This squad is the first in the Competitive pathway and is targeted at swimmers aged 12-18 who are looking to achieve County qualifying times and improve their race skills.

Training in Regional Development will be similar to the training in Regional Age / Plus and will be focused on developing the swimmers’ overall conditioning with a large portion of training dedicated to building aerobic capacity and basic speed.

The squad will be monitored by our Class Lead (Dhaval), which will ensure there is always the possibility for swimmers to move into the Performance pathway at any point during the season.

The squad is ideal for strong competitive swimmers to continue their competitive development whilst not requiring the same time commitment as the performance squads. This gives swimmers greater flexibility to manage their training schedule around other activities whilst still improving their competitive swimming ability.