Smyrna Sharks

Rookie Head Coach - 

Rookie Coordinator - Julie Smith, [email protected]

Rookie Program Details - For our younger or less experienced swimmers who are not ready for team competition, we have our Rookie program.  Rookies practice daily, Monday through Friday, for 30 minutes in the month of June.  

Athletes that participate in the Rookie program:

• All 4 year olds (minimum age for the competitive team is 5 years as of 5/31)
• Any 5-8 year olds that are not able to pass the assessment to qualify for the competitive team.  
• If your child is 9 or older and can not make the team, we recommend they get swim lessons so they can pass the assessment.  

What is an assessment?

• The assessment consists of being able to swim one lap (25 yards) of freestyle, unassisted, and one lap of backstroke, unassisted.
• The determination for passing the assessment will be made by the coaches and board members, all of whom have decades of combined experience in determining whether or not a particular athlete is ready to swim on the competitive team.
• Assessments typically occur the first week of practice, to be announced each season.

Schedule- See schedule tab. 

• A signup genius will be sent out in mid to late May so you can choose your practice time. 

Makeups

• If practice is cancelled due to weather or an act of God, there will be no makeups. 
• If you miss practice because of a camp or vacation, there will be no makeups. 
• For rookies who practice at night, you will miss 4 evening practices due to swim meets.  We will makeup 2 of these at the beginning of the season on 5/30 & 5/31.  The other 2 can be made up by attending 2 additional practices which can either be in the morning or at night as long as there is space available.