Parent Orientation meeting:  Monday, May 5, at 6:30 p.m.

Practice will begin the week of May 12, 2025 .  Our season concludes after our final meet of the season…Normally the last weekend of July or the first week of August.

All Swim Team Members must be current Greater Scranton YMCA members.

BLUE PRACTICE:  This practice focuses on teaching the four competitive strokes, starts & turns & improving technique for those new to competitive swimming or our younger swimmers with 1-2 years of competitive team experience.

• Monday, Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday:  6:30-7:30 pm  & Saturdays 7:30 – 8:30 am

WHITE PRACTICE:  For the more dedicated swimmer who is proficient in all four competitive strokes, starts & turns.  Swimmers should have a minimum of 3-4 years of competitive experience.  Our coaches will determine which swimmers are ready for the longer practice sessions.

• Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday:  6:30-8:00 pm & Saturday 7:30-9:00 am

***any week that we have a Summer League swim meet on a Wednesday night, there will not be practice on that Wednesday.  If there is a Saturday meet, then there will not be practice on that Saturday.

Fees:  The season fees are shown below.  The fees can be paid in full OR automatic drafts can be set up as shown below:

• Blue Practice Payment in Full (due when registering):  $240
• Blue Practice Automatic Monthly Drafts (3 payments):  $80
• White Practice Payment in Full (due when registering):  $294
• White Practice Automatic Monthly Drafts (3 payments):  $98
• Draft Dates for Automatic Payments from the account of your choice:
  • 1st Draft:  When Registering
  • 2nd Draft:  June 1, 2025
  • 3rd Draft:  July 1, 2025

There is a $25 Summer Booster fee for each family.  This should be paid when registering your swimmer(s).  This is used to cover coaches travel expenses for any away meets, any equipment (stopwatches, printer ink, etc needed for home meets and also to cover our end of season Swim Team Picnic.

This practice is for the more dedicated swimmer who is proficient in all four competitive strokes, starts and turns.  Swimmers should have a minimum of 3 to4 years of competitive experience.  Our coaches will determine which swimmers are ready for longer practice sessions.

Our practices will begin on Monday, May2, 2025, and the White Practice will meet on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursdays 6:30-8:30pm and Saturdays 7:30am-9:00am.  We will have a Parent Orientation on Monday, May 5, 2025 at 6:30pm in the YMCA Lobby (our Cafe).  At this meeting you will meet our coaches and our Competitive Corrdinator.i

This two-week program is designed to introduce beginner swimmers to various aspects of competitive swimming, and more advanced swimmers will work on stroke refinement for the  four competitive strokes along with swim drills, stroke technique, starts and turns.  This program is offered to swimmers of all ages 6 thru 18.

Swimmers who will be new to competitive swimming must be able to:

• Swim 1 length of the pool (25 yards) on both their front & back
• Be comfortable in deep water
• Be able to jump into deep water, resurface & swim pool length without stopping
• Be comfortable with their face in the water.  Swim goggles are permitted, but no swim masks that cover eyes & nose)

We will separate clinic participants into three levels based upon their swimming ability.  We will primarily focus on the 4 competitive strokes (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke & butterfly) and, if time permits, starts & turns.

Our Summer Booster Club Family Fee is used to provide extras for our swim team members  to help make the swim team summer season rewarding for our swimmers.  These funds would be used to purchase any equipment needed to conduct our meet such as stopwatches, printer ink, equipment replacement if needed, etc.  These funds are also used to provide any team spirit event for the swimmers as well as our end of summer team picnic.

This fee is per family whether you have one swimmer or four swimmers on our team.