Lower key swim team - Alexandria

[Anonymous]

I am looking for recommendations for year-round swimming for my six-year-old who will be in first grade next year. She is doing summer swim at our neighborhood pool but trying to research options for during the next school year. She is not ready for something really intense and specifically would benefit from something with a stroke development focus. Thanks in advance for suggestions!

[Anonymous]

To get you started

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1117805.page

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1110586.page

Short answer is - pick one close by and if she has friends who swim, consider going there. She is very young, so no club should expect more than twice a week for that age.

Check out https://www.pvswim.org/pvs_club.htm for a list of clubs. Don't pay attention to the level 1/2/3 seals in the righthand column, but ideally, you do want the club to be safesport certified (all parents and swimmers have taken online training about inappropriate behavior). However, the ones who are not safesport compliant might be working on theirs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To get you started

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1117805.page

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1110586.page

Short answer is - pick one close by and if she has friends who swim, consider going there. She is very young, so no club should expect more than twice a week for that age.

Check out https://www.pvswim.org/pvs_club.htm for a list of clubs. Don't pay attention to the level 1/2/3 seals in the righthand column, but ideally, you do want the club to be safesport certified (all parents and swimmers have taken online training about inappropriate behavior). However, the ones who are not safesport compliant might be working on theirs.

Super helpful - thank you very much!!! I tried to search and didn't find any of these.

[Anonymous]

Marlins are local and low key. NCAP alexandria tends to be more low key than the rest of NCAP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To get you started

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1117805.page

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1110586.page

Short answer is - pick one close by and if she has friends who swim, consider going there. She is very young, so no club should expect more than twice a week for that age.

Check out https://www.pvswim.org/pvs_club.htm for a list of clubs. Don't pay attention to the level 1/2/3 seals in the righthand column, but ideally, you do want the club to be safesport certified (all parents and swimmers have taken online training about inappropriate behavior). However, the ones who are not safesport compliant might be working on theirs.

Super helpful - thank you very much!!! I tried to search and didn't find any of these.

No problem. Here is more info on how it is all organized.

https://swimlikeafish.org/usa-swimmings-age-group-swimming-levels-explained

This took me well over a year to learn!