SWIM STANDARDS
SWIM STANDARDS REQUIRED TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SQUAD SELECTION & HS VARSITY SWIM TEAM IN SEASON 2
ES Squad 1
Correct Freestyle- Can complete 25m continuous consistent kicking, straight legs, kicking from the hips, arms high elbow recovery
No catch up/arms in opposition
Correct backstroke- Streamline body on back, continuous arms stroke, continuous kicking
Breaststroke- Can demonstrate correct kick and timing (Flexed feet) breathe, kick and glide
Butterfly- Can dolphin kick legal (pointed toes), hip undulation
Other skills- Streamlining, drop starts,
ES SQUAD 2
Freestyle- Can swim keeping technique for 25m. High elbow recovery, relaxed catch, pull and push through. Continuous kicking straight legs from hips
Backstroke- proper technique for 25m. Can keep streamline body position. Correct backstroke continuous Rhythm not catch up
Breaststroke- Correct Rhythm with arm stroke, correct timing, correct kicking flexed feet, open turns
Butterfly- Can do 25m correct arms and kicking, can dolphin kick with legs together 25m. Hip undulation
Other skills- streamline, turns, dive, drop starts
ES SQUAD 3
Freestyle- Swim proper technique 50m
Backstroke- Swim proper technique 50m
Breaststroke- Swim proper technique 50m (correct Rhythm, pulling under chest, whip kick, gliding)
Butterfly- Can do 25m correct arms and kicking, legal stroke, timing
Other skills- Dive, drop start, streamline
ES SQUAD 4
Freestyle- Swim proper technique 50m (high elbow recovery, relaxed arms on catch, no crossover catch, pull and push through finish)
Backstroke- Swim proper technique 50m (Streamline body position, continuous kicking from hips, no knees out of the water, continuous arm stroke straight arm recovery)
Breaststroke- Swim proper technique 50m (whip kicking, pull under chest)
Butterfly- Can do 50m proper technique
Other skills- Dive, drop start, streamline, open turns
MS SQUAD 5
Freestyle- Swim proper technique 50m
Backstroke- Swim proper technique 50m
Breaststroke- Swim proper technique 50m
Butterfly- Can do 25m correct arms and kicking,, hip undulation, proper kick, legal butterfly.
Other skills- Drop start, streamline, open turns
MS SQUAD 6
Freestyle- Swim proper technique 100m
Backstroke- Swim proper technique 50m
Breaststroke- Swim proper technique 50m
Butterfly- Can do 50m proper technique
Other skills- Dive, drop start, streamline, flip turns
SQUAD 7
Freestyle- Swim proper technique 100m (50m under 48 secs/100m under 1min.40)
Backstroke- Swim proper technique 50m (50m under 50 secs/100m under 1min.50)
Breaststroke- Swim proper technique 50m (50m under 55 secs/100m under 2min)
Butterfly- 50m proper technique (50m under 50 secs)
Other skills- Dive, drop start, streamline, flip turns, starts, streamline kick on back 100m,
freestyle sculling with head up.
SQUAD 8
Freestyle- Swim proper technique 100m (50m under 38 secs/100m under 1min.30)
Backstroke- Swim proper technique 50m (50m under 45secs/100m under 1min.40)
Breaststroke- Swim proper technique 50m (50m under 55/100m under 2min.)
Butterfly- 100m proper technique (50m under 50 secs)
Other skills- Dive, drop start, streamline, flip turns, starts, streamline kick on back 100m
Butterfly- kick on back 100m, sculling (different types)
HS VARSITY (season 2) See required times in stroke tables below along with must see skills listed:
**Must be able to meet times of 8 events from the lists provided in tables below.
IASAS Team will be based on the fastest times. 12 boys and 12 girls for IASAS finals.
Must see elements for strokes:
Freestyle
- Continuous arm stroke.
- Continuous kicking.
- Out of water arm recovery preferably high elbow.
- Middle finger catch
- Breathing sideways.
- Body roll
Backstroke
- Streamline body
- Continuous kicking from hips knees under water. Toes breaking surface
- Body roll
- Straight arm recovery
- Continuous Arm Stroke
Breaststroke
- Whip kick with feet flexed
- Arms: out-sweep, in-sweep, recovery.
- Arms push back vertical plane chest level.
- Has correct timing, pull breathe kick glide.
Butterfly
- Can streamline dolphin kick
- Undulation kicking from the hips.
- Arms pull down push outside body line.
- Side arm recovery properly.
- Shoulder line catch properly.
- Timing (kick-pull-kick-recover)