Guide lines and criteria for tryouts and moving up within season
Try outs
Pre team:
-Jump into water over their head, come up to surface level off and take a few strokes
-Negotiate one lap of the pool in a resemblance of freestyle
-Kick in prone position with hands above head
-Back float with kick
Developmental:
-One lap of freestyle from the dive has to be legal from a racing standpoint and maintain continuous forward motion.
-Know at least what one other competitive stroke should look like (fly back breast)
-Be able to tread water
Junior B:
-75 freestyle from the dive with flip turns (or demonstrate competent open turn)
-Demonstrate a working knowledge of two other strokes (fly back breast)
Junior A:
-200 freestyle from the dive with flip turns (no open turns)
-50 of their choice of stroke (must be race legal off stroke)
-25 off stroke (one that has not been already done) doesn't have to be legal, just show a working knowledge.
Senior:
-Complete a 200 freestyle in under 3:10
-Complete a legal 100 IM
-50 free in under :35