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Competitive Swimming Information For You

Swimming competitively in swimming galas (events) can be great fun, it doesn't have to be all deadly serious. Good times, with great friends are my lasting memories of competing.

Competitive swimming basically is a level of swimming at which you take part in competitions. These range from local swimming galas to international events; the best know is the Olympics.

 

 

 

What will we be covering here in this section?

	We are here to encourage those who would like to get involved in competitive swimming.
	The top swimmers out there will have available to them, great coaches and teachers and so are unlikely to need much from these pages but you may find our page on mental preparation for competition useful.

 

SO…If yourself, your child or someone you know really wants to compete in swimming galas. What should you do?

Answer.....Get Involved In Club Swimming.

	If you/your child are not in a club, join one. Most swimming clubs will have a swimming team often with an A, B and even C team. These will give you the chance to improve and move up standards gradually.
	At the club of your choice, ask to be put in the swimming sessions which train specifically for competition. This will involve extra strength and speed training.

Parents, be warned, If your child has a talent for swimming fast, and moves up to regional or national level, training is often twice a day, 6 times a week. Lots of trips to the pool.

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More Information On Competing

	Clubs often provide competitive swimming for ages 10 to 20+
	Older swimmers amongst you can compete in Master competitions.
	Clubs compete in leagues against local teams.
	Swimming galas are made up of both individual races and rely races
	Individual races are often 50 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres for each of the four main strokes, and an individual medley. This is a race which involves all four stokes in this order,

Backstroke
Breaststroke
Butterfly
Front Crawl

	There are two types of team relay race, both involving 4 swimmers Front Crawl Relay = 4x Front Crawl legs Medley Relay = 1x Backstroke 1x Breaststroke 1x Butterfly 1x Front Crawl
	Most swimming galas at club level take part on Saturday evenings/nights.
	Clubs will often provide transport (coaches) from your clubs home pools to other pools when the gala is held away.
	Swimming competitively is very much a team sport, each race result goes towards your swimming clubs points total for that gala. Surprisingly the club with the most points wins.

 

A FREE HANDY TOOL FOR YOU Please use the following page for a great FREE swimming times converter from a 25m pool to a 50m pool and vise versa. Time converter

 

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Simply Put – If you or your children enjoys swimming and has developed a reasonable standard (you don’t have to be world class) then why not give competitive swimming a go! Its great fun and will give you loads of confidence in swimming and in life in general.

Go on give it a go……..

I hope this page has been of use to you; please contact us if you would like to add further tips for our readers. Thanks

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