers in this group will improve on skills and techniques taught at the JOW level and have a significant increase in kick specific fitness. These swimmers will be prepared for advancement to the JAG program by understanding the general concepts of training in a group and taking both individual and group instruction.

Olympic Way (OW) swimmers will continue development of all four competitive strokes, skills, starts and turns with an emphasis on skill development for racing. Introduce and teach basic training requirements such as lane etiquette and pace clock use. 

Age: 8-11

Competition: In-house competitions as well as some local and regional invitational meets will be offered at this level. Swimmers should be trying to achieve the Festival North and/or Provincials Meet Qualifying Standards and should attend Festival North and/or Alberta Provincials if they do qualify. 

Dryland: Continue to develop agility, balance, coordination & speed (ABC’S) through, fun, games land and specific training. 

Standards: Swimmers who have shown stage appropriate development on all four strokes and skills will be qualified to advance into the OW program. 

Outcomes: Swimmers in this group will improve on skills and techniques taught at the JOW level and have a significant increase in kick specific fitness. These swimmers will be prepared for advancement to the JAG program by understanding the general concepts of training in a group and taking both individual and group instruction.