SERVING THE WAUNAKEE COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES

FALL REGISTRATION OPENING SOON! CHECK OUT THE CLUB INFO+ TAB TO LEARN ABOUT OUR SWIM GROUPS

2009-10 SCY Season:

MID-WISCONSIN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS!!

STATE 12 AND UNDER: 3RD PLACE

STATE 13 AND OVER: 4TH PLACE

Welcome to Waunakee Rural Aquatic Team! 

The Waunakee Rural Aquatic Team has developed young swimmers in the Waunakee community for over two decades. There are many benefits to getting your child involved in competitive swimming.

Age group swimming is much more than just swimming back and forth, day in and day out- the occasional swim meet and winning a ribbon. Of course the swimmer gains from the physical activity by becoming more fit...and there is involvement in an after-school activity. But age group swimming is an investment in the health,fitness and overall growth and development of the youngster.

Our club is a United States Swimming (USS) year-round, competitive swim team offering high quality professional coaching and technique instruction for all ages and abilities. WRAT provides an opportunity for novice athletes to swim along side state and national qualifiers in a safe, healthy environment while pursuing the highest level of personal development both in and out of the pool. We emphasize competing with oneself, winning awards is not our main goal. Individual improvement, while having fun and promoting sportsmanship, is our main goal.

Swimmers are prepared to compete in all distances, events and strokes. This preparation promotes versatility and encourages swimmers to explore their potential in a wide variety of events. Additionally, training in all events has been proven as the single best way to increase the likely hood of success in swimming. When your swimmer gets to high school there will be a place on the high school team for them as they will be able to swim the more challenging strokes.

Beyond the physical benefits, swimming in both practice and meets contributes greatly to the psychological and emotional development of the young athlete. As an activity, swimming requires the development of specific and complex motor patterns. Swimming well not only requires hard, physical work, but also intelligent application of learned skills and the ability to think while performing. From concentration on performing stroke skills correctly, to executing race strategies, the athlete learns early to concentrate and perform under pressure. In addition, our team provides ongoing nutrition education as part of the athlete's overall development and success.

Our swimmers have the opportunity to pick the events they wish to compete in, our coaches do not select events for swimmers. They will encourage swimmers to sign up for events when they are ready to successfully compete in them. For most of our groups swimmers will set their own realistic, yet challenging, goals and objectives and learn to work towards those goals. A life long skill put into practice.

To be an athlete is a very special and wonderful thing. To be a competitive swimmer is special, wonderful and difficult; but the benefits of the persistent dedication and application of efforts, along with the benefits of facing and dealing with the emotional and psychological experiences associated with the demands  of training and competing for success, are well worth whatever personal and/or financial investments are required. Age group swimming is so much more than it first appears.

WRAT is a non-profit organization run by its elected Board of Directors, which meets each month. All members are welcome at each meeting and are encouraged to be involved in team activities and the team group based fund raisers- no fruit, nuts or cookie sales here!

We are constantly growing and training young swimmers to maintain a well rounded swim team. Thank you for joining us. We are looking forward to meeting you!!  Click HERE to  ask us any question you may have!