Gators Swim Team

Eager for practices to start? Want to brush up your skills pre-season? Here's a gret opportunity to practice in our home pool!

Practice Expectations & Guidelines

• Be on time and ready to swim.
• Only swimmers and coaches are allowed in the pool area.
• All others should wait and watch from outside the fenced area.
• Swimmers must practice and compete in their assigned age group. Age group placement is based on the swimmer’s age as of May 1, 2026. (No swimming up or down age groups.)

What to Bring to Every Practice

• Swim cap
• Goggles
• Towel
• Fins (short or long)
• Kickboard (short or long)
• A positive attitude 😊

Communication with Coaches

• If you have questions for the coaches, please email Coach Hailey before or after practice.
• Practice time is reserved for coaching and swimmer instruction. Please do not approach coaches with questions during practice.

Meet Eligibility Requirements (NAAL)

• To compete in meets, swimmers must attend at least two practices during the week prior to the meet.
• High school swimmers who train with a year-round team may meet this requirement through their club practices.
• We strongly encourage these swimmers to attend at least one team practice per week, which helps with seeding and relay assignments.
• Any exceptions must be approved by Coach Hailey.

Practice Cancellations & Notifications

• Practice cancellations or delays will be communicated via the SwimTopia app (apple or android).
• Please ensure all caregivers download the app and enable push notifications.

During May, we will offer supplemental skill-focused practices at the GHCC pool. Due to limited lane availability, these sessions will emphasize technique development, starts, turns, and efficiency work rather than full-team conditioning.

These sessions are optional and are intended to help swimmers refine skills.

Register can be found on the Teams Event and Meets page

Our goal is for all swimmers to attend their regularly scheduled practices. However, we understand that summer camp schedules can sometimes create conflicts.

If your swimmer is enrolled in a camp that overlaps with regular practice time, you are highly encouraged to have them swim at their regular practice on Monday afternoons and may also register them for a “Camper” practice session during the weeks they are in camp. These sessions are intended to help swimmers meet the league-required two practices prior to a meet when attending regular practices is not possible.

Please use Camper practices only if your swimmer cannot reasonably attend enough regular practices to meet the requirement.

Register can be found on theTeams Event and Meets page.