New Year, New Squad Names
With the New Year well and truly with us, we're making some changes to squad names to make it clear what the Performance Stream is all about. The names aren't changing much, but it should add a little clarity. For the most part we are simply swapping the word "Phase" with the new name "Performance".
- Phase 5 becomes Performance 5
- Phase 4 becomes Performance 4
- Phase 3 becomes Performance 3
- We're creating a new squad called Performance 2
- Phase 2 becomes Performance 1
Many people have called them P1-5 for years anyway, in which case there's only a small change at the start of the pathway where we are introducing a new squad.
The new Performance 2 squad will be a cut-down version of Performance 3. It recognises the fact that some of our feeder clubs wish to continue having regular interaction with their younger swimmers up until they join Performance 4. This new squad will allow swimmers from those clubs to pick any three of the Performance 3 sessions and augment them with a couple of feeder club sessions to make up the recommended five.
This also has the advantage of avoiding clashes with feeder club sessions. Swimmers should therefore be able to attend the full, recommended quantity of five sessions by picking a selection that don't clash. It is recommended that Saturday morning is attended by everyone though, as this gives an easy introduction to early morning training prior to the more intense environment of P4.
For optimal development we still recommend all five Performance 3 sessions, but this new structure should work with some of our clubs better.
Our Competitive Stream (A, B, and C squads) remain unchanged.
Other than a small name change there are no alterations to training times in any way. Everyone should continue as before, just recognise the name change.
