JDF Royals Swim Club

Novice

• Can swim a minimum 25m unassisted without major difficulty (no grabbing the wall and not barely finishing)
• Can tread water for at least 20 seconds
• Competition age group: Novice

Junior

• Can swim 100m non-stop
• Confident with freestyle/front crawl and backstroke
• Starting to learn breaststroke and butterfly
• Competition age group: Division 1-2

Intermediate

• Can swim 200m non-stop
• Competent with the basics of all 4 strokes
• Competent with starts and turns
• Competition age group: Division 2-3

Seniors

• Can swim 200m+ non-stop without difficulty
• Confident all 4 strokes (minimal experience with butterfly is fine)
• Confident with starts and turns
• Division 4 and up

General

Coaches also take the following into consideration:

• Age;
• Technical ability;
• Attitude and work ethic (ability and willingness to follow instructions);
• General fit within the composition of the existing group;
• Overall maturity.

Please note that these competencies are estimates only. The Club and Coaches reserve the right to reassign swimmers to a different group to ensure swimmers is placed in the best group for them to succeed.