Swim Requirements

Swim Evaluation Form

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Swim Lessons

Raiders Prep

Raiders

USA

Comments

Raiders Prep: A “prep” class for Raiders Swim Team. Swimmer must be a completed level 5 before signing up for this class. Class meets on Tuesday and Thursday from 4-5pm. Completion of the class does not guarantee that the swimmer will automatically be accepted on the Raider Swim Team.

Raiders Swim Team: A recreational, development, competitive swim team for those who have successfully completed Raiders Prep or has a competitive background and has had a swim evaluation with the Brian or Deb. Swim team meets on Monday/Wednesday and Friday and competes in a local league. Commitment to practices and meets is required.

USA Swim Team: A competitive swim team based on commitment, qualifying time and a strong desire to swim. This is for the swimmer who has chosen swimming as their primary sport and is ready to dedicated their time and energy to improving. Recommendation from the Raider coaches along with meeting all of the requirements and one qualifying time is mandatory. Commitment to practices, dry land training, core training and meets are required and expected.

Raiders Prep Requirements (No prior swim team experience)

Red Cross Level 4+	Not Completed	Completed
25 yards Front Crawl
25 yards Back Crawl
Rudimentary Breaststroke
Rudimentary Butterfly
Able to Dive
Commit to 2 practices per week

Raiders (8 and younger with prior swim team experience or Raiders Prep)

	Not Completed	Completed
25 yards front crawl (non-stop) with rhythmic breathing
25 yards back crawl (non-stop)
Coordinated Breaststroke
Coordinated Butterfly
Able to dive from starting block
Commit to 2 practices per week
Commit to 8 swim meets per season and championship meet

Raiders (9-10 years old with prior swim team experience or Raiders Prep)

	Not Completed	Completed
25 yards front crawl (non-stop) with rhythmic breathing
25 yards back crawl (non-stop)
25 yards breaststroke or butterfly legally		breaststroke/butterfly
Able to dive from starting block
Commit to 2 practices per week
Commit to 8 swim meets per season and championship meet

Raiders (11 years old and older with prior swim team experience or Raiders Prep)

	Not Completed	Completed
50 yards front crawl (non-stop) with rotary or bi-lateral breathing
50 yards back crawl (non-stop)
50 yards legal breaststroke or butterfly		breaststroke/butterfly
Able to dive from starting block
Able to perform legal flip turns
Commit to 2 practices per week
Commit to 8 swim meets per season and championship meet

USA (8 and younger)

	Not Completed	Completed
25 yards front crawl (non-stop) with bi-lateral breathing
25 yards back crawl (non-stop) with accurate count from flags to wall/finish
25 yards breaststroke (legally)
25 yards butterfly (legally)
Able to dive from starting block
Commit to 3 practices per week
Commit to Yoga class one time per week
Commit to 1 Nutrition Class per month
One “qualifying time” from chart below*

USA (9-10 years old)

	Not Completed	Completed
50 yards front crawl (non-stop) with bi-lateral breathing
Rudimentary Freestyle flip-turn
50 yards back crawl (non-stop) with accurate count from flags to wall/finish
Rudimentary backstroke flip-turn
50 yards breaststroke (legally)
25 yards butterfly (legally)
100 IM with rudimentary open turns
Able to dive from starting block
Commit to 3 practices per week
Commit to Yoga class one time per week
Commit to 1 Nutrition Class per month
One “qualifying time” from chart below

USA (11-12 years old)

	Not Completed	Completed
100 yards front crawl (non-stop) with bi-lateral breathing
Freestyle flip-turn (legal)
50 yards back crawl (non-stop) with accurate count from flags to wall/finish
Backstroke flip-turn (legal)
50 yards breaststroke (legally w/two-hand touch)
Legal Breaststroke pull-out
50 yards butterfly (legally w/two-hand touch)
100 IM with legal open turns
Able to dive from starting block
Commit to 4 pool practices per week
Commit to 1 Yoga class per week
Commit to 1 Nutrition class per month
One “qualifying time” from chart below

USA (13+ years old)

	Not Completed	Completed
100 yards front crawl (non-stop) with bi-lateral breathing
Freestyle flip-turn (legal)
100 yards back crawl (non-stop) with accurate count from flags to wall/finish
Backstroke flip-turn (legal)
100 yards breaststroke (legally w/two-hand touch)
Legal Breaststroke pull-out
100 yards butterfly (legally w/two-hand touch)
200 IM with legal open turns
Able to dive from starting block
Commit to 5 pool practices per week
Commit to 2 Weight Training Sessions per week
Commit to 1 Yoga Class per week
Commit to 1 Boot Camp Class per week
Commit to 1 Nutrition Class per month
One “qualifying time” from chart below

Qualifying Times for USA Swimming

Swimmers must have one qualifying time from the chart below for their age group

8/Under Girls

8/Under

Boys

9/10

Girls

9/10

Boys

11/12

Girls

11/12 Boys

13//18

Girls

13/18

Boys

Free

17.97

18.32

Free

40.09

39.19

36.19

35.59

30.56

31.09

29.01