PRE-SENIOR GROUP
Practice:
Pre-Senior practice is offered six times per week. This program is intended to provide both a stepping stone for athletes intending to be successful in the MAG Senior program. Pre-Senior swimmers are expected to attend 85% of workouts and communicate with the Pre-Senior coach about their training schedule.
Note on training: Once swimmers are fully grown and are promoted as far as the senior program, they must train more and better than they did when they were younger to continue to improve (swim faster).
Practice duration is approximately Two to Two and half hours and will consist of both dryland and swimming workouts.

Requirements for Pre-Senior Group
Swimmers entering the Pre-Senior program must be at least 12 years old and complete four of the following six:
- 10x100@ 1:20
- 8x50@ 50 kick
- Swim under 1:00 in 100YD freestyle for girls/ :55 for boys
- Achieve 13-14 NES qualifying times in main events (2)
- Kick 1x50 under :30 with fins
- 30 pushups in 1:00

Goals and Expectations of the Pre-Srenior Group
- Strive to be competitive with any other senior group in the region
- Prepare athletes for both competency at a US Open/Sectional/ State level and for movement into Senior group (if so desired)
- To consistently improve commitment level and training/racing ability from season to season
- Continue becoming more fluid in swimming (no splashing)
- Actively improve distance per stroke
- Learn leadership skills
- Attendance should improve, not decline as the athlete matures
- Training attitudes should be more productive and supportive as the athlete gets older
- Attend all meets proscribed by coaching staff unless Senior coach agrees to absence
- Active in club fundraising
- Display ability to train appropriately for the athlete’s experience and stated goals
- Parental involvement in ‘wet side’ decreases but increases on ‘dry side’ during tenure
- Must attend get way weekend, and all scheduled meets.
Other areas of swimmer accountability
1. Swimmer learns to accept the responsibility for his/her performance
2. Swimmer learns coping strategies to deal with peer pressure
3. Swimmer learns coping strategies to deal with parent pressure
4. Swimmer understands and performs personal race strategies
5. Swimmer demonstrates an ability to balance school, social, swimming and family
6. Swimmer can effectively communicate her/his commitment to her/his parents, coach and teammates
7. Swimmer knows the team goals and will take an active part in developing specific and attainable practice group goals
8. Swimmer understands the relationship between his/her personal commitment level and results

Required Training Equipment:
- Long fins (tyr split fins)
- 1/2 Fins (soft rubber in appropriate shoe size)
- Water bottle (mixture of 50% juice/ 50% water)
- Pull buoy
- Kick board
- Hans hand paddles
- Running shoes (every day)
- Appropriate dry-land attire for any weather
- Goggles (two pair)
- Blue MAG cap (on team apparel order form)
- Mesh bag to hold equipment
- Warm hat and gloves for dry-land
- Finis snorkel
- Leg band (on team apparel order form)
- Med ball – that bounces – weight should be 1LBS for every 13.5LBS of body weight

Competition Apparel (on team apparel order form)
Required:
- MAG team suit
- White MAG cap (silicon or latex)
- MAG t-shirts (1 grey and 1 blue)
-Nike ‘HYDRA’ should be purchased for rested meets