Seagulls Swimming Club

DEVELOPMENT

Development squad is made up of 2 swimming squads Development 1&2 which offers swimmers the chance to gain a feel for competitive swimming. Through a structured teaching programme, children will learn the competitive laws of all strokes, turns and starts whilst building a base fitness level.

By the time swimmers are reaching the top of Development 2 they want to be achieving a number of bronze standard awards from the Seagulls speed awards including 200m Freestyle and to be able to complete a 200 IM with correct skills.

Members are also recommended to attend a minimum of:

Development 1 - 1 - 2 Sessions a week

Development 2 - 2 - 3 Sessions a week

DEVELOPMENT 1

Squad Entrance Criteria

The typical age of swimmers in this squad are between 7 and 10 years.

Swimmers must be able to:

Swim 50m of efficient technique in Front Crawl, Back Crawl, Breast-stroke and 25m Butterfly.
Demonstrate a forward, backward and log roll.
Demonstrate a basic dive.
Demonstrate underwater push, glide and dolphin kicks on the front and back.

Squad Aim

Swimmers will learn all of the competitive rules of swimming events and develop a basic knowledge of training. They will also aim to learn the following:

Racing Starts on all 4 individual strokes
Demonstrate a 100m IM with all legal Turns
Demonstrate 100 Fc / 100 Bk / 100 BR & 50 Fly with all correct turns and good technique

Assessment

Speed Assessments take place at Seagulls Speed Nights, Club championships, Inter Club Gala's and training.

Skill Assessment is ongoing incorporating Stages 8,9,10 of the ASA National Plan for Teaching Swimming along with the Competitive Start Award.

Progression

Once a swimmer have been able to obtain all the squad entry requirments for the next squad they will progress into Development 2. ( Scroll Down for info )

Equipment Required

Drinks bottle x2 (min 1 litre)
Swimming flippers
Kickboard
Goggles x2
Pull-buoy
Snorkel

Competitions Throughout The Season

Individual Performances All ages

Club Championships (typically Sept – Dec) 9 years and over.
County Graded Meet (Apr).
County Development Meet (July).
Open Meets (Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Apr, May,June,July)

Team Inter-Club Gala’s

Dorset Novice League (Jan – Mar).
West Hants Novice League (Mar – Nov).
National Junior Arena League (Apr – June).
National Arena League (Sept – Dec).
Seagulls Speed Nights (Sept - July)

Squad Fees

All squad fees can be found on our Membership Fees page.

Squad Training Calendar

Click here to see when and where we swim.

Last modified 14/06/2023

DEVELOPMENT 2