HYACK's Age Group Program: Provincial Elite

The Hyack Swim Club has had a successful Age-group program for many, many years. Our swimmers are consistantly amongst the best in the Province, are ranked Nationally, and are the cornerstone of our Senior National group.

Overview: This group is intended for athletes who have graduated from Provincial or Junior Provincial group. The ability range of the athletes in this group range from AA to Junior National level.

This program is specifically designed for athletes wanting to further their swimming enjoyment or to achieve the highest levels of performance at the provincial level. Multi-sport athletes or swimmers with other important interests may be more suited to this group environment and commitment level. Here, swimmers are able to swim the four competitive swim strokes well at all distances.

The main focus in this level is improving athlete's skill level and ability to swim the four competitive strokes for longer distances in order for them to progress into the next training group (Youth National). The training schedule incorporates sessions with the Youth National group with the programming direction set forth by the Youth National coach. These swimmers also continue their refinement of the competitive starts and turns for each of the four strokes.

Concepts such as nutrition, mental skills acquisition, and energy systems are taught to the athletes in this group.

Our objective for the swimmers in this group is to excel at the provincial level both at regional and provincial level competitions. Every swimmer graduating this program will be able to swim every event and perform each stroke proficiently. We also advance each swimmer's stroke technique, swimming speed, and overall fitness.

Pre-requisite: Completion of Provincial or Junior Provincial groups and approval of Director of Swimming; Ages: 15-17

Practices: up to 8 x per week and Regular schedule is exclusively at the Canada Games Pool.

Mon / Wed 4:30 - 6:40pm CGP

Tues / Thurs 5:15 - 7:15am

Thurs 4:00 - 6:40pm

Fri 4:00-6:00pm

Sat 6:00 - 9:00 am

New Westminster Seconday School students:
New Westminster Secondary School is to offer student-athlete service in conjunction with the Hyack Swim Club.
Through the Recognized Athlete Program NWSS students will be able to organize a flexible schedule for their Hyack swimming commitments. This program promotes a graduate academic curriculum conducive to High Performance training requirements. Please contact Mark Bottrill (bottrill@hyack.com) for contact information on this program.