All new swimmers without previous competitive team experience and verifiable, appropriate competition times will be placed in the Gust group upon invitaton from the age group Lead Coach after completing a tryout.  Tryout requirements are as follow:

 

• Swimmers must be able to comfortably swim the full length (25 yards) of the pool without assistance of any kind,  including stopping or touching wall/pool bottom.  ​
• Swimmers must be able to swim with their face in the water and wear goggles. ​
• Swimmers will be asked to demonstrate a length of freestyle/crawl stroke on the stomach, with alternating single-arm strokes and face submerged between breath cycles to the side. 
• Swimmers will be asked to demonstrate a length of backstroke on the back, with alternating single-arm strokes.
• Swimmers will be asked to demonstrate 1/2 length of both breastroke and butterfly. ​
• Depending on age/ability level, swimmers may be also be asked to swim multiple lengths with a short amount of rest in between.

Moving up in level requirements may include:

• Proficiency in all of the strokes: Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Freestyle
• Diving
• Flip turns
• Practice behavior and etiquette
• Competition results
• Test set completion and more.

 

For more detailed information about move-up requirements, please contact Coach Nate at [email protected].