Junior Squad

The Junior Squad is the third and penultimate stage of the Competitive Swimming program in K.R.S.C.  Entry into the Junior Squad is generally via the Development Squad of the club where it is hoped that swimmers will have developed a good understanding of competitive training and competition as well as the technical and physiological competence to move onto a more intensive level of training.

To progress from the Development Squad into the Junior Squad the following times will be used for consideration when reviewing squad progression - 2 Silver Times and 2 Gold Times of which one Gold Time must be gained on Freestyle - click here to see the 50/100 metre consideration times.

Any movement of swimmers will also be at the Squad Coach's discretion.

Although the emphasis in the Junior Squad is strongly based upon Education and Technique of skills, there is in addition an increase of intensity in the workload and an increase of expectation in training performance.

Swimmers in this Squad will be expected to enter all competitive outlets that are offered to them in order to gain the appropriate experience and to have the opportunity to test their level of improvement.  This will involve Club and Inter-Club competitions as well as Open Meets, County (Surrey) and Regional (London Swimming) Championships.  Please take on the responsibility to keep a track of dates of competitions, entry qualification times for different events and also closing dates.  This will make all of our lives a lot easier and also ensure that you get to compete at the level that you deserve to be.

In the same vein it is also imperative that you keep records of all your Personal Best times, not only must you know them for competitive entries but you need to know what you are aiming to beat in training so that you can set yourself some realistic goals.

Click here for the Junior Squad training sessions

There are two levels of commitment - Silver and Gold with a global quarterly fee of £85 or £95 respectively.  Silver entitles you to swim four of the five sessions plus the land training whilst Gold entitles you to swim all five sessions, land training and one morning session at the Kingfisher (from 6.00am to 8.00am).  On progressing to the Junior Squad it is anticipated that you will commit to Silver for the first quarter at least but should you wish to take Gold, do please discuss this with Katy Rydquist and confirm your decision at the Desk.

For a progression from the Junior Squad into the Senior Squad, decisions will be based on personal best times achieved in a spread of events, and commitment to training and competition will also be considered.  Any movement of swimmers will be at the Squad Coaches' discretion and we must believe that the swimmer is ready to cope with yet another increase in workload.

As well as hat, goggles, swimwear, drinks bottle, float and pullbuoy, swimmers will need to have a pair of Zoomers for their sessions - these are available from the club shop.  The Desk on Friday Club night will be able to help you with your requirements.

Should you have any questions or require further information about any matters relating to either the Junior Squad or K.R.S.C. in general then please do not hesitate to contact any of the Club Coaches.