Lake Forest II Dolphins Swim Club

Afternoon Schedule: April 8 - Jun 1 (M-F)

Morning Schedule: June 3 - July 19 (M-F)

Group Overview

Parents are encouraged to initially determine a swimmers group based upon their age and ability level. Once the season is underway, decisions about moving a swimmer to another group are made by the coaching staff. Swimmers are asked to move to a new group based on readiness, maturity and swimming goals. Each coach will be responsible for helping swimmers improve and reach their goals. Every athlete's progress will be monitored and they will be advanced to the next group when they are fully prepared.

Jr. Dolphins

The Jr. Dolphins are our youngest group of athletes. It is mainly 5-6 year old swimmers who have little to no experience with competitive swimming. The goal will be to teach the most basic competitive techniques.

Jr. Dolphins must be water safe and able to swim 25 yards unassisted prior to registration. 4 year old Junior dolphins will be given a swim test on the first day of practice. If it is determined that they are not quite ready for the Dolphins you'll be given a full refund.

Red

The Red Group is mainly 6-8 year old swimmers who have a little experience with competitive swimming. The goal will be to continue teaching and refining the most basic competitive techniques.

A good qualifying test for red group readiness is for a swimmer to complete 4 lengths in less than 3 minutes.

White

The White group will be mostly 8-10 year olds who are proficient swimmers with a basic knowledge of competitive swimming. They should be able to swim all 4 strokes and easily complete lengths of freestyle.

A good qualifying test for blue group readiness is for a swimmer to complete 12 lengths in less than 5 minutes.

Blue

The Blue Group will be made up of our most experienced young swimmers (10-12 years old), up to the least experienced 12 year olds. This group will work on clock and set mastery, flip turns, race techniques and conditioning.

A good qualifying test for senior group readiness is for a swimmer to complete a 200 IM less than 4minutes.

Senior

The senior group will be made up of our most experienced and mature swimmers ages 13 and up. They will focus on conditioning, competitive technique, mental acuity and focus as well as dryland training.

Practices

While we have practice every weekday, you are not required (or expected) to attend every day.  We are a fun-first swim team and do not take attendance.  The coaches suggest that you try make at least 2-3 practices per week, but you can decide what works best for you.

Meets

Our meets are a lot of fun, the swimmers really enjoy them!  You can attend as many of the meets as you'd like.  Each week you'll be asked to declare for the meet (state whether or not you'll be attending) so that Coach Bryan can assign events.  

Vacation

Going on vacation?  No problem!  Many of our families do.  Have fun and we'll see you when you get back!