Additional Information

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Tryouts will be held at 5 pm (over by 7 pm) Tuesday, July 23 at Morristown-Beard School (70 Whippany Road, Morristown). If there is still room within the program after the July 23 tryouts, there may be a Supplemental Tryout at 4:30 pm (over by 6 pm) on Tuesday, September 3, at Newark Academy (91 South Orange Avenue, Livingston).

Directions to each facility are on the team website.

For the Winter 2013-2014 Session, Elite has approximately 15 beginner level openings. Scarlet-Elite will have very limited room for swimmers not yet ready for competition within a “Pre-Elite” program which program is meant to bridge the gap between swimmers not quite ready for competitive swimming and the competitive team. Pre-Elite will be offered from Monday, Sept 9 thru Wednesday, November 13 and will be held Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays. Swimmers from Pre-Elite will have 1st entry opportunities into Elite (possibly during the Winter 2013-14 Session, if openings occur). 3-6 openings are available at Pre-Elite this fall.

There are also 3-8 roster spaces available at each of the 7 training group levels.

For the competitive team, advanced beginner level practices are held Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm at Newark Academy and on Sundays from 1:15 to 2:00 pm at Morristown-Beard School (Marlin Teal and Marlin Black training groups). Schedule varies for more advanced swimmers (see practice schedule on the team website).

Questions: Email Scarlet-Elite Divisional Head Coach Bill Deatly at [eliteswimclubnj@comcast.net](mailto:eliteswimclubnj@comcast.net)

Elite does NOT have a formal attendance policy in the Age Group Program (generally swimmers 7 to 15). Swimmers can come to practice as often as they wish and no swimmer is ever penalized for not attending practice.

However, for a swimmer to be considered for promotion into the next higher training group, an Age Group swimmer (Marlins and Wavebusters) must attend 70% of the practices (and 85% if the swimmer is up for consideration for the Senior Training Program) held for their training group.

Why?

Improvement is not coincidental, a miracle or simply happens because a swimmer gets older. Improvement happens as a result of hard work at practice. Those swimmers who attend practice more often are going to improve at a faster rate and will be in better condition to handle the heavier daily workload a higher training group will demand of them.

This way is also the fairest way; a swimmer earns their promotion thru their commitment to practice and practicing hard (not thru politics or a change in the calendar). The life lesson taught thru this system is extraordinary: work hard and you will succeed (both with faster times and with a promotion).

If a swimmer comes to 1 more practice a week from September thru July, they attend approximately 40 more practices a year—which is equivalent to more than 1 more month of training each year!!!

While some swimmers do average 95-100% attendance, the average Elite swimmer attends approximately 75-80% of practices offered for their training group.

Elite is set up like a school system: elementary, middle school/high school, and college levels equate nicely to the Pre-Elite & Marlins (elementary), Wavebuster (middle/high school), and Senior (college) Programs.

Pre-Elite Program

Many swimmers new to the sport just need "pool time" to work on their stroke technique and conditioning/endurance. Pre-Elite is meant to be the bridge between "learn to swim" swimmers and "competitive" swimmers.

There are 3 levels within Pre-Elite: Pre-Marlin Teal, Pre-Marlin Black and Pre-Wavebuster Teals. The coaches work with swimmers at these levels to transition the swimmer into Elite's training groups of Marlin Teal, Marlin Black and Wavebuster Teal (see descriptions below).

While Pre-Elite swimmers can earn the right to promotion into these training groups at anytime, swimmers are usually moved at the beginning of the next training cycle. Swimmers from Pre-Elite will have a priority in entering the Elite Swim Club.

Age Group Program

Marlin Teals: beginner swimmers new to the sport. Basic body balance (in the water), stroke technique and stroke mechanics are the main focus of this training group.

Marlin Blacks: next level up; beginner swimmers who have mastered basic body balance (in the water), stroke technique and stroke mechanics. Review of all previous skills plus introduction of more advanced skills are the main focus of this training group. More conditioning (more laps per practice) is added as the training session evolves.

Wavebuster Teals: accomplished swimmer who is ready for conditioning to be a significant focus of practice. More advanced skills are promoted early in the training session and review of past and new skills are done on a daily basis. Counsilman Training System (trains both the aerobic-endurance and anaerobic-speed energy systems in each swimmer) in begun in this training group.

Wavebuster Blacks: reasonably competitive swimmer who is on the verge of being very committed to the sport of swimming. Stroke technique and mechanics are refined every day, but conditioning is main focus of each practice. Counsilman Training System is in full swing in this training group.

Wavebuster Golds: seriously competitive swimmer who is very committed to the sport. Stroke technique and mechanics are refined every day, but conditioning is main focus of each practice. Counsilman Training System is foundation of practice, with stroke technique being further refined.

Senior Program

Senior Preps: seriously competitive swimmer who is very committed to the sport. Attendance of 85% of practices held is expected. Counsilman Training System, underwater swimming and minor stroke refinements are major focuses of this training group. These swimmers are preparing for entry into the Senior Training Group.

Seniors: Elite's most competitive and committed swimmers. Attendance of 85% of practices held is expected. Swimmers are among the top swimmers in the state. Counsilman Training System, underwater swimming and minor stroke refinements are major focuses of this training group. Seniors have represented Elite at the regional, national and international level.

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