Competitive Stroke Swimming Classes for Children in Durham and Chapel Hill, NC
(For students who can swim all 4 strokes for 25 meters each)
Competitive Stroke Swimming Classes
Teaches success in USA Swimming
This class is for children who are very strong swimmers and interested in competition swimming. The purpose of this class is to learn to swim technically proper competitive butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle for long distances. Students will learn advanced technical details of long axis strokes including pull and follow through stroke phases, starts and turns, and advanced body positions. Short axis strokes are taught after mastery of both backstroke and freestyle.
What Age Are Competitive Stroke Swimming Classes Appropriate For?
8 years and up.
Why Should My Child Take Competitive Stroke Swimming Classes?
Most students at this level are recreational swimmers or beginner competitive swimmers who desire to improve their skills and swim for fun, social interaction, exercise, and/or competitive success. They may be interested in participating on a swim team for the first time or may have a year or two of competitive experience on an amateur team.
Fun activities are still incorporated, although this is a more technique-focused class designed for children with the attention span and interest level appropriate for learning advanced swimming technique. Many families use these classes as a substitute for swim team participation if they do not have the schedule flexibility or desire to participate in multiple swim team practices per week.
Can My Child Start Your Program In Competitive Stroke Swimming Classes?
We will accept a new student only if they can swim 25 meters of each stroke legally on the first day of class.
What Are The Specific Goals Of Competitive Stroke Swimming Classes?
- Continue to reinforce the goals of advanced stroke classes
- Introduce technically proper advanced details of all 4 strokes
- Distance swimming (legal for at least 50 strokes) of all 4 strokes
- Legal starts, turns, underwaters, finishes, and racing skills
- Students who are finished with this level will generally be able to swim 100 meters of all four competitive strokes and be well-prepared for the intermediate levels of Age Group USA Swimming.
