Senior

Our Senior group is set up around our high school athletes who want to continue to grow through commitment, hard work, and determination with RGVA. They can attend our morning practice, afternoon practice or both! The Senior group is great for any high school athlete at the District, Regional, or even State level. We encourage commitment to their high school team, and club team through equal communication and cooperation. This group is set up to compliment their dedication to their high school team, as well as set-up success for RGVA at the B-Champs, BB-Champs, and STAGS level.

Gold 2

Our Gold 2 group is set up for 13-15 years old who qualify for TAGS, and final at STAGS. This group is dedicated to the highest level of competition in the state of Texas. This group is set up to ensure these athletes have the skills and knowledge to perform at a high level in high school while executing high level technique.

Gold 1

Our Gold 1 group is set up for 10-12 years old who final at TAGS in their favorite events, and final at STAGS in other events. This group is dedicated to the highest level of competition in the state of Texas. This group is set up to ensure these athletes have workouts that are both physically and mentally challenging while keeping fun involved.

Silver 2

Our Silver 2 group is set up for 9-14 years old who aim to compete at B-Champs, BB Champs, and STAGS. This group is dedicated to teaching advanced drills, proper race strategy, and increasing endurance through aerobic training. Athletes in this group compete often and practice very frequently.

Silver 1

Our Silver 1 group is set up for 8-13 years old who aim to compete at B-Champs, and BB Champs. This group is dedicated to continue mastering all four competitive strokes and teaching proper technique for starts and turns. Athletes in this group compete often and come to practice regularly.

Bronze 2

Our Bronze 2 group is a beginner to competitive swimming group set up for 7-12 years old who are proficient in all four competitive strokes. This group emphasizes learning to swim with intervals, practicing good stroke technique, teamwork, and good lane etiquette. These athletes attend practice often and compete regularly.

Bronze 1

Our Bronze 1 group is our most beginner group set up for 7-10 years old who are learning freestyle and backstroke, and learning how to swim breast stroke and butterfly. This group emphasizes learning the basics for all strokes, learning how to do a dive from the side, or starting block, and practicing flip turns. These athletes attend practice often and compete regularly.

Our non-competitive program was started in the Fall of 2023. We wanted to provide a program for families that just wanted to swim for health benefits, or for those who wanted to swim, but not compete. Our focus is fun, fitness, and technique. All groups will develop endurance to be able to swim multiple laps, and learn all four competitive strokes.

Red- Our red group is our most beginner group and is at a similar level to our Bronze 1 group to our competitive program. In our Red group we will go over more basic fundaments such as floating, gliding, getting comfortable on your back, and simultaneous hand movement drills. Athletes will learn how to dive to the bottom of the pool and practice getting items from the floor.

White-Our white group is our novice group and is at a similar level to our Bronze 2 group in our competitive program. In our White group we will go over how to transition from front to back, side to side, and teach movements through a variety of jumping, pushing, and pulling techniques.

Blue-Our Blue group is our intermediate group and is at a slightly higher level to our Bronze 2 group in our competitive program. In our blue group athletes would swim multiple laps while learning how to appropriately move water in an efficient manner while floating. We will also teach movements such as flip-turns, starts, and open turns.

Our Developmental program practices 3x per week on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday for 30 minutes. We focus on teaching floating skills, sinking skills, moving water forward, backwards, and sideways in a fun manner with both hands and feet. Athletes will learn fun techniques that they can carry over into the competitive program as they age up or feel comfortable learning competitive techniques.