Please review the minimum tryout requirements prior to booking:
Swimmers must be 10 & under for the entire season (born June 7 2016 or later)
All tryout swimmers must consistently demonstrate effort, focus, and the ability to apply corrections. Please see below for a comprehensive overview of the minimum skill requirements to try out for each level:
Bronze Intro: Grades 1-2 (born 2019-2020): Approaching proper technique in freestyle with consistent flutter kick and side breathing every 3 strokes, and backstroke with consistent flutter kick, strokes, and body/head position. Swimmers must be able to complete 25 metres of freestyle and 25 metres of backstroke without stopping. *Minimum Red Cross Level 5 or equivalent.
Bronze: Grades 1-3 (born 2018-2020): Proper technique in freestyle with consistent flutter kick and side breathing every 3 strokes, and backstroke with consistent flutter kick, strokes, and body/head position. Approaching proper technique in breaststroke kick. Swimmers must be able to complete 25 metres of freestyle and 25 metres of backstroke without pausing or stopping. *Minimum Red Cross Level 6 or equivalent.
Silver: Grades 2-4 (born 2017-2019): Proper technique (pull, kick, body position, timing) and legal in freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke, and approaching proper technique in butterfly. Swimmers must be able to do side push offs with streamline underwater dolphin kick, dive starts, open turns and flipturns. Swimmers must be able to complete multiple lengths of metres of freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke without stopping. *Minimum Red Cross Level 8 or equivalent.
Gold: Grades 3-4 (born 2016-2017)**: Proper technique (pull, kick, body position, timing) and legal in all 4 competitive swim strokes, side push offs with streamline underwater dolphin kick, dive starts, and all stroke turns (flipturns, open turns); ability to make pace times and training capacity demands. *Minimum Red Cross Level 10 or equivalent. **Must be 10 for the season, born June 7, 2016 or later.
If you have reviewed the information above and your swimmer meets the try out requirements please register for a tryout below:
***Please do not book a try out if your swimmer cannot meet the minimum requirements to tryout***