{"id":8429,"date":"2019-11-26T04:34:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T04:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/south-orlando\/ready-for-swim-team-become-a-barracuda\/"},"modified":"2019-11-26T04:34:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T04:34:06","slug":"ready-for-swim-team-become-a-barracuda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/south-orlando\/ready-for-swim-team-become-a-barracuda\/","title":{"rendered":"READY FOR SWIM TEAM? BECOME A BARRACUDA!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-325 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/south-orlando\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2021\/02\/Slide1.png\" alt=\"Barracudas Swim Team logo\" width=\"720\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barracudas is the next step after your swimmer has mastered the goals of our Shark levels and is serious about wanting to be a better athlete!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will teach your child to swim distances and increase their speed and endurance, while continuing to refine their skills. The elite club will push and challenge your swimmer to be the best that they can be. Our coaches are some of the best stroke development instructors and have a passion for getting their swimmers to be the best athletes they can be!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>What are the <\/i><\/b><b><i>benefits<\/i><\/b><b><i> of being a Barracuda?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Build up swimmer&#8217;s endurance-<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Swimming for 60 minutes is not an easy workout. Your swimmer will experience long distance workouts and will learn how to pace themselves when given the challenge.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perfect environment to increase your swimmer&#8217;s technique-<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Due to the extended time, our swimmers have more time to apply the corrections given by their coach.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increase your swimmer&#8217;s speed- <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swimmers on Barracuda will participate in quarterly &#8220;swim meets&#8221;. They will be competing against themselves and will be challenged to beat their times each month.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Our Intangible benefits<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being part of a team<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Being a part of a healthy athletic team environment can boost self-esteem. Children learn to be confident in the pool and seeing their hard work pay off has a positive impact on them!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a natural stress reliever-<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Exercise is a great way for kids to loosen up and let go<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No other sport fits into the &#8220;individual&#8221; and &#8220;team&#8221; categories like swimming<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s FUN &#8211; <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The memories made playing youth sports will last a lifetime.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-326 \" src=\"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/south-orlando\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2021\/02\/Tryouts.png\" alt=\"Graphic for Barracudas Swim Team tryouts\" width=\"952\" height=\"535\" \/><\/li>\n<li><b><i>TRY OUTS<\/i><\/b>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will hold tryouts to qualify for the Barracudas Team the first week of December, during which the swimmers must demonstrate the goals listed below:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Backstroke 25 Yards<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freestyle 25 Yards<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Breaststroke 25 Yards<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Butterfly 254 Yards<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>When?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday, <\/span><b>December 2, 2019 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from <\/span><b>6:00 pm to 7:00 pm<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday, <\/span><b>December 4, 2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from <\/span><b>6:00 PM to 7:00 PM<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Where?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">24 Hour Fitness<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">850 W Osceola Pkwy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kissimmee, FL 34741<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First practice for those swimmers who qualify will be <\/span><b>Monday, January 6, 2020<\/b><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-327 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/south-orlando\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2021\/02\/Swim-Student-Barracuda.jpg\" alt=\"Child in a British Swim School Barracuda class swim cap smiling\" width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/li>\n<li><b><i>TEAM <\/i><\/b><b><i>PRACTICE<\/i><\/b><b><i> SCHEDULE<\/i><\/b>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mondays:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Blue Team<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 6 pm &#8211; 7 pm<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Red Team<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 7 pm &#8211; 8pm<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesdays:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Blue Team<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 6 pm &#8211; 7 pm<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Red Team<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 7 pm &#8211; 8 pm<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturdays:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Blue Team<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 10 am &#8211; 11 pm<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Red Team<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 11 am &#8211; 12 pm<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All practices are one hour long. Students will spend most of the allotted time in the water, but there may also be related activities and discussions that will take place outside the pool on deck.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What to bring:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All those who make the team will be provided with a Barracudas silicone swim cap and British Swim School swim googles. We suggest that our male swimmers wear a jammer and our female swimmers wear a one-piece bathing suite to help prevent drag. We will also have all necessary training aids at the pool.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>TEAM <\/i><\/b><b><i>TUITION<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Cost:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> $59 per week for 3 one-hour sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There will be <\/span><b>no makeups for any practice absences<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Students are encouraged to come to all three practices every week! Attendance of a minimum of two practices per week is highly recommended for continuous progress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Head <\/i><\/b><b><i>Coach<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">happy to announce that <\/span><b>Mr Josh will be our head coach for Barracudas!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Josh is one of our senior instructors and has a strong passion for teaching stroke development. Josh has experience in a competitive setting and will assemble an amazing team of coaches\/instructors that will help develop superstar swimmers into the competitive Barracudas they were meant to be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are super excited to see your poolside and hopefully have your super swimmer in our Barracudas Swim Team!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>GO BARRACUDAS!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Until next time,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The British Swim School Team\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barracudas is the next step after your swimmer has mastered the goals of our Shark levels and is serious about wanting to be a better athlete!\u00a0 We will teach your child to swim distances and increase their speed and endurance, while continuing to refine their skills. The elite club will push and challenge your swimmer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-8429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-swim-programs","tag-orlando-fl"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/south-orlando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/south-orlando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/south-orlando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/south-orlando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/south-orlando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/south-orlando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/south-orlando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/south-orlando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/south-orlando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/south-orlando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}