2026 Practice Schedule
Swim Team
Regular summer practices are offered Monday thru Friday. They will begin on Monday, June 1st. As a guideline, practicing 3x a week is recommended for all swimmers, but it is completely up to your family and your schedule to determine when and how many days you attend.
Monday thru Thursday
13 & Over | 8:00-9:00am
Winter Swimmers | 8:00-9:00am
11 -12 year olds | 8:50-9:45am
9-10 year olds | 9:35-10:25am
8 & Under | 10:15-10:55am
Mini Gators | 11-11:30
You will notice a little overlap in some practice times–coaches will use this time for stretching and stroke instruction on dryland.
Winter Swimmers--you will notice we have added a practice specifically for those who swim in the winter. This is simply to offer these swimmers a little more time in the water and a little more distance at practice as their skill level and endurance is often different from their peers. If you would rather go to your age-group practice time, that is ok too.
FUN Fridays
It’s the day after a meet and we are ALL tired! Thus, we are going to condense to 2 practice times and start a little later on Fridays. There will be games and of course, DONUTS!
11 & Up | 9:30-10:15
10 & Under| 10:15-11:00
*IMPORTANT--FUN Fridays are the days after meets
Evening Practices
We will again offer evening practices for swimmers ages 9 & up. Our hope is that some swimmers who have been unable to swim in the past due to commitments to other sports in the morning, may be able to make this option work and be a part of our team as they grow, and their commitments to a variety of sports grow. This is not something you can just show up for–we need to know in advance, so please reach out to Coach Abby ([email protected]) if you are interested in this option. This is from 5:00-6:00 on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Mini-Gators
Mini-Gators will be offered again this year for swimmers who are 5 years of age (5yrs by June 1st unless otherwise approved by team management). Mini-gators is a pre-team program which is intended to introduce our youngest swimmers to our summer team. The purpose of Mini-Gators is to teach your child proper freestyle and backstroke with a start, and to build the strength and endurance to swim the length of the pool by the end of the short summer season. Mini-Gators who are ready can have the opportunity to swim one lap of freestyle in the last home meet. If your child is able and it is determined by the coach's assessment, they may be invited to swim in more meets as part of our 8 and under group.
Mini-Gators practices will be held from 11-11:30. Swimmers will be assigned to a group based on their skill level individually, and relative to other swimmers enrolled. Practices will be Monday-Thursday (4 days a week). Practices will begin on Monday, June 8th and last 3.5 weeks (ending on July 2nd when the Minis will have a chance to swim 1-lap freestyle at our last home meet). Coaches will use the first 5-10 minutes to get the kids warmed up and give some dryland instruction (maybe some running around down in the playground area to get warm on chilly days) and then they will spend roughly 20-25 minutes in the water. Each swimmer must be at least 5 years old (unless otherwise arranged and space allows) and must be able to swim two-thirds the length of the pool without walking on the bottom or grabbing the lane lines. Coaches will assess and group swimmers accordingly. The Mini-Gators will be limited to 20 swimmers.
Mini-Gators will be assessed prior to the start of the season--please look for info on this during registration.
You must attend one of these assessment days. If you are unable to attend, please make arrangements for your child to be assessed by a coach at another time.
Dive Team
Dive practices will be from 9:00-11:00 M, Tu, W
For additional information/specifics, please see the Dive tab.
