The Grand Junction Dolphins offer training and practice groups for swimmers of all ages and ability levels. It is the goal of the Grand Junction Dolphins to offer age specific training for all of our athletes geared towards challenging each individual and developing each individual to the best of THEIR abilities.
Please call us at 260-8459 to schedule a tryout, orClick Hereto send us an email request for more information.
Grand Junction Dolphin Team Structure
Groups are divided by age and ability, there is some overlap between the group above and below in ability skill, and knowledge. Coaches make group changes between seasons, once between Short Course in March and again in August at the end of Long Course.
Age group Swimmers move through series of progressions from learning skills
To learning to train
To learning to race
To learning to win
Our competitive program is designed to promote these progressions. The cornerstone of our program faces the longest freestyles and IMs. These two races embody all of the emphasized points/progressions noted above.
Swimmers are expected to commit to:
Self Improvement Group Improvement Team Building
USA Swimming, Inc/Colorado Swimming, Inc Memberships
All swimmers need to join USA Swimming, Inc along with Colorado Swimming, Inc. A joint membership to the organizations is a combined $56 per year, Sept to Dec of the following year. The Season One memberships cover April thru Aug for the current year at $31 for new swimmers starting in the spring to cover them until Sept.
Memberships provide swimmers being entered in a National data base qualifying them for completions, camps, and meets. The athlete will receive mailings of “Splash” magazine as well as special events, through email blasts.This is also a secondary insurance for practice and swim meets. It does not cover diving boards; therefore we will not be using the boards for “fun”.
Red Group is the first level of Dolphins, swimmers ages 6 -11 yrs old.
2-3 practices per week$60 Monthly dues
Group Focus/Purpose:
1.Knowledge of all four competitive strokes. May not be legal in strokes but understands concepts of each.
2.Able to swim 1 pool length of free and back with ease, is comfortable on back and has coordinated breathing with free.
3.Will listen to a verbal explanation of a skill and physically translate it.
Black Group is the second level of Dolphins, swimmers 8 -12 yrs old.
2-4 practices per week$70 Monthly dues
Group Focus/Purpose:
1.Refine skill sets for all four competitive strokes
2.Read a clock and perform a set with 8 to 10 repetitions on an interval
3.Develop the confidence to compete!
White Group is the third level of Dolphins, swimmers 9-14yrs old.
3-5 practices per week$70 Monthly dues
Group Focus/Purpose:
1.Learn to train, understand sets with different intervals, distances and effort levels in training
2.Continue to refine all four competitive strokes
3.Compete! Swim longest age group races for all strokes, including IM
Bronze Group is the first level of truly competitive training aspect of the Dolphins, swimmers are 11-15yrs old committed to 4-6 practices a week.$100 Monthly dues
Group Focus/Purpose:
1.Training to learn how to race.
2.Compete in all strokes and distances
3.Knowledge of training, times, intervals, race times and splits. Correlation of all of these.
Silver Group is the next level of “senior” level swimmers; members of this group have chosen swimming as “their sport” and are aspiring to compete at the highest level that they can.They are willing to train a minimum of 6 practices a week.$110 Monthly dues
Group Focus/Purpose:
1.Train with a commitment to excellence.
2.Strive to attain and achieve at the highest level of competition that they can.
3.Live their “dreams” of becoming an excellent competitive swimmer.
