Swim Team - (Southwest) - Novice Group (Ages 7-12)

IMPORTANT: The September start date has changed to Sept 14.

These classes are for RETURNING swimmers. NEW swim team swimmers should register for Youth Swim Team: Request to Join.

Novice (Ages 7-12 or Grades 2-6, 50 min practices up to twice weekly): Swimmers focus on improving endurance and stroke mechanics while learning competitive starts and turns.

Participants must: 

• Be able to swim 50 yards (1 lap, down and back) freestyle (front crawl) continuously without stopping
• Be able to swim 50 yards (1 lap, down and back) backstroke continuously without stopping
• Understand how to swim breaststroke and butterfly even if arms and legs are not yet coordinated (equivalent to having completed Red Cross Swimming Level 4 or Foss Level 5)

IMPORTANT: These practice sessions are in partnership with Minneapolis Lake Monsters swim team. All registrations will be placed on a waitlist. New participants will be notified if they are able to be added to the roster. All participants will be required to register annually with USA Swimming and Minnesota Swimming Inc. Additional fees for swim meets. Please visit the Lake Monsters website for more details.

This program is set up using a sliding scale fee which helps Minneapolis Community Ed improve accessibility while responsibly working toward financial sustainability. Class fees are presented as four options that allow families to select the fee that best aligns with their financial situation.