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 get serious?
Then it’s time to join
our Development Program 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.
Want
to Swim at the Olympics? Or for your school? Or just as fast
as you can?
Then you need our
Competitive Program. 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
Subject to pool space,
supporting members are able to use the pool for exercise while their
children practice. $25 tax-deductible donation, larger donations
appreciated.
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