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Pre-Competitive Swimming

pre-competitive swimming – Pre-Competitive Swimming

On the Road to Competition!

Has your child progressed beyond swim lessons? Would he/she like to see what a swim team would be like without the swim team commitment?  The Harrisburg Area YMCA offers pre-competitive swimming programs for your child to participate in at the YMCA!

Pre-competitive swimming allows your child to continue their aquatics journey past the basics of swim lessons and onto bigger and better opportunities. At the pre-competitive level, swimmers begin to build their endurance and improve their prowess in all four competitive strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly.

Pre-competitive helps swimming become easier, more efficient, and more exciting! We offer programs for children as young as 6 years old all the way up to 18 years old. Get started at one of our participating branches today!

Friendship YMCA: Swim For Fitness (Non-Competitive)

Our non-competitive swim team program is designed for swimmers that want to be active and involved in swimming and work on fitness and endurance during the winter months. This is ideal for summer swimmers that want to keep active, cross-train with other sports, improve strokes, and try out swimming as a sport.

This is an advanced group where swimmers must know the four competitive swimming strokes, work independently away from caregivers, and work well in a group setting. Coaches will work with swimmers on all four competitive strokes while building endurance. Swimmers will also be introduced to racing starts, turns, and streamlines.

This is NOT a learn-to-swim program. This program is open to youth ages 8-18.

Current Session

Schedule:
  • October 8–November 19, 2023
  • Ages 5-10: Sundays from 2:15-3:00 PM
  • Ages 11 & up: Sundays from 1:15-2:15 PM
Fees:
  • YMCA Members: $100
  • Community Guests: $130
West Shore YMCA: Take Your Mark

Take Your Mark participants will learn the fundamentals of competitive swimming through fun-filled drills in a positive atmosphere! This program is the first of a two-part program designed to slowly move swimmers from the pre-competitive swimming level to the competitive levels.

This pre-competitive swimming program is great for summer league swimmers, Country Club swimmers, or children advancing out of swim lessons.  Our concentration will be on the correct stroke form of all four (4) competitive strokes as well as understanding how to use starting blocks.  This program is an “entry point” into our YMCA pathway that leads to the competitive swimming program. There are no swim meets.  Parents that wish to have their child(ren) try out the program should plan to attend the first two classes prior to registering. We offer this program at select times throughout the year; the program is open to youth ages 6-14.

Current Session

Schedule:
  • September 16–December 18, 2022
  • Fridays 6:15-7:15 PM
  • Sundays 12:00-1:00 PM
  • Sundays 4:00-5:00 PM

No class will be held Thanksgiving weekend.

Fees:
  • YMCA Members: $215
  • Community Guests: $240
West Shore YMCA: Mini Team

We will introduce Mini Team participants to the experience of a swim meet and will continue to work on the fundamentals of competitive swimming.  This program is the second part of a two-part program designed to slowly move swimmers from the pre-competitive level to the competitive levels.

This program is great for summer league swimmers, Country Club swimmers, or children advancing out of swim lessons.  In addition to working on correct stroke form of all four (4) competitive strokes and using starting blocks, swimmers will have the opportunity to participate in two (2) inter-squad swim meets at the YMCA.  Prerequisites for this program include the ability to swim one length of the pool (25 yards) on your stomach with rotary breathing and one length of the pool on your back. Each class session will be limited to 35 swimmers.

We offer this program at select times throughout the year; the program is open to youth ages 6-14.

Current Session

Schedule:
  • January 6–March 29, 2024
  • Fridays 6:15-7:15 PM
  • Sundays 12:00-1:00 PM
  • Sundays 4:00-5:00 PM
Swim Meet Dates:
  • Sunday, January 28, 2024 · 4:00-5:00 PM
  • Friday, February 23, 2024 · 6:15-7:15 PM
Fees:

Includes swim meets and t-shirts.

  • YMCA Members: $225
  • Community Guests: $330
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