Donald Swimming operates a year-round squad program with sessions being offered both morning, afternoon, and evening six days a week. Donald Swimming offers Junior, Intermediate, Senior and Adult Squad programs by our ASCTA accredited squad coaches. All squad programs are designed to develop competitive swimmers and prepare them for racing at inter house school and district carnivals, along with, club regional, state and national swimming meets. Squad programs are result driven with the aim around individual athlete improvement.
Junior Squad is designed for swimmers who are new to squad swimming and are looking to improve their competitive swimming technique across all four strokes, race starts, turns, and finishes, preparing for school inter house and district school swimming carnivals. This program focuses primarily on swimmers’ technique and developing a understanding competitive swimming. Junior squad swimmers train for 1hr per session.
Intermediate Squad is for swimmers competing at school-based district and regional level swimming carnivals as well as Brisbane Region qualifying meets. This program is based around general aquatic fitness, developing strokes and competitive swimming speed. Intermediate squad swimmers train for 1.5hr per session
Senior Squad program is for swimmers competing at Queensland State level championships, Swimming Australia National championships, Queensland Schools State championships and Australian School National championships. This program is results driven with emphasis around athlete development, focusing on competitive speed, technique, and athletic conditioning to prepare swimmers to compete at elite level swimming competitions. Senior squad swimmers train for 1.5hr-2hr per session.