Swim Team Ready?
Swim Team Readiness
Our summer swim team ranges in age from 4-18 years old.
All *new* swimmers ages 8 & under will be required to attend a readiness evaluation prior to starting practice.
Is my child ready for swim team?
To be eligible to participate on the swim team, children need to be able to perform certain swimming skills. We realize that not all children will be ready to compete in races at the time of the evaluation; however, for safety reasons, prior to the start of practice all swimmers must be able to:
- Stay at the side of the pool with one hand on the wall and listen to and follow directions
- Swim the length of Livorna Pool (25 meters, or about 75 feet) without assistance of any kind (lane lines, floaties, parent/coach, etc.) - this does not have to be any formal stroke, they just have to be able to move effectively through the water for 25 meters
Swimmers do NOT need to know how to swim any of the four competitive strokes (Freestyle, Breaststroke, Backstroke, Butterfly) to join the team - we will teach them!
The coach reserves the right to make a final decision as to whether a child is ready for swim team. If your child cannot complete the above tasks, we encourage you to enroll them in our Junior Dolphins Learn-to-Swim Summer Program.
You can find answers to FAQs here or feel free to contact us with more questions about joining swim team!
Development Clinic
Do you have a swimmer who is almost ready to join the swim team but cannot yet swim 25 meters (the length of Livorna Pool) independently?
For the past three years, we have been able to offer a Development Clinic specifically for swimmers who are not quite swim team ready, but likely could be so by April with some extra help in March. This clinic is open to age 4 and older, but is specifically for swimmers who are hoping to join our full team the same summer (i.e. this is different from our Junior Dolphins program, which runs for one session each summer in June and July. If your child does not yet know how to swim, they are not eligible for Development Clinic.)
Development Clinic 2026 IS NOW FULL.
Development Clinic has been very successful, and we hope to continue to offer it in future years! This will depend on coach availability. Check back in January 2027 to see if we are able to offer Development Clinic in March 2027!