This squad is an entry level for swimmers into the club.  The entry portal is usually through the club’s teaching programme.  Swimmers are invited to attend an intensive course to assess their swimming standard. 
This course also gives the swimmer a flavour of lane swimming to help him/her to decide if they want to progress with swimming as a sport.  Based on this assessment the swimmers can be invited to join the Orange hat squad. 
However, if an intensive course is not available or a need arises, a swimmer may get a direct invite into the Orange hat squad.
Typical swimmer age should be between 7-10 years.

Entry Criteria:

• Invite from teaching classes into an intensive course
• Be able to swim 100m Frontcrawl and Backcrawl.
• Be able to swim 50m breaststroke
• Be able to swim 50m Frontcrawl and Backcrawl kick
• Appreciation of the Butterfly stroke

Squad Aims

• Progress towards Yellow Hat entry criteria
• Attend two sessions per week
• Should cover between 1500m and 2000m per session
• Train in a group environment and lane discipline
• Stroke progression over the four strokes
• Competitive turns over four strokes
• Develop endurance and speed training
• Basic rules of sport
• Use of pace clock
• Responsibility for training equipment