2025-2026 Season
September 8th-March 27th
Click here to view: All Practices Schedule
**Families of Officials that volunteer throughout the season receive a monthly discount**
As a reminder, we do NOT have practice requirements for our groups (besides older USA swimmers). The days listed for each group is only offerings!
Minis
The Minis group is an introductory group that practices 2-5 times a week for 45 minutes at each practice. This group will emphasize building stroke technique in all 4 strokes while fostering a love of competitive swimming.
Prerequisites: Open to all swimmers ages eight and under (before 3/2/2026) who can complete 25 yards of non-stop freestyle with side breathing and 25 yards of non-stop backstroke. Swimmers should also have a strong understanding of butterfly and breaststroke.
Practice times: Pawtucket: Mondays, Wednesdays 5:30pm-6:15pm. MacColl: Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays 5:15pm-6pm.
Age Group 1
The Age Group 1 group is an introductory group for children 9 and over (before 3/2/2026) that practices 2-5 times a week for 45 minutes at each practice. The emphasis with this group is similar to that of our Minis, and will also introduce more elements that build and increase endurance.
Prerequisites: Open to swimmers ages nine and over who can complete 50 yards of non-stop freestyle with side breathing and 50 yards of non-stop backstroke. Swimmers should also have a strong understanding of butterfly and breaststroke.
Practice times: MacColl: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 5:15pm-6pm. Pawtucket: Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:30pm-6:15pm.
Age Group 2
The Age Group 2 group is an intermediate group that practices 5 times a week for 60 minutes per practice. This transition group prepares swimmers for more intensive and set orientated training following our developmental groups. Swimmers in this group have an understanding of the technical fundamentals of each stroke and have prior swim meet experience. Swimmers in this group will continue to progress their stroke technique and begin to learn fast paced sets and intervals.
Prerequisites: Swimmers in this group can swim a 300 freestyle non-stop, 200 backstroke and complete a 50 of legal butterfly and breaststroke. They also are able to understand the pace clock and send themselves independently on intervals.
Practice times: MacColl: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 6pm-7pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays 7pm-8pm.
Juniors
The Junior group is designed for our most advanced and committed swimmers between the ages of 9 and 13. This group practices 3 times a week for 90 minutes per practice, 2x a week for 120 minutes per practice, and 2 dryland practices a week for 45 minutes per practice. This group will continue to focus on technique in all four strokes with a primary focus on training the aerobic energy system.
Prerequisites: Swimmers in this group are able to swim a 500 freestyle warm-up, 300 backstroke, and a 100 of breaststroke and butterfly. Swimmers must be able to complete legal turns for all four strokes, pull outs in breaststroke, racing starts off of the blocks, and have an advanced understanding of the pace clock.
Practice times: MacColl: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 7pm-8:30pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays 6pm-8pm.
Seniors
The Senior group is for committed and goal-oriented high school aged athletes. This group practices 3 times a week for 90 minutes per practice, 2x a week for 120 minutes per practice, and 2 dryland practices a week for 45 minutes per practice. This group will focus on stroke refinement, aerobic training, and strength building.
Prerequisites: Swimmers in this group are able to swim an 800 Freestyle, 500 backstroke, and a 200 of breaststroke and butterfly.
Practice times: MacColl: MacColl: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 7pm-8:30pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays 6pm-8pm.
USA Swimming
USA Swimming gives our athletes more competitive opportunities against a higher level of competition. We are offering USA Swimming to swimmers in our Age Group 2, Juniors and Senior group that have made USA qualifying time standards. Because this is a choice made by the swimmer and coaching staff to compete at a higher level, we will be imposing a 50% practice attendance requirement in order to attend meets. YMCA teams offer a unique opportunity to swim dual meets, specialty meets, and USA swim meets.
High School Prep & Swim Academy
Please reach out for more information!
