Youth & Adult Swim Teams | Shalom Austin Jewish Community Center

SWIM TEAMS

The Rochelle and Stanley Ferdman Family Aquatics Center will open late on Sunday June 7 at 2 PM and close early on Saturday, June 18 at 2:30 PM due to home swim meets.

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Piranhas Summer League

This recreational swim team is for ages 5-18.

Jellyfish Year-Round

Masters Swim Team

This recreational team is for ages 18+.

PIRANHAS SUMMER LEAGUE

The Piranhas Swim Team is a summer swim program that offers training groups for swimmers ages 5-18 years where they can build their stroke technique and extend their endurance. Piranhas runs from May to June and competes within the North Austin Aquatic League. The team strives to encourage swimmers to grow into the athletes they aspire to be by promoting positive mindsets, perseverance, and support for one another in a fun environment.

Enrollment is OPEN for Dell JCC Members.

A group of 4 boys on the Piranhas swim team smile together.

Try Outs:

The team is open to kids between the ages of 5-18. A tryout needs to be conducted before a swimmer is registered. To qualify for the team, swimmers must demonstrate they are able to complete 25 yards of freestyle with side breathing without stopping. Email [email protected] for more information.

Sign up for Try Outs

Dates: April 27 – June 29
Practice Days: Monday – Thursday
Practice Times:
6 & Under         4:00-4:45pm
7 & 8                   5:00-6:00pm
9 & 10                6:15-7:15pm
11 & Over         7:30-8:30pm

Register Here

JELLYFISH YEAR-ROUND SWIM TEAM

The JCC Jellyfish (previously known as the Piranhas Year-Round) is our year-round program that focuses on technique and endurance training during July to April. There are no regularly scheduled meets during the off season, instead we hold benchmarking sets to track progress and help swimmer set personal goals like moving up groups, setting personal records and more!

Swim Levels:

Developmental –
T – Th | 4:15 – 5 PM
For swimmers who can swim technically proficient freestyle and backstroke for 25 yards, and have prior knowledge of breaststroke kick and butterfly kick.

Bronze –
T – Th | 5 – 6PM
Sun | 9 – 10 AM
For swimmers who can swim technically proficient freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly for 25 yards under 60 seconds.

Silver –
T – Th | 6 – 7 PM
Sun | 10 – 11 AM
For swimmers who can swim technically proficient freestyle and backstroke for 50 yards under 1:00 minute, and technically proficient breaststroke and butterfly for 50 yards and technically proficient breaststroke and butterfly for 50 yards under 75 seconds.

Gold –
T – Th | 7 – 8:30 PM
Sun | 11 AM – 12:30 PM
For swimmers who can swim technically proficient freestyle for 50 yards under 40 seconds, technically proficient backstroke for 50 yards under 50 seconds, and technically proficient breaststroke and butterfly for 50 yards under 1 minute. Swimmers should also be able to swim a 100-yard IM (Individual Medley).

Dates: July – March
Practice Days: Tuesday- Thursday, Sunday
Practice Times:
Tuesday – Thursday
Developmental 4:15-5:00pm
Bronze 5:00-6:00pm
Silver 6:00-7:00pm
Gold 7:00-8:30pm

Sunday
Bronze             9:00-10:00am
Silver               10:00-11:00am
Gold                11:00-12:30pm

Try Out

The team is open to kids between the ages of 5-18. A tryout needs to be conducted before a swimmer is registered.
Email [email protected] for more information.

MASTERS SWIM TEAM (18+)

The JCC Masters Swim Team is geared toward all swimmers, novice to expert.

Whether you are interested in swimming for fitness, swimming for competition, or even competing in a triathlon, the JCC Masters Swim Team will help you become more efficient in the water. Our workouts focus on proper stroke technique, endurance training and having fun.

Practice Schedule

Monday – Friday Mornings