Breakers Swim Team

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EXCELLENCE, DEDICATION, TEAMWORK, AND FUN!

The Ridgewood YMCA Breakers helps young swimmers strive for a healthy, active lifestyle while also embracing the Y’s four core values: caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility.

Our trained coaching staff focuses on athletic development and aims to improve swimmers’ competitive skills and endurance through progression and an appropriate level of competition. It is designed to motivate and challenge swimmers to reach individual goals while still enjoying the benefits of a team sport.

The Breakers program goals:

  • Introduce and develop the mental and physical aspects of athletic competition

  • Advance and maximize swimming abilities

  • Cultivate self-confidence

  • Teach respect for others

  • Foster team spirit and support

BREAKERS TEAM MEMBERS

In order to join the Breakers, you must try out and be accepted to the team. Once accepted, athletes must register for their designated training groups.

REGISTER FOR YOUR TRAINING GROUP

TRYOUT GENERAL INFO

2024 LONG COURSE TRYOUTS WILL BE HELD APRIL 5-6 2024.
See registration link below.

The Breakers have tryouts in the summer and fall for the short course season, and in the spring for the long course season.

Swimmers will be expected to demonstrate the four competitive strokes for the coaches: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly.

Each age group has specific skills that are required to demonstrate.

 

MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR TRYING OUT

  • Must be able to swim 25 yards of the pool without stopping or needing assistance
  • Must be able to swim freestyle and backstroke

 

MINIMUM CRITERIA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR ACCEPTANCE ONTO THE TEAM

  • Must be able to swim 25 yards of the pool without stopping or needing assistance
  • Must be able to swim freestyle and backstroke (8 & under)
  • Must be able to swim all four competitive strokes (9-12)
  • Have previous competitive experience at the BRONZE level or above, be able to swim and train all four strokes, ability to handle 2 hour training sessions 6x a week (13 & over)
  • Any swimmer of any age that has achieved NJYMA State Level times and/or NJUSA JO times should contact coaches before registering

 

SWIMMERS MUST PRE-REGISTER FOR A TIME SLOT FOR THEIR TRYOUT

Swimmers and parents must check in before entering the pool grounds.

Results of the try-outs will be emailed to each family shortly after the conclusion of try out days.

Try-out age is the age of the swimmer on December 1st of the tryout year.

REGISTER FOR TRYOUTS

For further info, please contact Meaghan Donnelly at [email protected]