CBAC offers training and practice groups
for swimmers of all ages and ability levels. It is the goal of the
CBAC is to offer age specific training for
all of our athletes geared towards challenging each individual and
developing each individual to the best of THEIR abilities.
Please email membership@cbacswim.org to request more information
or to schedule an swimming assessment.
SWIM GROUPS
Pre
Team/Lessons program
Description:
For swimmers of
any age who have little to no swimming experience. Practice will be
held 2 times a week for 30 min. The purpose of the group is to
teach competitive swimming stroke and technique. The group will be
divided by age.
Red Hots/ Intro to
competitive team
Description: Ages 6 and up. Under
the guidance of professional coaches, Red Hots will learn and
develop the four (4) competitive swimming strokes, racing starts
and turns. Practice will be held Three times a week. This program
is an excellent introduction to year-round competitive
swimming.
Bronze
Group-(10-under)
10-under/ Developmental
Group
Developmental group will be
offered year round. It will be an accelerated version of Red Hots
for those 10-under who have been deemed ready by Red Hots and
Bronze coaches and head coach to move up.
Practice Frequency: 4-5
practices per week : M,T,W,Th,F, and Sat
Description: The 10-under group is
your swimmers first introduction to year round competitive
swimming. It is designed to help young swimmer get a solid
base for competitive swimming. Emphasis will be on
stroke technique, starts, and turns, how to compete in races and
have FUN!!. While in developmental group your swimmer will
have exposure to dry-land training, interval training, clock use,
stroke technique, drills, kicking, starts, turns and aerobic
training. We highly encourage regular attendance, but it is not
mandatory. Competing in meets is optional, however the
coaching staff will encourage all members of the group to
participate meets through out the year. Meets are an important tool
for coaches and swimmers to monitor improvement and skill
acquisition gained in training.
Silver
Group-11-14
Practice
Frequency: 5-7 practices per
week: M,T,W,Th,F, Sat, and
Sun
Description: Our Silver
group consists of swimmers ages 11 -14. Pre-senior group is
the swimmers introduction to serious, competitive training and
the total development of competitive swimmers. Silver training
closely resembles that of the Senior level group and is
set up to prepare its members for the move to the Senior
group. Silver
swimmers will continue to develop the four competitive strokes
through kicking, drills, aerobic and anaerobic training. Silver
swimmers will also build mental and physical endurance for a
positive commitment to training and racing. Swimmers will
compete in an annually selected sequence of meets, appropriate for
the swimmer’s ability. Competition is essential to the
continual success of a silver swimmer. Our training cycles revolve
around our meet schedule. Without participation in meets it is next
to impossible to judge a swimmers adaptation to training. The
emphasis of the Silver group is in developing
aerobic endurance, and continual progression of stroke
technique. Swimmers in Silver group will set goals to compete
in Maryland LSC Championships, Eastern Zone Championships, and the
Speedo Champion Series (Sectionals)
Gold
Group-(Senior Group14-0ver)
Practice
Frequency: 6-9 practices per week:
M,T, W, Th, F, Sat and Sun
Description:
This group is composed of our most experienced and dedicated
swimmers. They practice from 6-9 times each week. Swimmers in this
group set goals to qualify for the Maryland LSC championship meet,
Speedo Championship Series(Sectionals), Junior Nationals, USA
Swimming National Championships and Olympic Trials meets. This
group will focus heavily on the development of their Aerobic and
Anaerobic energy systems as well as refining their stroke
techniques. Note: Upon entering the Gold group head gold group
coach Julio Zarate will let the swimmer know the number of
practices expected per week.
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