Practice

Stretching Begins

Practices are scheduled Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. The team will be grouped according to ages, with younger members scheduled for 30 minutes, while the older children will practice for 45 minutes. [Click on image to the right for a larger picture.]

Practice Schedules

Afternoon Schedule

Until CMS ends it semester, (June 10, 2011), the swim team will practice in the early evening, prior to the pool opening for the community. Practice begins at 4:00 PM.

Morning Schedule

When our pool opens in the mornings, after the end of the CMS school year, the Tornados will practice in the mornings before the pool opens for the community. Practice begins at 8:30 AM on Monday, June 13^th. The Thornhill Pool Calendar provides a complete list of availability for the community is here.

All-Star Practice

Our team begins All-Star practices after the regular season ends. The All-Star practices are scheduled for July 5^th through July 8^th.

Inclement Weather

Unless there is thunder or lightning, the team will meet at the Pavilion at the scheduled time for swim meets and practices.

In cases of cold weather, please have your swimmers wear their bathing suits, but also dress in sweats and tennis shoes. Even if we don’t get in the pool, we will continue our normal instruction sessions, including topics on safety, land training and stroke techniques.

Getting Ready

Practice Expectations

Team Members

1. Swimmer should be at the pool five minutes before the scheduled time. Upon arrival, the swimmer should remove their street clothes, put on their swim caps and googles, and begin stretching. Please gather as a group, so that we can start practice promptly.
2. Swimmers who arrive early, may gather in the pool area. However, you must not interrupt the current group practice, so keep the noise to a minimum.
3. For safety reasons, no one is allowed on the lifeguard chairs at any time! While you may choose to sit in the lounge chairs, please do not rearrange the chairs. Please remember that safety is always our first concern.

Visitors

We welcome visitors to our practices sessions. We ask that you observe some simple rules. Only swimmers are allowed on the steps and in the immediate pool area. Visitors are asked to remain in the pavilion area. If another group has reserved the pavilion, please view our practices from outside the fences near the rear of the parking lot.