Skill Levels
In the New Year we will be working towards swimmers taking some grades either preliminary, recreational or Skill levels. For those who are not familiar with these please read on!
Preliminary grades are starter levels designed to test basic techniques in the water.
Recreational Grades 1-5 are designed for swimmers who do not want to compete at high levels. These are examined in Club and include a routine and some more advanced skills.
Skill Levels 1-5 are designed for swimmers wanting to compete at high levels, they can only be taken at designated Assessment days and Centres throughout the Country and cost £ 10.00 to enter. These are advanced tests requiring a high level of flexibility, discipline and variety of techniques.
NB All swimmers can choose which type of tests they want to do or even a combination of both or none.
As Coaches we can advise which tests are appropriate but we would like to know from the swimmers and parents which they would like to do.
Current Skill levels of Witney Synchronised Swimmers.
| Skill 5 | Skill 4 | Skill 3 | Skill 2 | Skill 1 |
| Louise Fuller | Kathryn Fuller | Hannah Green Charlotte Warner |
Hannah Bowerman Harriet Dack Charlotte Finlayson Jade Timms Hanna Young |
Rhiannon Archer Hannah Butcher Louisa Dack Laura Finlayson Charlotte Pringle Esther Wright |
| Preliminary Grades |
| Recreational Grades Coach & Examiners Guide |
| Skill Level 1 Feb 2007 |
| Skill Level 2 Feb 2007 |
| Skill Level 3 Feb 2007 |
| Skill Level 4 Feb 2007 |
| Skill Level 5 Feb 2007 |
Other Useful Links.
| Synchro Swimmer's Logbook |
| Assessors guide to marking levels |
| National Performance Standards |
SS 10 JUDGEMENT OF FIGURES
SS 10.1 All judgments are made from the standpoint of perfection.
Design: Consider: the accuracy of positions and transitions as specified in figure description.
Control: Consider: extension, height, stability, clarity, uniform motion, unless otherwise specified in the figure description
Figures are executed in a stationary position (unless otherwise specified in the figure description).SS 10.1.1 The competitor can obtain points from 0 – 10 using 1/10th points.
Perfect 10
Near perfect 9.9 to 9.5
Excellent 9.4 – 9.0
Very Good 8.9 – 8.0
Good 7.9 – 7.0
Competent 6.9 – 6.0
Satisfactory 5.9 – 5.0
Deficient 4.9 – 4.0
Weak 3.9 – 3.0
Very weak 2.9 – 2.0
Hardly recognizable 1.9 – 0.1
Completely failed 0SS 17.2.1 First Score – Technical Merit Score
DIFFICULTY of strokes, figures and parts thereof, patterns, synchronization
SS 17.2.2 Second Score – Artistic Impression Score
MANNER OF PRESENTATION, total command