Practices
The Hamden North Haven YMCA Swim Team focuses on having fun in their practices to allow for a greater love of the sport, but we also have a signifant concentration on stroke technique. Our Coaching Staff has over 30 years of competitive swim experience and utlizes a large number of stroke development drills as well as innovative ways for swimmers to learn the drills.
Along with technique/stroke development, it is very important to us that our swimmers leading a healthy lifestyle in and out of the pool. With that said, we don’t just practice in the water, but we also offer dry-land training sessions that teach our swimmers proper (age-appropriate) ways to workout as well as more efficiently development muscle memory specific to the sport of swimming.
Please see the below practice schedules, and feel free to look into our varying age group descriptions to get a better idea practice requirements.
Silver Typhoons
| Day | In-Water (in) | In-Water (out) | Total Wet | Dry-Land (in) | Dry-Land (out) | Total Dry | Total/Day |
| Monday | 4:45 | 5:45 | 1.00 | 5:45 | 6:00 | .25 | 1.25 |
| Tuesday | 6:30 | 7:15 | .75 | - | - | - | .75 |
| Thursday | 5:00 | 6:00 | .75 | 6:00 | 6:15 | .25 | 1.25 |
Gold Typhoons
| Day | In-Water (in) | In-Water (out) | Total Wet | Dry-Land (in) | Dry-Land (out) | Total Dry | Total/Day |
| Tuesday | 5:15 | 6:30 | 1.25 | - | - | - | 1.25 |
| Wednesday | 5:15 | 6:45 | 1.50 | 4:45 | 5:15 | .50 | 2.00 |
| Friday | 6:00 | 7:30 | 1.50 | 5:15 | 5:45 | .50 | 2.00 |
Junior Typhoons
| Day | In-Water (in) | In-Water (out) | Total Wet | Dry-Land (in) | Dry-Land (out) | Total Dry | Total/Day |
| Monday | 5:45 | 7:30 | 1.75 | 5:15 | 5:45 | .50 | 2.25 |
| Tuesday | 4:00 | 5:30 | 1.50 | 5:30 | 6:00 | .50 | 2.00 |
| Thursday | 6:00 | 7:45 | 1.75 | 5:15 | 5:45 | .50 | 2.50 |
| Friday | 4:15 | 6:15 | 2.00 | 4:00 | 4:15 | .50 | 2.25 |
Senior Typhoons
| Day | In-Water (in) | In-Water (out) | Total Wet | Dry-Land (in) | Dry-Land (out) | Total Dry | Total/Day |
| Monday | 5:45 | 7:45 | 2.00 | 5:15 | 5:45 | .50 | 2.50 |
| Tuesday | 4:00 | 5:45 | 1.75 | 6:00 | 7:00 | 1.00 | 2.75 |
| Wednesday | 6:30 | 8:00 | 1.50 | 5:30 | 6:15 | .75 | 2.25 |
| Thursday | 6:00 | 8:00 | 2.00 | 5:15 | 5:45 | .50 | 2.50 |
| Friday | 4:15 | 6:15 | 2.00 | 4:00 | 4:15 | .25 | 2.25 |
Please feel free to look into our age groups, swim meet calendar, or contact us if you have any questions regarding practice requirements and coaching philosophy.
