Criteria for promotion to Squad 3:

50 metres Front Crawl, Backstroke and Breaststroke

100 metres Front Crawl or Backstroke

25 metres Butterfly

100 metres Individual Medley

Competitive start award

Correct starts, turns and finishes on all strokes, including takeovers.

Training equipment required: kickboard, fins, drink bottle

This group should:

Attend minimum 2 sessions per week (optimum 3-4 sessions).

Understand lane etiquette, training within a group and rules of the strokes/sport.

There will be regular time trials and all swimmers will be expected to enter low level competitions.

Meterage to improve to 1000-2000m per hour session.