TMEC athletes will move through a three stage progression categorized as Stroke and Competition Readiness School, Competitive Training and Senior Level Training. While all of our groups will put a major emphasis on the technical aspects of the sport each of these three stages has different goals and focuses.
Stroke and Competition Readiness School
The seven groups that make up our Stroke Schools are Streamline, Kick , Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly and Turns. All Stroke Schools will practice five days a week but daily attendance will not be required. Be aware, however, that most swimmers progress much faster when they swim more often. Streamline, Kick, Free, and Back Schools will swim 30 minutes with a specific goal for each practice. Breast, Fly and Turn Schools will swim 45 minutes.
Competitive Group
Temecula Swim Team competitive groups are structured to ensure that each swimmer has the ability to swim with their peers, both in terms of age groups and by ability. The coaching staff will work very hard to ensure that each swimmer is in the best group for that individual. This section of the website has been designed to give you all the details of each group, and hopefully answer any questions. Please review the specific group information on the following pages.
Senior Level Groups
From competitive groups your swimmer will move on to our Senior Level Training groups. Senior Development and Senior are our two Senior Level groups. Entry to these last groups will be by coach selection and will require additional commitment.
Group Placements
On the following group pages, you will see all group details and the criteria for moving to other groups. The criteria for moving to groups will have three main parts. First will be the performance criteria. This will be focused on the racing performance of the swimmer, which means attending meets will be an important aspect. Second will be a training component. For most groups this will be test sets and certain intervals that a swimmer needs to be able to attain during practices. Coaches will monitor how swimmers perform in workouts and ensure that swimmers are able to train at these levels on a day-to-day basis and not in a one-time performance on a set. The third part of the criteria will be much more of a “gray” area. This will be such things as commitment, attitude while being part of the team, focus in workouts and more. While we can’t make this portion “black and white” as to what is expected, the coaching staff does commit to communicating with each swimmer and parents what they would be looking for if a change is needed on any level. While the coaching staff will look at all three of these categories when they consider moves from group to group, there will be times that it is in the best interest of the TEAM and the swimmers to make moves based on only one or two of the categories. Often times we will look at performance to determine those moves.
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