Tread water?

Question

how long should i be treading water for? I'm 14 almost 15 in September.... do they do treading in the high school swim team? 0_o?

I haven't swam in almost 6 years and i really want to try out, all help is appreciated.

So far i treaded for 6 min(of course i kinda gave up but for the record how much, 30 min??)

Answer 1

i know for a fact that if you play water polo you basically have to tread water the whole time. however for the swim team I the school has us carry about 1 gallon of water over our heads with elbows above water. We have to tread water like that for about 2-5 minutes. It really actually depends.

Answer 2

Usually there isn't a set amount of time.  For my high school team we would get a 10lb. brick and pass it around in the deep end for a while.  It wasn't that hard.  To be honest the best thing you can do to prepare for a SWIM team is to SWIM!  You may have to tread water but that will be far less important than swimming.

Answer 3

I don't know how long they do it for in HS swim teams. I was a lifeguard. We had to be able to tread water for 15 minutes or else we wouldn't get the job.