| Competition Swim Training Program | |
| Since
1992, children from the NATO Swim Club (NCS) have been swimming
as part of the SHAPE Seals International Swim Team. In the 2004-2005
swim season, the NSC had 28 swimmers registered with the SHAPE Seals,
of these, 14 had swimming skills which were good enough to take
them to the European Forces Swim League (EFSL) Championships in
Munich that year. In 2005 parents and swimmers alike decided there
was enough participation to make an own team, the NATO Marlins
International Swim Team
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| The
Competition Swim Training (CST) is provided in two swim seasons,
the CST Preparative Swim Season, conducted from March to August,
where the focus during the training sessions is on improvement
of swim techniques, physical fitness and endurance, and the CST
Competitive Swim Season, conducted from September to February
of the following year, where the swimmers under guidance of our
experienced coaches specifically prepare themselves for the various
competitive swim meets, which are usually held on the weekends
(see also the Tentative Swim Schedule
for the training sessions and The
Schedule for the swim meet events). To become member of the NATO Marlins International Swim Team and to compete in the EFSL, you/your child needs only have to have the desire to swim and the ability to swim 50 meters (2 lengths of the NATO pool) in one or more of the competitive strokes (Freestyle, Breaststroke, Backstroke and/or Butterfly). If you/your child come/s to the pool to practise regularly, we will do the rest! |
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