How Groups Work

The Right
Experience Now

Training groups help us provide the right experience for the swimmer in front of us.

Group placement considers age, swimming experience, skills, goals, and what kind of training environment will best serve the swimmer. Rookie groups serve swimmers 10 and under, Junior groups serve swimmers ages 11–14, and Senior groups serve swimmers 14 and older.

New swimmers begin with an evaluation so our coaches can get to know them in the water and help determine the best place to start.

Rookie Gray

First Competitive Swimming Experience

Rookie Gray introduces swimmers to the AquaHawg environment with an emphasis on learning, confidence, and becoming comfortable in a coached practice. Swimmers begin learning the fundamentals of competitive swimming while building positive habits in the water.

Rookie Red

Learn & Build Confidence

Rookie Red gives swimmers more opportunities to learn the sport while continuing to build confidence in practice. Coaches help swimmers improve their swimming skills, become more comfortable with the structure of practice, and begin experiencing competition in a positive environment.

Rookie White

Grow as a Swimmer

Rookie White provides a more complete age-group swimming experience for young swimmers who are ready for additional coaching and competition. Swimmers continue developing their skills while learning how to practice well, race with confidence, and be part of a team.

Beginning at Age 11

Two Ways to
Swim With RAC

Beginning with our Junior groups, swimmers can choose between Performance and Flex.

All swimmers 10 and under are part of our Rookie program. Starting at age 11, RAC offers two ways to receive year-round AquaHawg coaching based on the experience that makes the most sense for the swimmer.

Junior Flex

Expert Coaching. Flexible Schedule.

Junior Flex provides year-round access to AquaHawg coaching for swimmers who want swimming to remain part of their year while participating in other activities, school swimming, or summer swimming. Practices focus on quality coaching and skill development so swimmers can keep learning, improving, and enjoying the sport throughout the year.

Junior Red

Year-Round Performance

Junior Red gives swimmers a complete year-round AquaHawg experience with regular coached practices, competition, and athletic development. Swimmers continue learning how to train, race, and take greater ownership of their swimming while being supported through new challenges.

Junior White

PROVE IT.

Junior White provides a year-round environment for swimmers ready for more training, regular competition, and greater athletic challenge. As swimmers get older, being a great teammate starts to matter just as much as doing a great job themselves. We want swimmers who are willing to do hard things, make the change when they're coached, learn to speak for themselves and communicate with their coaches, encourage the people around them, and help make the group better because they're there.

Senior Flex

Coaching With More Flexibility

Senior Flex gives swimmers access to experienced AquaHawg coaches with more flexibility for high school swimming, other activities, and the rest of their lives. Swimmers can continue refining technique, improving starts and turns, developing racing skills, and building fitness while staying connected to the sport throughout the year.

Senior Hawgs

Advanced Year-Round Swimming

Senior Hawgs provides a complete year-round training and competition experience for swimmers who want to pursue the sport at an advanced level. Swimmers are prepared for the training, competition, and independence of collegiate swimming, with opportunities to compete from the high school and state levels through sectional, national, and beyond.

College swimming doesn't have to be the goal for every Senior Hawg, but the experience is designed so that swimmers who do want to continue competing in college are prepared for that opportunity.