Once a Skills swimmer has mastered the basics of competetive swimming, and through physical development has become stronger, the Development squad provides increased training time. In addition to 5 1/2 hours pool-time, swimmers are also introduced to an hour of land training which helps with flexibility and core strength development.
Swimmers also start to maintain a log of their training and competition activity, and set targets and goals for their development as an athlete. They are expected to attend 75% of sessions, which equates to 3 of the 4 sessions each week.
Training Times: 7-8.30pm Tuesday, 7-8pm Wednesday, 7-9pm Friday, 5-6pm Sunday, plus land training 4-5pm Sunday
Development swimmers nearing transition into the Performance squad will also be invited to train for an extra hour on a Wednesday night between 8-9pm. In addition we are also trialling morning swims on Tuesdays between 6am and 7:30am meaning that some of our Development swimmers get 8 hours pool-time per week which will help with their transition into the Performance Squad.
The documents required to maintain a Development swimmer’s logbook can be found here.
Blank Development Log Book Page
Each squad has it’s own Secretary to manage administrative duties relating to the squad. The Development Secretary is Helen Freeman.
