White

Lead Coach: Deryl Leubner 

Practice Time: 3:00-7:00 Monday – Friday. 7-9 on Saturdays

Practice Location: Competition pool

Attendance Recommendations: 5-7 practices a week

Group Description

Swimmers who possess the appropriate dedication, desire, experience, and talent move to the final level of development around the age of 14 or 15. The training this stage of development is very demanding with a heavy emphasis on distance-based physiological training and maximizing the anaerobic capacity through increased threshold training.

In this group swimmers will do more training within the various energy systems and they will begin training in stroke and distance specialties. However, they will still be training and competing in a wide variety of events and distances. Too often, swimmers around this age experience changes in their bodies which result in a change in stroke specialization.

The training volume and intensity continues to rise at this level as does the commitment level. Swimmers are expected to maintain an 85 percent attendance record for all practices. This includes attending both morning and evening practices when offered. Swimmers in this level will continue to refine their stroke technique by making individual changes specific to their own stroke deficiencies.

Technical precision and self-awareness are key components to success at the elite level. These swimmers will have made swimming their highest athletic priority and will not choose to begin other activities which may limit their ability to fully commit to excellence in the sport of swimming. White Group Swimmers compete in ISI Meets & all qualified Championship meets.

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