USA/MWS Club Swim Team

Passionate about competitive swimming? Want more of a challenge in the water? The Kroc Center of Omaha might be the place for you! Continue your competitive swimming training by joining us to improve your swimming performance in a competitive environment. Compete against the best swimming that Nebraska and Western Iowa have to offer here at the Kroc Center.

The Omaha Kroc Center’s Swim Team is a great way to introduce youth ages 6-17 to competitive swimming in a fun, relaxed environment.
Swim team participants enhance stroke techniques in the four competitive strokes, learn racing starts and turns, how to train with equipment, competitive swimming etiquette and water safety habits.
Participants are invited to participate in swim meets throughout the season.

Our Swim Team is now divided into levels:

• Kroc Swim Team Red Group – The students will be perfecting the elementary style backstroke, freestyle with rotary breathing, and backstroke with a good rotation. They will be introduced to breaststroke, butterfly, streamlines, summersaults and dives into the water from the side.
• Kroc Swim Team Blue Group – The students will be comfortable completing their warm-ups independently and understanding all five strokes without explanation. They will be perfecting their breaststroke and butterfly. Students will gain comfortability completing flip turns and diving into the water from the block.
• Kroc Swim Team Silver Group – The students will be comfortable completing 50’s nonstop of all 5 strokes with flip turns. They will remember a variety of drills from each stroke. Students will be introduced to clock work.
• Kroc Swim Team Gold Group – The students are very comfortable in the water. The focus of this group will be to increase cardio and increase speed. Swimmers will be expected to remember their times and learn how to race the clock.

From beginners to experienced swimmers, The Kroc Center provides lessons for every skill level.  Our Certified American Red Cross Instructors make lessons fun and help students to develop both swimming skills and self-confidence. Swim lesson students are moved through progressive levels of swim lessons as they accomplish new skills and abilities.

This course provides entry-level participants the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies and to provide care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries and sudden illnesses until EMS personnel take over. Prerequisites: Minimum age: 15 years; Swim 300 yards continuously; Tread water for 2 minutes using only the legs; Complete a timed event within 1 minute, 40 seconds by starting in the water, swimming 20 yards, surface dive to a depth of 7 to 10 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object, return to the surface and swim 20 yards on the back to return to the starting point, exit the water without using steps or a ladder. Participants who successfully complete the Lifeguarding course receive an American Red Cross certificate for Lifeguarding/First Aid/CPR/AED, valid for 2 years.

The purpose of this instructor course is to train instructor candidates to teach courses and presentations in the American Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety program including Parent and Child Aquatics, Preschool Aquatics, Learn to Swim, Adult Swim, Private Lessons, Water Safety Courses, and Water Safety. There will be a mix of classroom learning and practice time in the pool. Presentation Prerequisites: Complete swimming skills according to Level 4 stroke charts – 25 yard search of the front crawl, back crawl, breaststroke, elementary backstroke, sidestroke, and 15 yards of butterfly, maintain position on back for 1 minute in deep water ,and tread water for 1 minute, a minimum of 16 years old. Certification valid for 2 years.

Once registered the participate will receive an email from the Aquatic Department breaking down the information even deeper.