Squad Timetable

All training sessions are held at the Port Lincoln Pool. You must be a financial member of Swimming SA and member of West Coast Swimming Club to train with any of our squads. Squad lists and the training timetables are reviewed on a term by term basis. It is important that you only attend the sessions which you have been allocated to through engaging in the session booking system. West Coast Swimming Club offers differentiated programs across four squad levels; Performance, Senior, Development and Junior Dolphins. The club also provides a targetted multi-class session on Saturday mornings to enable clearer pathway development for these athletes. 

2018 TERM 4 TIMETABLE - port lincoln pool

performance squad

Minimum Entry : Swimmers have demonstrated regular and consistent application to maintaining their development over a three - five year period. Swimmers are punctual and dedicated to their training and willing to supplement pool sessions with a second competitive sport or work with an age / developmentally appropriate gym program (strength, flexibility, conditioning). Swimmers have maintained the qualification standard to allow entry into a number of State Championship events, have the ability to medal at the SA Country Championships and / or have the ambition to achieve one or more Australian Age qualifying times within the following 12 months. Swimmers actively encourage and support the ambitions of their teammates through ongoing excellence in their application to daily training programs.

Learning Aims:

  • Engage in cyclical 10 - 12 week training programs with an opportunity to engage in championship level racing at the end of this time period.
  • Maintain an exceptional level of physical fitness.
  • Actively make modifications and refinements to stroke technique and race skills to improve performance.  
  • Read and correctly follow complex swimming program abbreviations including the setting of target intervals and stroke rates.  
  • Safely and effectively use a range of training equipment (short fins, paddles, snorkel, pull buoys, drag belts etc)
  • Model safe and considerate lane etiquette (leaving appropriate intervals, swimming on the correct side of lanes, abiding by overtaking protocols and lane organisation practices).
  • Take on leadership roles as suited to individual strengths (coaching, lifeguarding, teaching, team moral).
  • Swimmers are supported to medal at the the  SA Country Swimming Championships. Swimmers are supported to reach State Championship finals in events which are particularly suited to swimmers strengths. Swimmers are encouraged to consider Australian Age Qualification standards.
  • Distance covered per session is approximately 3500 - 4000m. Training sessions can be up to 2 hours in length.

SENIOR SQUAD

Minimum Entry : Senior squad aims to prepare swimmers to access a full competition program incrementally increasing competition distances through to include 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m and open water events (up to 2km). Swimmers have recorded competition times in all four strokes with distances inclusive of 100m. They have developed efficient technique across the range of strokes, inclusive of a 200m individual medley and race skills (technically correct starts, turns and finishes). They need to have shown a strong ability to abide by lane etiquette protocols and respond in an open minded manner to coach feedback. Swimmers must have demonstrated the ability to remember their personal best times over 50m and 100m and a willingness to set personal swimming goals. This squad seeks to improve swimmer fitness and skill base over each session. 

Learning Aims:

  • Perform technically correct and efficient freestyle, backstroke, breastroke and butterfly managing race distances of 100m and greater (inclusive of starts, turns and finishes)
  • Perform a 200m / 400m Individual Medley to a competitive standard.
  • Develop efficient relay changeovers.
  • Proficiently perform a diverse range of stroke drills.
  • Read and correctly follow complex swimming program abbreviations including the setting of target intervals and stroke rates.  
  • Safely and effectively use a range of training equipment (short fins, paddles, snorkel, pull buoys, drag belts etc)
  • Model safe and considerate lane etiquette (leaving appropriate intervals, swimming on the correct side of lanes, abiding by overtaking protocols and lane organisation practices).
  • Swimmers are encouraged to take on the opportunities to represent regional SAPSASA and SSSSA swimming teams. Swimmers are supported to reach a standard facilitating inclusion in age group finals for the  SA Country Swimming Championships. Swimmers are supported to reach State Championship qualification standards.
  • Distance covered per session is approximately 2500 - 3000m

​DEVELOPMENT SQUAD

Minimum Entry : Development squad aims to transition swimmers from Junior Dolphins through to being a competitive swimmer able to access race distances greater than 50m in length. Swimmers must have been involved in club point score competition and registered 25m times in all four competitive strokes. They have developed efficient technique across the range of strokes and race skills (technically correct starts, turns and finishes). They need to have shown a strong ability to abide by lane etiquette protocols and respond in an open minded manner to coach feedback . This squad seeks to improve swimmer fitness and skill base over each session. As swimmers progress through the development squad they will be provided with an opportunity to attend 1 - 2 Senior Squad sessions.

Learning Aims:

  • Perform technically correct and efficient freestyle, backstroke, breastroke and butterfly managing race distances of 50m and greater (inclusive of starts, turns and finishes)
  • Perform an Individual Medley (either 100m or 200m) ensuring correct turns between each leg of the race.
  • Develop an understanding of an increasingly diverse range of stroke drills.
  • Effectively read and follow a digital and analogue pace clock, read increasingly complex swimming program abbreviations from a white board.
  • Model safe and considerate lane etiquette (leaving appropriate intervals, swimming on the correct side of lanes, abiding by overtaking protocols and lane organisation practices). Develop confidence to lead individual lanes.
  • Swimmers are actively encouraged to enter point score competition, endorsed Open Carnivals and Junior League competition. Swimmers are encouraged to take on the opportunities to represent regional SAPSASA and SSSSA swimming teams. Where age appropriate swimmers are encouraged to reach the qualification standard to attend the SA Country Swimming Championships.
  • Distance covered per session is approximately 2000m ​

JUNIOR DOLPHINS 

Minimum Entry - Swimmer is assessed by the head coach. They are invited into a Junior Dolphin Squad and given the opportunity to demonstrate efficient freestyle, backstroke and a technically correct breastroke kick. They should have a strong and efficient flutter kick and ability to respond to coach feedback. Swimmers should demonstrate the ability to ‘circle swim’ in a safe manner. Swimmers entering a Junior Dolphin program are encouraged to supplement this with an existing ‘Squid Squad’ enrolment.

Learning Aims :
  • Improve stroke technique across freestyle, backstroke and breastroke to technically correct competitive swimming standards.
  • Learn to perform a technically correct dolphin kick and butterfly (assisted with fins).
  • Develop proficiency in freestyle, backstroke, breastroke and butterfly competitive swimming turns to enable race distances of greater than 25m to be achieved.
  • Achieve a strong streamline position.
  • Learn how to read and follow a pace clock.
  • Learn how to read swimming program abbreviations from a white board.
  • Maintain safe and considerate lane etiquette (leaving appropriate intervals, swimming on the correct side of lanes, abiding by overtaking protocols and lane organisation practices)
  • Distance covered per session is approximately 1000m ​

Where We Train

The West Coast Swimming Club train at the Port Lincoln Pool in Port Lincoln and at other regional pools such as Ceduna and Cummins. Membership to the club is open to swimmers from across the Eyre Peninsula and training opportunities are dependent on the availability of coaches and facilities in each regional location. 
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Throughout the year swimmers are also given the opportunity to be involved in coaching clinics and training programs outside of club activities.