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The Kansas City Blazers Swim Team offers training and practice groups for swimmers of all ages and ability levels. It is the goal of the Kansas City Blazers Swim Team to offer age specific training for all of our athletes geared towards challenging each individual and developing each individual to the best of THEIR abilities.
Please call us at 913-362-2127 to schedule a tryout, or Click Here to send us an email request for more information.
In keeping with our philosophy of providing a well-rounded and quality competitive swimming program for swimmers of all ages and abilities, the Kansas City Blazers offer professional technique instruction and training. The program is divided into smaller practice groups (described below) based on skill level and commitment. This allows practices to be geared toward the individual needs of each swimmer. Program fees vary based on practice groups and participation.
All of our programs are offered at six different pool sites in the area.
NOVICE
Requirements: Must be able to swim 25 yards of freestyle and 25 yards of backstroke. Proficient form is not required. Swimmer must be able to pay attention to coach instruction. Swimmer must be 6 years or older.
Group Emphasis: The main focus in this group will be on increasing efficiency of freestyle and backstroke and teaching breaststroke and butterfly. Start and turn technique will be introduced.
Expectations: Practice session are 1 1/2 hour, twice weekly.
BLUE
Requirements: Swimmer should be able to legally swim freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly.
Group Emphasis: The groups primary concentration will be on advancing stroke technique in all four strokes with the addition of interval sets to better prepare them for the next level. A continuation of start and turn work also be emphasized. Flip turns should be implemented at every wall for freestyle and backstroke and perform legal turns for butterfly and breaststroke and individual medley transitions. Swimmers should begin developing leadership skills in the pool and during stretches and exercises.
Expectations: Practice session are 1 1/2 hour, three to four times per week.
ADVANCED BLUE
Requirements: Swimmers demonstrate endurance, proficiency, commitment, leadership and meet performance exceeding Blue level.
Group Emphasis: The emphasis of this group will be stroke mechanics with further introduction to competition, training, starts, turns, and dry land exercise. Swimmers should be willing to learn about themselves and their potential capabilities by working towards achieving the challenges set before them. They should have the desire to improve their swimming. Swimmers should encourage themselves and others to work hard, listen carefully to instructions, and demonstrate a positive attitude about swimming. The concepts of training and race preparation are introduced in this group.
Expectations: Practice session are 2 hour, four to five times weekly.
GOLD
Requirements: This group consists of the most skilled and experienced age group swimmers and places an emphasis on serious training for competition. Swimmers at this level strive to rank among the top swimmers in the nation in their age groups.
Group Emphasis: The Gold Group is a "bridge" between the Blue Program (Novice, Blue and Advanced Blue) and the Elite Group. Gold swimmers are generally swimmers who are committed enough to the sport to practice at least four times (out of six available). The priorities in the Gold Group are skill development and physical conditioning, along with the development of mental training and race preparation concepts. Gold swimmers are expected to participate in LSC championship meet competition.
Expectations: Practice session are 2hour and 45 min, five to six times weekly.
Senior Group
The Senior Group will be comprised of high school athletes (grades 9-12) of varying levels who share the common traits like the love of the sport of swimming and a desire to achieve excellence and a higher level and standard of swimming. It will provide an intermediate step to the Elite Group, and while not everyone will move on to the Elite Group the program will give swimmers the level of training needed to achieve that goal. This group will be located at 2 pools, Roeland Park Aquatic Center and Blue Valley West High School. The Senior Group will have a schedule of Monday-Saturday workouts. The workouts will be modeled after the Elite workouts, but scaled down and /or modified as per the instructions of the Senior coach.
ELITE
Requirements: This group consists of the highest level with the KC Blazer team structure. Swimmers earn their position in the group by demonstrating the necessary dedication to acheive their maximum potential as a competitive swimmer and young adult. It is the purpose of this program to provide a national class environment of training and competition. Up to twelve practice sessions are offered each week and the attendance requirements vary according to the individual.
Group Emphasis: Swimming is a very high priority in your life, striving for personal excellence and Elite level performance. Swimmer should be able to handle time management of their swim schedule and schoolwork. They demonstrate good team sportsmanship by helping your teammates reach their goals by your positive encouragement and actions. Elite swimmers are those with Sectional qualifying times in events they practice between six - eleven times per week, including significant cross training with dry land activities. Elite swimmers strive to participate at the National level.
MASTERS
The Kansas City Blazers Masters Swim Team is part of an international group of athletes that make swimming a part of their life. Masters swimming is the largest and fastest growing adult sport in the United States. Many different people swim Masters, from those trying to become more proficient in the water to competitive swimmers to triathletes to multi-sport athletes to swimmers that are looking for more structure than just swimming laps. Everyone that is intered in making swimming a part of their life is welcome.
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