Welcome to the LJCC ‘Barracudas’ Aquatics Club. We’re excited that your swimmers want to be part of our team, and Coaches Miriam and John are excited to bring their combined 60+ years of teaching and coaching experience to bear on the season.
Send a note to aquatics@bhamjcc.org if you need help with registration or scholarships.
Training groups and fees
We will break swim practice into three different ability levels (white, green, and black) as we focus on teaching individual medley stroke refinement (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly). We will compete against other pool clubs in our community while doing our best to beat our individual best times.
White (ages 6 and under)
$95 for LJCC members/$125 non-members (scholarships are available)
- Requirements: Must complete 25 yards of freestyle and backstroke, and be able to do breaststroke and butterfly for a short distance.
- Skills taught: Streamline, proper head and body position, proper kick and pull patterns for all four strokes, plus starts and turns.
Green (ages 8 and under)
$115 for LJCC members/$155 non-members (scholarships are available)
- Requirements: Must be able to complete a legal 100 IM and 100 freestyle.
- Skills taught: Proper head and body position, proper technique for each stroke, continue technique development for starts and turns, introduction to swim intervals.
Black (ages 9 and up)
$125 for LJCC members/$165 non-members (scholarships are available)
- Requirements: Proficiency in all four strokes, starts, and turns. Basic understanding of interval training, along with the ability to do 10x 100 free in 1:40.
- Skills taught: Continue technique development for all strokes, turns, and dives. Continue interval training and intro into race strategy, aerobic and anaerobic training implemented.
Practice information
- Swimmers must wear appropriate swimming attire (no board shorts or two-pieces).
- Goggles and a towel are required.
- Swimmers with long hair must have hair pulled back with a swim cap.
- Swimmers cannot swim in the pool before practice.
- Swimmers must be suited and on deck on time for practice and ready to swim. We need to use every second of our limited time.
- Good behavior is expected from swimmers during practice. Swimmers are watched and evaluated on the characteristics of respect, responsibility, honesty, and caring. It is important for swimmers to maintain these characteristics throughout the year during practice and at swim meets. Coaches have the authority to remove disruptive swimmers.
The coaches
