From The CVST Handbook - Carrollwood Village Swim Team

From The CVST Handbook
 
CARROLLWOOD VILLAGE SWIM TEAM
 
HISTORY & PURPOSE
 
The Carrollwood Village Swim Team (CVST) is a year-round competitive swim program, which swims under the guidance of USA Swimming, Inc, is affiliated with the Boys & Girls Clubs, is affiliated with the Carrollwood Country Club, through membership requirements and is affiliated with the Private Club League (PCL).  The purpose of the CVST organization is to select, train, and develop swimmers of various ages and abilities, ranging from younger and beginning swimmers to nationally ranked senior competitors.  While competition is important, the CVST Coaching Staff feels that self-discipline, sportsmanship, and the team camaraderie that swimming offers will be life long benefits to all participants.
        
CVST emerged as the top PCL team in the middle '70's before expanding to a year-round program and leaving the PCL.  Now CVST is recognized as having one of the finest year-round programs in the State of Florida and has rejoined the PCL.  The team was 150 members strong prior to the demolition of the old pool at Carrollwood, however during the construction of the new aquatic facilities at Carrollwood the team dropped to approximately 35 swimmers.  The program is currently growing each season.  CVST is at based out of the Carrollwood Country Club and all team members must also be members of the Club or grandchildren of Club members.
 
OBJECTIVES
 
The CVST program is designed by professional coaches interested in helping develop successful people as well as successful swimmers by:
 
  1. Providing opportunities for social and emotional development, as well as cultural and educational growth.
  2. Instilling an appreciation for the potential of high self-esteem, the value of hard work, and the importance of good sportsmanship. 
  3. Providing a high level of instruction, training and competition.
  4. Motivating young people to achieve the most from themselves, to be “the best they can be,” to reach their full potential.
 
TEAM STRUCTURE
 
Placement of each swimmer depends mainly on practice ability, but other factors include attitude, attendance, desire to improve, age, emotional maturity and space availability.  Each swimmer will be placed in the practice group that the Coaching Staff feels is appropriate for his or her current development.
 
Senior 1 - Designed especially for older swimmers proficient in all the strokes.  Dedication, desire, maturity and responsibility must be present to enable the swimmer to climb the ladder of success to national and international levels of competition.  Practice Requirements – 100% = all practices offered.  See Senior Calendar.
 
Senior 2 - Emphasis is on conditioning, with mechanics being taught to ensure the swimmers success in his/her quest to rank among the top swimmers in his age group.  Designed especially for the better than average age group swimmer.  Ability to handle challenging practices and sound knowledge of the strokes is a must.  Practice Requirements – 100% = may miss one (1) practice per week during School Year & two (2) practices per week during the summer (for example 5 of 6 in the winter or 9 of 11 in the summer).  See Senior 2 Calendar.
 
Gold - Transitional group in which the swimmer moves from primarily stroke instruction and an introduction to competitive training to more serious and strenuous competitive training.  Careful attention is still devoted to stroke technique, but greater emphasis is placed on learning to training hard, and building endurance.  Practice Requirements - 100% = four (4) practices per week.  See Silver/Gold Calendar.
 
Silver – Another transitional group in which the swimmer moves from mostly stroke instruction and an introduction to competitive training to more serious competitive training.  Careful attention is still devoted to stroke technique, but greater emphasis is placed on learning to training, and building endurance.  Practice Requirements - 100% = four (4) practices per week.  See Silver/Gold Calendar
 
Bronze - Developmental competitors.  Emphasis is on developing the fundamentals of the four competitive strokes, but more importantly learning to have fun with swimming.  Practice Requirements - 100% = three (3) practices per week.  See Bronze Calendar.