Welcome to the Synergy Sports Swim Team at West Broadway Swim Club. The purpose of our swim team is to provide a nurturing team environment and coaching to guide athletes toward their maximum development in the pool. Our program is built around stroke development, goal achievement and the pursuit of personal growth on all levels of swimming. Anne Sievers, Nikki Wilson and their staff of coaches train and coach all our swimmers to develop all 4 of the competitive strokes with stroke technique being one of the most important aspects of our training.
We push our athletes to develop individually in the sport of swimming in a team atmosphere. We are a team that teaches the basics of competitive swimming while working to improve technique. This is the first introduction competitive swimming that is fun yet structured environment. The focus is to improve on all 4 competitive strokes, starts, turns and improvement on endurance. Through our program, all swimmers will increase their proficiency and overall skill level. Synergy Swimming is a for swimmers ages 5 and up that can swim at least 1 lap of the pool. We encourage all swimmers to come to at least 2 practices a week.
The league requires that all families must be members of the pool they are training at and competing for in the summer. WBSC has 2 options for membership.
• You can be a West Broadway Member. This is your best option as you are able to receive all that WBSC has to offer. The club is open 11:00am-9:00pm Monday through Sunday. A full family membership to WBSC is $430.
• You can be a Synergy Member. This membership has limitations but allows you to participate in programming that occurs in the morning hours. This membership is $100.
Swim Team is $80 per swimmer.
2021 Swim Meet Dates
June 16th - HOME vs. Macher & Old Hawthorne
June 23rd - HOME vs. CCMO
June 30th - HOME vs. Southwest
July 7th - DISTRICTS with Southwest at WBSC
July 12th - ALL-STARS at WBSC
Beginner Group
— The Beginner Group is an entry-level group of swimmers ages 5 - 7 years old who are new to summer league swimming. These swimmers still need quite a bit of in-water instruction but can swim on their own. These swimmers can swim one lap of the pool but not necessarily in all four strokes. We will work throughout the summer on stroke development, starts and turns. Our Beginner group of swimmers are encouraged to participate in the league meets throughout the season but are not required too.
Advanced Beginner Group
— The Advanced Beginners group transitions swimmers from introductory swimmers to more experienced swimmers. This group is typically 7-12 years old with a good understanding of all four competitive strokes, starts, and turns. These swimmers enjoy swimming in the summer without the pressure of competitive swimming. We encourage our Advanced Beginner Group to practice 3-4 days a week and participate in the swim meets to get the most out of the short summer league season.
Advanced Group — The Advanced Group consists of highly developed swimmers 9 years old and up who are currently competitive swimmers or swimmers who are looking to advance in the training aspects of swimming. These swimmers will continue to improve their technique during the season with the opportunity to compete in a fun environment. These swimmers are expected to swim all four strokes(with corrections of course) during practices, do their flip turns, not touch the bottom of the pool, and/or pull/hang on the lane lines during practices.
Swim Team Practices
Practice Schedule This summer practices will be held Monday – Saturday mornings. We will also have an evening session that will be limited to 30 swimmers on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Below is a breakdown of the exact schedule.
Please note that there will be some swimmers that will be moved to and from the 7:00am practice once we get everyone in the pool and training.
Advanced Swimmers
Monday-Friday 7:00 – 8:00am
Saturday 9:00 – 10:30am
Advanced Beginner Swimmers
Monday-Friday 8 00 – 9:00am
Saturday 9:00 – 10:30am
Beginner Swimmers
Monday-Friday 8:00 – 9:00am
Monday & Tuesday 6:00 – 7:00pm^
^ $25 PM practice fee per family for the summer – Only Open to 30 Swimmers
2021 Swimming FAQ
Quick Reference for most questions
