The Fallsmead Sharks

We are a small, family oriented and friendly swim team and welcome swimmers of all ages and abilities! Our coaches are well trained instructors and provide excellent instruction every day of the week during swim season! Fallsmead offers swim programs that are tailored for different ability levels. The Fallsmead Sharks has both a preteam and main team.

Fallsmead Sharks Preteam is divided into 3 groups:

Tiger Sharks: just starting to get comfortable in the water, practices in the shallow end of the pool. Kids will focus on the basics of breathing, kicking, and beginner stroke work. 

Hammerheads: can swim half a length and are starting to get comfortable with basic strokes. 

Great Whites: can swim one length of the pool but need to practice their strokes and more defined skills, and are starting to swim in B Meets. 

Swim Team: Those children and teens that can comfortably swim the length of the pool using one of the four strokes (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly) and are comfortable swimming laps during a one-hour practice are welcome to practice with the team during their age group team practice each morning and/or afternoon. Coach evaluations will occur during the first week of practice if you are unsure where your child should be placed. Evaluations will be continuous throughout the season and kids may move from one group to another as their skill levels progress.