Frankfort Area Swim Team will require all swim team members to sign a nine-month team contract each year the swimmer competes for FAST.  The contract will run for nine months beginning with September.   For months not covered under contract, swimmers may continue to swim with FAST with a monthly payment.

Application and Annual Fee Due in September
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Age Range:  5 – 10

Attendance Requirement: None
Swimming Skill Requirement:

• Flutter kick using a kickboard
  
• Kick on back without assistance for 25 yards
  

Practice Schedule: Once per week.
Practice Duration: 45-60 minutes swimming
Group Emphasis:

• Developing freestyle and backstroke technique with an introduction to breaststroke and butterfly.
  
• Introduction to the 100 IM (individual medley)
  
• Introduction to using the pace clock
  

*PUPS do not compete in Swim Meets

Age Range:  5 – 12

Attendance Requirement: None
Swimming Skill Requirement:

• Proficient in freestyle and backstroke
  

Practice Schedule: Three times per week.
Practice Duration: 60 - 75 minutes swimming
Yardage Per Practice: 1,500 - 2,500 yards
Group Emphasis:

• Increasing the efficiency of freestyle and backstroke
  
• Teaching breaststroke and butterfly so the swimmers will have four legal strokes
  
• Teaching  more advanced start and turn technique
  
• Introduction to interval sets and clock reading.  

Age Range:  9 – 13

Attendance Requirement: Three times per week
Swimming Skill Requirement:

• Proficient in freestyle and backstroke
  

Practice Schedule: Three times per week.
Practice Duration: 90 minutes swimming
Yardage Per Practice: 2,000 - 3,000 yards
Group Emphasis:

• Stroke mechanics
  
• Further introduction to competition
  
• Interval training
  
• Starts and turns
  
• Dry land exercises

Age Range:  11 and Older

Attendance Requirement:  Three times per Week
Swimming Skill Requirement:

• 12 & Under must have a minimum of 4 State ‘A’ times for the previous season.
  

Practice Schedule: Five times per week.
Practice Duration:

• 60  minutes dryland/stretching - Twice per Week
  
• 90 - 120 minutes swimming
  

• 30 minutes dryland/stretching twice per week, 1-1/2 to 2 hours swimming
  

Yardage Per Practice: 3,500 - 6,000 yards
Group Emphasis:

• Stroke technique
  
• Increase training endurance
  
• Develop intense interval training
  
• Starts and turns
  
• Goal setting
  
• Mental training
  
• Introduction of heart rate use
  
• Race strategy
  
• Importance placed on conditioning