Practice Schedule
RHS Practice Groups
NPHS Practice Groups
2015-2016 Registration
We are just a couple of days away from the start of the fall season. If you have not done so already please go to our website and register, start by clicking on the
registration link. This link has also been posted to all of our social sites. If you are on any of those sites please like,
share, or re-tweet. This is an incredibly easy way to help the club and every little bit helps!
NPHS Parent Meeting 9-8
The parent meeting for the NP satellite will be on the first night of practice,
Tuesday the 8th. This will be a general information meeting about the club and is for anyone who might be thinking about joining our program. The meeting will begin
at 6:00 (CDT) and the goal is to finish by
7:00.
RHS Parent Meeting 9-22
Our fall parent meeting for the RHS training groups is schedule for
Tuesday September 22nd at 6:00 PM in the RHS Cafeteria. At least one adult from each family should be in attendance. The meeting is scheduled for 60 minutes but I will stay and answer question as long as needed. I will be covering several topics including all of the proposed changes and the philosophical reasons behind them. Please mark the date on your calendar
This is our annual intra-squad meet/pizza party for our swimmers and their families. This meet is for both our RHS an NPHS groups. The meet is South Bend time. We would like all swimmers to be on deck by 5:30. The meet will start at 6:00. Every swimmer, like all of our meets this season, is assumed to be swimming. If your swimmer will be unable to make the meet you will need to decline attendance with the "Edit Commitment" button you can find on the event page by Monday September 28th.
The meet will last aproximatly 60-75 minutes followed by a team pizza dinner/potluck in the RHS cafeteria. The club will provide the pizzas and drinks. We are asking families to bring their favorite dish to share. Families A-M bring their favorite dessert (no brownies) and families N-Z bring their favorite side dish.
Tri-Meet Vs DUNE/HOT Saturday 10-3
This meet was originally set for Friday the 2nd. Last week Laporte let us know there was a conflict with their pool schedule. We are not scheduled forSaturday the 3rd . This is a great introductory meet for our new swimmers. This is also an excellent opportunity for our more experienced swimmers to get some valuable race experience. This meet will only cost $2 for each swimmer and they cold swim up to 3 events. Start times have not been established for the meet but it most likely will be a morning meet. If your swimmer will be unable to make the meet you will need to decline attendance with the "Edit Commitment" button you can find on the event page by Wednesday September 30th.
NCISC Sprint Meet Saturday 10-10
This is an entire team meet. It is being held at Riley high school. This will be the first actual meet we are hosting this season. This is another opportunity to swim in a meet that is very inexpensive. Swimmers could swim up to 3 individual events and 2 relays and the total cost will be $6. We will be running a hospitality and concession stand and we are looking for coordinators and volunteers. More information will be coming soon. If your swimmer will be unable to make the meet you will need to decline attendance with the "Edit Commitment" button you can find on the event page by Sunday October 4th.
Vs.CON Dual Meet Saturday 10-17
This our annual get together with the Concord Swim Team. We will do a combined group 3 warm-up/short practice with Concord's high school swimmers. Concord will provide a breakfast for all those that attended the combined warm-up. Our Group 3 swimmers need to be on deck at 6:45. All other swimmers need to be on deck by 8:00. The meet starts at 9:00. We have been asked to provide at least 15 timers. Please volunteer! If your swimmer will be unable to make the meet you will need to decline attendance with the "Edit Commitment" button you can find on the event page by Sunday October 11th .
3rd Annual Swim-A-Thon Saturday Oct 24th
The Swim-A-Thon fundraiser has been turned on and you should see the banner at the top of our homepage. If not you can click here to get there. The money we raise this season is going to invested in the club a little differently. Our fist SAT we purchased underwater cameras and recording devices. Last year we purchased a ton of dry-land and other training equipment. This year about 1/3 of the money raised will go to some new training equipment. Our primary purchase of this portion of money will be tempo trainers. Around 15% will go to operational costs, including the 5% we are required to send to the USA Swimming Foundation. I am hoping to spend 50% of the money raised on marketing and advertising for our club. I have some ideas for this but if you have any you would like to share please let me know
Upcoming meet & dates/location/deadline to decline attending
Speedo Sectionals TBD/TBD/TBD
New Swimmers and Families to SBSC
Welcome to the South Bend Swim Club! Thank you for choosing our club. I know there are many options. of not only swim clubs, but every other athletic, artistic, or academic activity you can imagine and I sincerely appreciate you choosing our program for your child. I will do my absolute best to keep the lines of communication open with you. My cell phone number is listed below the signature and this is my primary email address. Please feel free to call, text, or email whenever you have a question. Our website is a wealth of information. Among other things, you will be able to find our upcoming
meet schedules,
tentative practice schedules, and any of our
announcements located there. We also have several social media sites we use to help keep everyone informed. We have a
Facebook,
Twitter,
Instagram,
Tumblr,
Blogspot,
Google +(for now), and a
YouTube page with some limited content. If you are active on any of these sites please like or follow us to help us keep you informed.
You should have received a confirmation email with directions on how to log into your account on our website. If you did not receive one or if you need anything please let me know
Fall/Winter Season
Here are some changes we will have in place for this season
1. Registration will now be for an entire year for both short course and long course seasons (1st announced 7-5).
2. All swimmers will be considered swimming in a meet unless a parent chooses to opt out of the meet by using our "attend/decline" function of our website (1st announced 7-12)
3. Volunteer requirement. It has not been determined exactly how this will look or be implemented but all families of our club will be required to volunteer a certain number of sessions of the events we attend or host.. (1st announced 7-19)
4. All swimmers will be allowed to practice in March regardless if they have qualified for any championship meets (1st announced 7-26)
5. Tech Suit Policy. 10 and under swimmers will not be allowed to wear tech suits. 11 and over swimmers will be allowed to wear tech suits at season ending championship meets and other meets approved by the coaching staff (1st announced 8/2)
6. New Prairie Satellite. I met with the NP head coach last week and we are all set to start on the 8th.(1st announced 8/9)
7. Financial assistance through advertising. Our website allows for local merchants to advertise and offer coupons/specials directly on our site.
Here is a link to the information page. We will credit your account 50% of any money the club receives from companies that you have sold advertising space to on our website. (1st announced 8/16)
As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me
John VanDriessche
Head Coach
South Bend Swim Club
South Bend Riley High School
