Waters Landing Thunder Swim Team

Welcome to Waters Landing Thunder Swim Team Registration!

Basic Requirements

Swimmers must live in the Waters Landing HOA boundaries and have a current Waters Landing pool pass (if you have not yet applied for your pool passes, please do so asap - https://community.accessgrantedsystems.net/commun...

Swim Team Season begins: Tuesday May 26, 2026

Pre-team Season begins: Monday June 1, 2026

*Pre-team spots are limited to 25 swimmers, sign up soon!

Registration deadline for swim team and pre-team: June 10, 2026

End of Season Banquet: Sunday July 19, 2026

Which Team Do I Sign Up for?

Swim team swimmers should be able to swim the full length of the pool in any stroke. Swimmers will learn all four strokes - freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly. Swimmers are encouraged to sign up to swim in meets which are on either Wednesday evening and/or Saturday morning. For pre-team the swimmer must be able to swim half the length of the pool unassisted by the pre-team coach.

If you are not sure if your child is ready for the regular team, please register them for pre-team as space is limited. However, your swimmer can come to swim team practice the week of May 26 to be assessed by our coaches to see if they can be moved up to swim team.

Pre-teamers that are ready for swim team may be approved and asked to move up to swim team at any time.

Cost

$155.00 for each swimmer in the family, with a family cap of $400. If you have more than 4 kids in the family, please email us to register. Please note that Little Thunder registration is done via the Little Thunder registration form and there is no cap for Little Thunder lessons.

Registration fee includes an 8X10 team picture AND a team T-shirt for swim team and pre-team.

Payments made on Swimtopia thru STRIPE. Fees are non-refundable.

Family and Swimmer Volunteering

There are over 400 volunteer spots that need to be filled over the season. We are revising our job templates and volunteer positions will be open in a few weeks. All families are expected to volunteer. We cannot run the season without all of you! Swimmers may also ask about SSL hours for volunteering.

*We are looking for parents to become certified officials. If you attend the free online or in-person training (3.25 hours), retain the certification, and sign up to volunteer at least 3 meets (A or B), you will receive a 20% refund off of your registration cost by the end of the season. See more information the training dates here - https://mcsl.org/officials/

Practice

Swim team swimmers have the option to practice every day and will participate in meets on either Wednesday evenings or Saturday mornings. You can view the full schedule of events by going to Calendar/Meet & Signup. Please do plan to RSVP to events directly or shortly after you register.

Swim Team practice begins Tuesday, May 26. The first day of practice will be out of water and an orientation for the kids AND parents. During the first two weeks of practice, swimmers will be assessed for skills and needs and then may be moved to a different practice time to accommodate swimmer's needs.

Practice schedule and location (assuming Pool A and B are open as normal)

5:00-6:00 PM Ages 11 & up

6:00-7:00 PM Ages 10 & under

For pre-team we offer two sessions to allow for smaller groups and more specialized attention for swimmers.

6:00-6:30 PM

6:30-7:00 PM

Mondays, Wednesdays, and Friday evenings at Pool A.

Tuesday & Thursday- evenings at Pool B.

Starting after June 18, morning practices are added and all swimmers will be assigned to either 8-9am (11& up) or 9-10am (10 & under), and pre-team will be 9-9:30am.

Please download the swimtopia app so you can easily get our notifications!

Contingency Plan

You have probably heard that our pools have undergone some exciting renovations during the off-season, however there is a possibility they will be delayed in opening for this season. We were asked by the HOA to come up with a contingency plan and were able to secure some practice time at the Rockville pool. We will keep you posted on details of if we need this pool time and when practices would be. We hope to not need this contingency plan!