PRE COMPETITIVE SWIM TEAM formally known as Shark: Pre Competitive Swim Team is part one of a three-step process designed to help swimmers transition to year round competitive USA sanctioned swimming.  Pre Competitive Swim Team is for swimmers looking to begin racing, interacting as a team unit, and increase technical skill while gaining fitness.  Pre Competitive Swim Team workouts emphasize competitive technique and competitive swimming rules within the team experience.  Focus is on advanced flip turns, endurance swimming, speed training, and transition to competitive swimming.  Swimmers should be 6 years or older to enroll.

Equipment required: Goggles. Competitive swimming front mounted snorkel and a pair of “positive drive swim fins” are encouraged (These items are available at the Gold Medal retail store).

Price: $72.00/month. 8 swimmers:1 coach ratio for one hour per week.  Coaches work with swimmers from the pool deck and in the water at the Gold Medal Swim School’s heated indoor pool.  This group uses real time underwater video to help increase a swimmer’s awareness of technical issues.   Please speak with an enrollment specialist for specific class schedules.

Meets: Swimmers are encouraged to attend Gold Medal Swim School Swim League.  Swim meets are 1 x month excluding December, January, and February.  The cost for swim meets, including up to four events and any earned ribbons, is $12.00/meet.  Pre-registration is required by the Tuesday preceding the meet and available online.  Meet fees are auto billed to your account.

Meets are held at McClintock High School in Tempe.  Competing in at least “some”, if not all, swim meets is expected as a member of the Pre Competitive Swim Team.

Pre Competitive Swim Team enrollment requirements:

1.  A passion and desire to swim at a competitive level.

2.  Ability to swim the four strokes.

3.  Willingness to be a positive part of a team.

4.  Able to swim 2 x 100 Individual Medley on 3:00 interval

5.  Able to swim 150 yards (6 laps in a row without stopping.

6.  Willing to give a best effort each workout.