Pool Training Built for Nippers

 

DGSWIM Surf Squad is a pool-based swimming squad designed specifically for Nippers aged 8–14 years.

Unlike a traditional four-stroke swimming program, Surf Squad training is specifically designed around the demands of Nippers, surf swimming and open-water competition, with a strong emphasis on freestyle.

Swimmers develop their fitness, freestyle technique and swimming efficiency in the pool while also learning skills that have a direct application to racing in the surf.

 

Built for Surf Swimming

Surf Squad combines quality freestyle training with specific surf and open-water swimming skills.

Training includes:

• Open-Water Breathing

• Developing and refining breathing techniques suited to swimming in surf and open-water conditions.

• Wave Skills

• Learning swimming techniques used to negotiate and swim underneath incoming waves efficiently.

• Wash-Riding & Drafting

• Learning how to position behind or alongside other swimmers to take advantage of their wash, conserve energy and swim more efficiently.

• Race-Specific Endurance

• Swimming distances and training sets designed around the demands of Nippers swim competition races, rather than simply completing generic pool mileage.

• Freestyle Technique & Efficiency

• Developing an efficient freestyle stroke that swimmers can maintain under fatigue and in open-water conditions.

 

This isn't simply another swimming squad that Nippers can attend. It's a swimming squad specifically designed for Nippers.

 

Training Times

Monday–Friday 5:30am–6:30/6:45am

Sessions run for approximately 60–75 minutes, depending on the swimmer's age, level and training requirements.

With sessions available five mornings per week, swimmers have the flexibility to build their training around school, Nippers and other sporting commitments.

 

Surf Squad Membership

$43 per week — Attend up to 5 sessions per week

Surf Squad Membership provides access to up to five Surf Squad sessions each week for one weekly fee.

Swimmers can attend the mornings that suit their weekly schedule, providing families with flexibility while allowing swimmers who want to train more frequently to do so.

 

Once-Weekly Training

$25 per week

A once-weekly option is also available for swimmers who only wish to attend one Surf Squad session per week.

Once-weekly places are subject to availability.

 

For Current DGSWIM Families

Swimmers are welcome to combine morning Surf Squad sessions with afternoon Mainstream Squad sessions.

To help us manage lane numbers and maintain the quality of each session, swimmers attending afternoon Mainstream Squad will need to attend their nominated/regular afternoon training day(s).

If a swimmer needs to attend on a different afternoon, they are welcome to use one of the sessions listed on the DGSWIM Make-up Schedule.

This flexibility allows swimmers to move between Surf Squad and Mainstream Squad while ensuring we can maintain appropriate swimmer numbers and avoid overcrowding in individual lanes.