Our league’s age groups are 8 & Under, 9/10, 11/12, 13/14, and 15-18. A swimmer’s age-group placement for a season is determined by their age on June 1st of that season.

Participation costs $75 per swimmer (with a family maximum of $125). That fee covers practices, swim meets, a team t-shirt, a team swim cap, the team party, and all the ribbons and trophies you can earn. We have markers available in the gatehouse so that each swimmer can write their name on the inside of their shirt and their cap.

Team suits are selected by our coaches and then ordered directly by individuals, via the links provided on this page.

New for 2026! We’re using a team-management app, TeamSnap, to organize our roster, schedule, swimmer availability, and meet placements. Parents and Caregivers, please:

1. Indicate your swimmer’s Availability for the whole season based on what you know now, and then make changes as necessary. If we’re less than four days from a meet, email Emily after indicating your Availability change in TeamSnap.

2. Select “Maybe” if there’s uncertainty, rather than leaving a date blank.

3. Recognize that a no-show or last-minute cancellation could force us to "scratch" (not participate in) an event that we'd planned on entering. That could mean a teammate wouldn't get to swim (because any relay squad requires four swimmers).

Our league regulates the number of events that any one swimmer may participate in at a given meet, and not all events carry the same point value, so our coaches are careful and strategic when they create our lineup for each meet.

Have more than one swimmer on our team? Please indicate Availability for each of your swimmers separately, selecting one at a time. In your browser, look for the “Viewing as” dropdown. In the TeamSnap app, tap our team name to reveal the dropdown. View TeamSnap Article

2026 Dates: Monday, June 15 - Wednesday, July 22

Each Weekday from 10:30 to 11:45am

Check-in. Everyone, including Caregivers, checks in at the gatehouse upon arrival.

Parents & Caregivers. Swimmers age 12 and older may attend practices without a Caregiver present, as per Club rules. Swimmers age 15 and older are eligible to serve as Caregivers for younger kids.

Internet Access. Club Wi-Fi is available for use by non-swimming Caregivers during practices. Welcome1959

Attendance. We recommend, and hope, that all swimmers attend all practices. We’re aiming for learning, improving, and bonding. The more you practice, the faster and more confidently you’ll swim - and the stronger your Woodland Hills friendships will become. Our Our training sessions are great exercise, and they’re fun! We work on starts and strokes (backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle/crawl).

Fun Fridays. We play games and enjoy other activities as a team on Fridays. At our practices on June 12 and 19, 2026, for example, we helped swimmers tie-dye their team shirts in preparation for our annual relay meet.

2026 Dates: Tuesday, June 16 - Wednesday, July 22

Tuesday & Thursday evenings

Swimwear. When participating in a meet, a swimmer wears either a team suit they’ve ordered directly (selected by our coaches), or their own jammers/tech/racing suit in some combination of our Club colors (which are red, black, and white). Experts generally suggest wearing a size or two down from your usual clothing size, so that you’ll have a tight fit that still allows for mobility. We strongly recommend that swimmers also wear racing goggles for practices and meets.

League. South Hills Swim Conference includes our Flying Fish along with teams from Bower Hill Swim Club,Elmhurst Swim Club,Keystone Oaks Aqua Club, and Rose Garden Pool Association.

Events. The ability to swim at least one length of the pool without assistance is required for a swimmer to be meet-eligible. Each meet offers a variety of events for swimmers, from individual freestyle sprints to freestyle relays and medley (multi-stroke) relays.

Lineups. Two days before any meet, our coaches post a tentative roster in TeamSnap for that meet. Swimmers are guaranteed to compete in any of each season’s four dual (two-team) meets as long as they’ve indicated to our coaches - with the four days’ advance notice required - that they’re available for that meet.

Invitationals. Some of our swimmers will be invited, individually, to compete at special five-team meets as well (10 & Under, Relays, Underdog, and Championship). Our competitors for any invitational meet are selected from among swimmers who’ve indicated, in TeamSnap, that they’re Available for that meet. We use data from our practices and meets to determine who gets listed in our lineups for invitational meets. To be eligible for consideration as part of our lineup for the Championship invitational, a swimmer must have competed in at least three of our other meets during that same season.

Guidelines. At meets, our coaches write each swimmer's event number(s) on their forearm. Listen for the Announcer's voice so you'll know when to make sure your swimmer is with their coach and ready to swim. When they're not "on deck" with their coach because an event of theirs is coming up next, swimmers spectate with their families to avoid overcrowding the deck.

Typical Order of Events. In most of our league’s meets, there are 28 events. Each odd-numbered event is for girls, and each even-numbered event is for boys. Events 1-8 are Medley Relays, starting with 10 & Under and progressing to 15-18. Events 9-18 are Individual Freestyle races, starting with 8 & Under and progressing to 15-18. Events 19-28 are Freestyle Relays, progressing from 8 & Under to 15-18. Kids may swim “up” an age group, but not “down.”

Ribbons. After every meet, ribbons are given to the swimmers who've come in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in an event at that meet.

Competing. While we encourage all of our swimmers to give themselves the opportunity to compete, taking part in swim meets is not required for membership on our swim team. If you’re someone who’d prefer to build some confidence and strength before competing, you’re an equally welcome and important part of our team. Simply indicate “No” for each meet, via TeamSnap.

Our dedicated coaches are Woodland Hills lifeguards who’ve competed on swim teams in high school and/or college.

They’ve completed PA Child Abuse History Clearances and Criminal History Background Checks, including FBI fingerprinting.

Flying Fish coaches are people who enjoy sharing what they know, and love, about swimming.