Squad
Events
Carnival
2023
Carnival is the heart of the squad events. All teams compete against each other to earn points. Additionally troughout the term teams are able to earn points through challenges
Quick Dash
What a way to build team spirit. A relay-based event where swimmers are grouped into Medley teams for their squad. Teams try to out-race each other for medals. How tense can these close races get?!
PB Day
2023
PB day is our s chance to show off all their hard work and shave down theieir pb’s in all four competistrokes
Top Gun
2023
Top Gun is our Distance Swim event where our swimmers teach a 1km swim who’s the boss
Booking into squad events
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Level Breakdown
Our Squad Program is broken down into 5 different groups. Each group is structured around the average threshold swimmers can achieve in each competitive stoke their current stage of technique
- Introduction to Butterfly over 25m
- Competitive dive starts
- Consistently demonstrate swivel turns
- Fluent Breaststroke over 50m
- 500m non-stop freestyle
- Survival component
- Swim an Individual Medley over 100m
- Non-stop Freestyle over 1km
- Demonstrate a confident tumble turn
- 50m of Freestyle under 60s
- Complete the survival component fo this level
- Swim fluent Butterfly over 75m
- Consistently completed the 5th stroke in every start and turn
- Swim an Individual Medley over 200m
- 50m Freestyle under 50s
- Swim Fluent Butterfly over 50m under 60s
- Complete the survival component for this level
- Swim an Individual Medley, over 200m in under 4mins
- Swim fluent butterfly over 100m
- 50m Freestyle under 40s
- Swim 400m freestyle, under 7mins
- Swim an Individual Medley over 400m
- 50m Freestyle under 30s
- 50m Breaststroke under 42s
- 50m Backstroke under 35s
- 50m Butterfly under 33s
- swim 1km under 17mins
- Swim an Individual Medley over 200 m in under 3mins
- 400m approach and tow rescue
- CPR Qualification
Want to improve technique?
Try these common hints that our wonderful squad coaches suggest to improve your technique ten-fold
#1 Keep a tight streamline position
Keeping your torso in a tight streamline significantly affects the total amount of Eddy resistance (tail suction) a swimmer will experience.
A good way to think about a streamlined body position is to keep all your joints aligned and your chin tucked into your chest.
This will lead to a more efficient stroke and less exhaustion.
#2 Increase Reach
.Who doesn’t want to go further for less? Rotating through your abdomen will increase your stroke reach. However you do not want to sacrifice speed for power. A healthy balance is a slow and consistent pull through the stroke followed by a quick recovery.
Think of ending each and every stroke with a swift snap to begin the next stroke.
#3 AN Explosive Start
Starting every race with a well-positioned start is the difference between a good swim and a disaster. Remove as many variables as possible, keep it simple and lock a solid footing.
Extend your arms to the sides and then together as you look for your toes to complete a strong dive.
Our Bronze Medallion
At SSA, we offer as many opportunities to our swimmers as possible. We promote the Bronze Medalion as an end goal for your child’s water safety to ensure confidence they are competent in and around water environments.
The Bronze Medallion requires completion of 2 of the following criteria:
• 50m Freestyle under 30 seconds
• 50m Breaststroke under 42 seconds
• 50m Backstroke under 35 seconds
• 50m Butterfly under 33 seconds
• Swum 1km in under 17 minutes
And completing the following:
• 200 metre Individual Medley under 3.00 min
• CPR Qualification
• 400m approach and tow rescue
• A 7km Non-stop distance swim
Water safety week
All squad swimmers whod our water safety week walk away with a comprehensive understaning of CPR, Situational Awareness, Survial strokes and DRSABCD.
Our squad water safety week is CPR brought to the environments relevant to an aquatic environment. Swimmers are taken through an array of different scenarios involving:
- Fatigue victims
- Drownings,
- Unconscious and Conscious patients
- DRSABCD
- Survival stroke distance swim fully clothed
- Hands-on experience completing CPR on an ANNIE CPR Dummy
- Safe entry and exit of boats
- Theory around rip currents
- Basic sun and beach safety