The Mudskipper program is an opportunity for kids who are not ready for swim competition to develop their swimming skills AND paricipate in all the fun of the Sailfish swim team! The goals of program are to learn to swim across the pool independently, to prepare kids to move up to the competition team by the following season or even within the season, and to have FUN!

The swimmers will be supervised in the water at all times. In order to participate in the Mudskipper program, your child must be potty trained. They must have taken swimming lessons before and be between the ages of 4 and 6. 

We offer Mudskipper practice four days per week, Monday through Thursday. We want to assure safety and swimming progress, so your Mudskipper will be placed in a class with children of a similar swimming ability. Evaluations of swimming level will be conducted during the first week of morning practices. 

NEW THIS YEAR - Mudskipper-only families (families with no swimmers on our regular swim team) will be required to register for ONE volunteer shift at registration or opt out for $100. 

There is an end-of-season Mudskipper swim meet on Friday, July 10! This is a super fun meet when swimmers have the opportunity to show off how much they learned through the season! 

Our mudskipper coaches are called "Skippers." They make practices fun for our youngest (and cutest) swimmers and motivate them to learn and improve their strokes.

This volunteer program is geared for middle school and young high school aged swimmers and will help prepare them for future coaching positions.

Eligibility:

• Completion of 6th grade through high school
• At least one year on a swim team (Sundance or another team)
• This year we will organize a week-by-week schedule and all skippers must be able to commit to at least 2 days a week to help at practice.

Expectations/Responsibilities:

• Attend and be on time for any and all scheduled practices.
• Be ready and able to get in the water for every scheduled practice.
• Be an enthusiastic and FUN role model to mudskippers!