PLEASE NOTE IF
SPACES ARE LIMITED THEY WILL BE ALLOCATED AT THE COACHES
DISCRETION
Swimming Squad
Expectations
Camden Swiss Cottage
Swim Club swim across a number of locations in North London.
Depending on the squad to which a swimmer qualifies there will be
varying criteria/levels of commitment that the swimmer will have to
adhere to. Please see our squad pages for more
information.
Performance
Squads - 8+yrs Moving through Regional, National and
International Level. High Levels of commitment
expected.
Competitive
Squads - 9+yrs Working towards County and Regional
Standard. Core training group with good levels of commitment
expected.
Academy -
7-9 yrs Introduction to competitive swimming for swimmers direct
out of lessons.
Development
Squads - 10+yrs Swimmers staying in the sport but not
competing and training for fun.
Masters -
18+yrs Swimmers staying competitive in the sport as a
pastime.
Trying out for the
squads
In order to
participate in a trial, a swimmer must be competent across all 4
strokes (front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly).
Disability swimmers should be able to confidently swim a minimum
distance of 25m unaided in deep water.
Trial Days and
Times
Trials are held on the
first Tuesday of each month for swimmers or if demand is high they
may be held on successive Tuesdays. You must complete the swim
trial form in order to book a trial. Swimmers arriving on the day
without official confirmation will not be accepted. Please be aware
that requests for trials are high and you may not be invited to the
next scheduled trial if it is oversubscribed.
All trials take place
at the Swiss Cottage Leisure Centre, Adelaide Rd London NW3
3NF.
Swimmers aged 7 to 11
years(In particular we are targeting swimmers aged 7-9 years old)
1st Sunday of the month 5.30pm
Swimmers aged 12 to 18
years old of a high level are scheduled at Head Coach's
discretion
Swimmers aged 18 years
and over(Adult/Masters swimmers) scheduled at the Masters coaches
discretion
Trial
Process
Once your trial is
complete you will be contacted with the results within 5 working
days. At that time you
may be invited to join one of the squads or recommended further
lessons.
Academy Taster
Sessions & 60 day Trial Offer - should
your swimmer be successful in their trial and potentially
selected for (not exclusively) Academy Squads, your swimmer
will be invited to attend 2 taster sessions within 4 weeks of the
initial trial. We feel these taster sessions are important for your
swimmer to best understand squad swimming expectations and our
coaches have the opportunity to further assess the swimming
technique, whilst liaising with parents. Your
swimmer will then be invited to join a 60-day (pre-paid) trial
period with the squad or recommended next
steps.
To request a trial
please fill out our Swim Trial Form by following this
link. The Team Manager will
respond with an invitation to trial within 10 days of submitting
the form. Please check your junk/spam folder in the event
the trial offer does not land in your inbox.
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