SENIOR-B
GROUP
Practice:
Senior-B
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 and
also provide a demanding and comprehensive training program
for those athletes who cannot meet the attendance and/or
training requirement of the MAG Senior program.
Senior-B swimmers are expected to attend 90% of workouts
and communicate with the senior-b 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 and a half to Three
hours and will consist of both dryland and swimming
workouts.
Requirements for Senior-B Group
Swimmers
entering the Senior-B program must be at least 13 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 Senior-B 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:
- 1/2
Fins (soft rubber in appropriate shoe size)
- Long fins ‘TYR split fin’
- 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
- Heart rate monitor
- Energy bar/ fruit for break during practice
- 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