VPSC Swim School

VPSC Swim School

Group Description: Swimmers in this group will be taught swimming skills foundational to competitive swimming. Following the model of long-term athlete development (LTAD), this group will focus on technical development of all four strokes to prepare swimmers for entry into our Mini Makos program. Swimmers will receive direct instruction from a coach at a group ratio of no more than 8 swimmers to one coach.

Target Age: 5-8 years old as of March 1, 2024

Pre-Requisites: deep-water entry, swim unassisted with no lifejacket for 15m*

Required Equipment: goggles, swimsuit

Schedule (1 practice per week)**: Friday 4:30-5:15pm at Lord Byng Pool

Cost for Group: $250 / 10 classes***

*No prior assessment is required for this group. However, we reserve the right to deregister swimmers in the program if they are not meeting our entry requirements. In this case, you will be referred to alternative programming and the fee will be refunded.

**Swimmers have the option to enroll in up to two classes per week if they would like. If you would like to have 2 practices per week, please register for 2 groups.

***For the VPSC Swim School, the fee of $250 will be charged upon registration. This fee is non-refundable with the exception of swimmer exclusion due to not meeting the group criteria on the first day.

VPSC Swim School

Group Description: Swimmers in this group will be taught swimming skills foundational to competitive swimming. Following the model of long-term athlete development (LTAD), this group will focus on technical development of all four strokes to prepare swimmers for entry into our Mini Makos program. Swimmers will receive direct instruction from a coach at a group ratio of no more than 8 swimmers to one coach.

Target Age: 5-8 years old as of March 1, 2024

Pre-Requisites: deep-water entry, swim unassisted with no lifejacket for 15m*

Required Equipment: goggles, swimsuit

Schedule (1 practice per week)**: Friday 5:15-6:00pm at Lord Byng Pool

Cost for Group: $250 / 10 classes***

*No prior assessment is required for this group. However, we reserve the right to deregister swimmers in the program if they are not meeting our entry requirements. In this case, you will be referred to alternative programming and the fee will be refunded.

**Swimmers have the option to enroll in up to two classes per week if they would like. If you would like to have 2 practices per week, please register for 2 groups.

***For the VPSC Swim School, the fee of $250 will be charged upon registration. This fee is non-refundable with the exception of swimmer exclusion due to not meeting the group criteria on the first day.

VPSC Swim School

Group Description: Swimmers in this group will be taught swimming skills foundational to competitive swimming. Following the model of long-term athlete development (LTAD), this group will focus on technical development of all four strokes to prepare swimmers for entry into our Mini Makos program. Swimmers will receive direct instruction from a coach at a group ratio of no more than 8 swimmers to one coach.

Target Age: 5-8 years old as of March 1, 2024

Pre-Requisites: deep-water entry, swim unassisted with no lifejacket for 15m*

Required Equipment: goggles, swimsuit

Schedule (1 practice per week)**: Friday 4:30-5:15pm at Lord Byng Pool

Cost for Group: $250 / 10 classes***

*No prior assessment is required for this group. However, we reserve the right to deregister swimmers in the program if they are not meeting our entry requirements. In this case, you will be referred to alternative programming and the fee will be refunded.

**Swimmers have the option to enroll in up to two classes per week if they would like. If you would like to have 2 practices per week, please register for 2 groups.

***For the VPSC Swim School, a non-refunda fee of $50 is charged at registration. If the swimmer is assessed to be unsafe in the program, the session fee ($200 dollars) will not be charged.

VPSC Swim School

Group Description: Swimmers in this group will be taught swimming skills foundational to competitive swimming. Following the model of long-term athlete development (LTAD), this group will focus on technical development of all four strokes to prepare swimmers for entry into our Mini Makos program. Swimmers will receive direct instruction from a coach at a group ratio of no more than 8 swimmers to one coach.

Target Age: 5-8 years old as of March 1, 2024

Pre-Requisites: deep-water entry, swim unassisted with no lifejacket for 15m*

Required Equipment: goggles, swimsuit

Schedule (1 practice per week)**: Friday 5:15-6:00pm at Lord Byng Pool

Cost for Group: $250 / 10 classes***

*No prior assessment is required for this group. However, we reserve the right to deregister swimmers in the program if they are not meeting our entry requirements. In this case, you will be referred to alternative programming and the fee will be refunded.

**Swimmers have the option to enroll in up to two classes per week if they would like. If you would like to have 2 practices per week, please register for 2 groups.

***For the VPSC Swim School, a non-refunda fee of $50 is charged at registration. If the swimmer is assessed to be unsafe in the program, the session fee ($200 dollars) will not be charged.