Why should your child join our swim team?

• Swimming is FUN!
• Confidence that your child is constantly getting safer in the water
• Swimming enhances brain function
• Swimming helps kids sleep better
• Swimming is a great low impact sport
• Teamwork is a valuable life lesson
• It sets a great fitness pattern that can last a lifetime
• It’s a boost to overall health and well-being

How the Cascade Killer Whales Swim Team Works:

• Our swim team is led by our Head Coach Will Smith.
• Swimmers must provide their own goggles. If you do not have goggles, you can purchase a pair at the front desk.
• Kids tryout for swim team with our head coach at no charge.

Junior Swim Team

 Jr. swim team is for swimmers who have passed level 5/6 group lessons or who are able to swim 25yrds of freestyle breathing to the side and 25yrds of backstroke. This is decided by our head coach after the child tries out for the team.
If the child does not pass the tryout, you will be given options to progress the swimmers skills to work towards joining the team.
    Jr. swim team is a entry level team that focuses on building the swimmers stroke skills and techniques. Swimmers on Jr. swim team are working towards meeting and surpassing individual goals to compete in swim meets and eventually move up to our Sr. swim team.

Senior Swim Team
   Swimmers that have progressed or have been placed into Sr. swim team at tryouts will be working on improving and refining all strokes, developing powerful swimming by utilizing enhanced stroke and breathing techniques, and increasing stamina.
    Sr. swimmers are required to compete in at least one swim meet a year.
Practices: Swimmers can attend all practice days or a combination of days that work for their schedule. 

Swim team cost: swim team memberships include regular facility access outside of scheduled practice times during open swim hours. 

Junior: $45/month

Senior: $55/month

 

Meet our Head Swim Coach - Will Smith

Will grew up in Southern Idaho and swam competitively beginning around age 8, continuing through high school. He swam in both a small league called Sagebrush Swim Legue (Similar to 4 Rivers that Cascade Swim Team is a part of) and USA Swimming. He later dabbled on a club water polo team at the University of Idaho. Will moved to Valley County in 2008 and has been swimming at the Cascade Rec Center since its
construction.
"The thing I like about coaching swimming is the journey – we don’t know at the beginning what the end is going to look like. Kids may start as a shy, timid person, and they become a strong capable individual
because of all the ups and downs, highs and lows, and victories and defeats along the way. Swimming teaches us much more than simply propelling oneself through water. It teaches discipline, resilience through failure, and the value of consistency and dedication. I am proud to be a part of this great group of young athletes and their supportive families who encourage them to chase their dreams." -Will