Dorking Swimming Club

Age Group & Age Group Performance Squad

An ideal guideline age is 10-13 years old for girls, 11-14 years old for boys.

Technique and swimming skills

• Endurance and speed training.
• Complete familiarity with FINA competition rules and regulations.
• Monitoring progression using test sets as part of the ongoing training programme.
• Continuing to develop all 4 strokes with emphasis on IM swimming using robust technique that doesn’t break down under pressure.

Attendance - Age Group Squad 

• Each week, attendance at as many sessions as possible will ensure that aerobic fitness and technique will continue to develop. This is essential if at a future date you wish to move to the Performance pathway.
• The Club Champs are available to enter, should your swimmer want to move to the performance pathway this would be beneficial.

Attendance - Age Group Performance Squad 

• Each week, we recommend attendance of all sessions to make as much progress as possible however by attending 4 out of 5 sessions a week you can still achieve a high level of progress.
• Each week, 1 land based training session should be attended.
• Swimmers will be expected to show depth in strokes and distances by having achieved times in ALL events and distances by age 12.
• Swimmers are expected to enter external competitions, working towards Surrey County championships and South East regional championships.

Please Note:

All swimmers that are Primary or Junior School age must have a responsible adult present for all training sessions, and the swimmer must know who they are if it's not the parent, in case of emergency.