Training Groups
Our swim groups have been aligned to insure progression in skills and training abilities. Each age and developmental stage of a swimmer lends itself to a particular type of training and skill instruction. We will be preparing Scottsdale swimmers to be their best as Senior level swimmers.
Scottsdale Aquatic Club has taken great care in securing the best professional coaching staff possible. All coaches have years of experience and success. Below is the basic model of development used by the staff. It is the coach’s intent for the athlete to make this a lifetime sport by proper mental, physical and emotional development.
Progressions for Athlete Development
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Sports Participation Category (Development Stage) |
Training Objective(s) |
Metabolic or Physiological Focus |
Biomechanical or Technical Focus |
Physiological or Social Focus |
Training Load Imposed |
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Reflexive Awareness (0-2 Years) |
Stimulation of body |
Kinesthetic awareness |
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Enjoy feeling their body movements |
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Motor Memory Development (3-6 Years) |
Motor pattern development (e.g., "Feel for the water") |
Kinesthetic awareness |
Using appropriate stroke patterns |
Having fun |
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Sport Preparation (6-9 Years) |
Stroke technique, aerobic development |
Aerobic conditioning |
Efficient technique |
Joy of participation, developmental progression |
2-3 x per week, 1500-4000m/wk |
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Sport Delineation (9-12 Years) |
Technique development, aerobic base, muscular endurance |
Aerobic 95%, threshold 50%, anaerobic up to 5% |
Efficient technique |
Competition behavior, teamwork, maturational differences |
3-6 x per week, 5000-40,000m/wk |
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Sport Delineation (12-14 Years) |
Aerobic maintenance, technique |
Aerobic 95%, threshold > 50%, anaerobic up to 5%, increase pace of threshold |
Efficient technique, integration of physiology and mechanics |
Teamwork, motivation (intrinsic) and social group |
6-10 x per week, 30,000-60,000 m/wk |
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Sport Mastery (14-20 Years) |
Integration of efficient biomechanics and physiology |
Aerobic 95%, threshold > 50%, anaerobic up to 5%, increase pace of threshold |
Efficient technique |
Teamwork, motivation, knowledge of body and training |
8-12 x per week, 40,000-100,000 m/wk |
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Elite Mastery (17-24+ Years) |
Integration of efficient biomechanics and physiology |
Aerobic 95%, threshold > 50%, anaerobic up to 5%, increase pace of threshold |
Efficient technique |
Teamwork, motivation, overtraining and psychology, competition stress |
Event-length specific |
*From "Progressions for Athlete and Coach Development", USA-Swimming, 1999