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Club Philosophy

 
City of Lincoln Pentaqua Swimming Club is a family friendly, teaching club whose mission is to teach and develop swimmers to achieve to the best of their ability and hopefully to go on to represent the club at inter-club galas, in the Lincolnshire leagues, County Galas and in the Midland District Competitions. We are a club for all and aim to attract youngsters from all sections of the local community, irrespective of age, gender, race, religious beliefs or ability, and introduce them to swimming.

We believe in our swimmers having fun, enjoying their sport but also ask them to work hard, learn and to strive for improvement. All teaching is conducted in an environment geared towards the FUNdamentals of swimming and the a.s.a's long term athlete development plan. Everyone has a place within the squad structure, providing an opportunity for our members to participate in a programme of swimming development and competition within a progressively structured framework, according to their individual levels of ambition, ability and application.

For those who can swim at least 10m, swimmers can enter our annual Club Championships - as an introduction to competitive swimming. We are also keen to provide a healthy social side to the club and arrange a number of events during the year. The success of our club is largely due to the commitment and skill of our Head Coach, our team of qualified and willing volunteers together with the opportunities we offer to young swimmers. These opportunities include a Learn to Swim Scheme working to the a.s.a National Plan for Teaching Swimming. Our learner pool and improver sessions work on all aspects of the N.T.P up to Stage 7. Stage 8 - 10 still continue to develop the skills and techniques of the swimmer, but may incorporate some aspects of competition. We then provide a progression route into Squad Coaching for those swimmers who reach the required level.

Learn to Swim Scheme

Our instructors follow a 16 week plan constructed by the Head Coach covering all the requirements to equip our swimmers with the necessary skills to develop in the water. At the end of the 16 week cycle the swimmers are assessed as they look to achieve their distance / skill awards at the level of the group they belong to. Swimmers need to achieve the minimum criteria set in order to progress onto the next stage. The criteria for each level can be found on the club's notice board and website (www.pentaqua.org).