Maroon Group – Ages 6-10
this is an entry-level developmental group with a focus on fun and camaraderie through swimming. The emphasis is on perfecting freestyle and backstroke technique and mastering the basics of the butterfly and breaststroke strokes.

Requirements to Enter Maroon Group
Swimmers must be able to complete each of the following:

• Swim 50 yards of freestyle demonstrating rotary breathing
• Swim 25 yards of continuous legal backstroke
• Demonstrate basic butterfly and breaststroke skills
• Tread water for 1 minute

Practice Attendance
For regular improvement, swimmers are encouraged to attend all 3 practices offered per week.

Meet Attendance
Swimmers are required to attend three YMCA meets throughout the season and the end of the season championships, meets will be recommended by the group coach.

Goals of the Maroon Group
to be considered for placement into the Green group swimmers should be able to complete all of the following:

• Display a forward racing dive from a starting block
• Display an ability to consistently push off underwater and streamline effectively
• Display the ability to go 5 yards of underwater dolphin kick in a streamline body position
• Display a basic understanding of how a pace clock works and is used

Swimmers ages 11 and older that have not successfully demonstrated all of the goals of the group should enroll in either the Stroke and Turn class or Swim Lesson programs at the YMCA.