Youth Programs

Group Swim Lessons 

• Uses SwimAmerica curriculum created by American Swimming Coaches Association which uses a station-based model to ensure self-paced learning and advancement.   "We teach swimmers how to do it right from the first lesson forward.  Designed by experts in aquatics education, we focus on efficient technique as our basis- from proper breathing at the the beginning all the way through productive kicking, stroking and streamlining.  Efficient swimmers are fast and safe in the water." (SwimAmerica)
• Open to ages 3 (must be potty-trained) to 14 years old.
• Offered Sept-July.

Intro to Swim Team

• For swimmers who have mastered the basics of freestyle with proper breathing and backstroke and are are interested in trying competitive swimming in a fun, low-pressure way.
• Combines 2x a week lessons with group training session(s) to introduce structured swim practice workouts and build swim endurance.
• Open to ages 6 to 12 years old. Must have coach assesement to sign up for this program. 
• Offered Sept-July.

Middle & High School Prep

• Designed to prepare swimmers for their middle/high school swim team and/or USA swim meets.
• Season is structured around school swim team participation. Middle School program breaks for February & March and High School breaks for Dec-Feb.

Level I:

• For new or returning F&T swimmers who can legally swim freestyle with side breathing and backstroke.
• Focuses on improving those strokes, learning butterfly, breaststroke, and race turns and starts.

Level II:

• For current (or former) competitive club or F&T swimmers who know all four strokes who want to continue to swim competitively but do not want to participate year-round or at the attendance level expected on the competitive swim team.
• Swimmers must be able to swim all four strokes legally and be interested in competing with Porpoises at swim meets.
• Need coach approval.

Competitive Swim Team:

• For swimmers who can legally swim all four strokes and perform race starts and turns.
• Swimmers are expected to participate in swim meets.
• Ages: 6+
• Season runs Sept-July.

Our youngest swimmers (Porpoise Ready) learn basic movements in the water such as body position and essential elements of legally performing the four competitive strokes, and enjoy the fun of team membership. Developing positive social skills, good sportsmanship, and fostering a love of swimming are a few of the intangible skills learned in this group as well. Once these skills become honed, they then begin to compete in local competitions. 

From this point our swimmers then transition into a more competitive group (Porpoise Challenge) where they learn to apply the basic skills accrued at the initial level of the club. Swimmers in our competitive tier begin to master the skills of all four competitive strokes, body position, and pace clock utilization. 

After successfully completing the initial levels of the program, the swimmer then moves into the upper levels of the program that demand a heavier practice workload that is designed to prepare them to compete at local and statewide levels, and beyond. Swimmers in this group (Porpoise Achieve) focus on developing a level of aerobic fitness that will prepare them for continued progress and success at the highest levels of the club. 

Our Porpoise Performance group focus on racing strategy, training ownership, and advanced training techniques. These groups are designed for the committed, older, and mature athletes that seek to take their level of personal competition to their highest level possible. This may mean swimming for their high school team or preparing to compete at the regional, collegiate, national and international level. Every year, most of our swimmers head to college on athletic and academic scholarships. One of our former swimmers even went to the Olympics! Three-time Olympian Ian Crocker grew up swimming with the Porpoises and still holds numerous team and Maine Swimming records.

Fitness & Technique (not offered at this time due to pool space limits):

• Coached workouts for experienced swimmers (must know all four strokes) who do not want to participate in competitive swimming. 
• Ages: 11+