Dear SBSC families,
Practice Schedule
RHS Practice Groups
Group 1: Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30
G1 Elite: Monday 5:30-7:30
Group 2: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:30, and Friday 5:00-6:30
Group 3: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 3:30-6:00, and Friday 3:30-5:00
NPHS Practice Groups
Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30CDT
Group 2/Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:30-7:30 CDT
Practice notes: Group 1's practice time will now extend until 7:30. This will be the end time for the remainder of the season. ALL NP swimmers are welcome to attend any practice at Riley that works into their schedule including Friday for Group 2 swimmers. All swimmers attending Group 2's Friday practice are reminded to bring appropriate dry-land clothes.
Parent Workshop Tuesday November 1st 6:00
I have attached the flyer that Ava handed out at our Swim-A-Thon to the parents that were in attendance. This is an opportunity for parents to learn more of their important role in making their child's swimming career as rewarding as possible. The meeting will be held in one of the classrooms across the hall from the pool locker rooms. The meeting will last about 60 minutes with plenty of time to answer any questions you might have.
Meet Deadlines
I had a question from a parent in an email this week that I thought I should share because I felt several of you could be wondering the same. The question was, "Why do we need to commit or opt of meets so far in advance of the meet dates?" I think this is a very reasonable question. I will do my best to try to explain. Swim clubs across the country host swim meets for a variety of reasons. One of the most important reasons, while never advertised as such, is to raise money for the club. The host club typically sets a window of dates when they will accept entries ranging anywhere from one day to several weeks. Teams with the shorter time frames have a history of filling their meets and are not too concerned. Teams who have a larger window are trying to ensure they fill their meets. Our club would typically wait until the end of those longer windows to allow more time for our families to make a decision about attending. We changed our policy about two years ago when we waited and were shut out of a meet because it was already full. I even tried to talk our way back into the meet by calling/pleading with their head coach, one of my former swimmers. He informed me his meet literally filled within the first hour his entry period was open. So from that point forward we changed our policy to have our entry file to the meet host the minute they start accepting entries. Sometimes this means I am sending our entry out at 12:00 AM just to ensure we are among the first entries received. The deadline I set for our families is typically about a week ahead of the host club's. This allows me time to chase down those who did not commit either way, check with our coaches about event readiness, and time to put together our entry. I know it does present some challenges for family scheduling but the alternative could be we loose a meet weekend.
IA Meet January 6th-8th
I have attached the meet letter for this upcoming meet. This is a pre-lim/final meetfor swimmers 11 and over and a timed final meet for swimmers 10 and under. If you are available for this meet I strongly encourage you to attend. The deadline for opting out of this meet is tonight, October 30th.
I mentioned in last week's email that all Group 3 swimmers would need to commit to future meets and they would no longer be automatically entered. This is still the case for those swimmers not attending Riley High School. All the Group 3 RHS swimmers have been entered into the meet (unless they have already opted out). I plan to use this meet as part of our training process for RHS. If you do not want your swimmer in the meet please email me and I will remove them. Again, all Group 3 swimmers who attend Riley High School have been entered into the meet unless I hear differently from the parents.
NASA Sprint Meet Plus
The times from the morning session will be 30 minutes later then originally posted in the meet letter. Here are the new pertinent times for this weekend's meet:
Saturday and Sunday AM sessions-all 10 and under swimmers
Warm-ups 7:30-8:20 (our swimmers need to be on deck by 7:15)
Meet Starts 8:35
Saturday and Sunday PM sessions-all 11 and over swimmers
Warm-ups for 13 and over 12:00-12:30 (our swimmers need to be on deck by 11:45)
Warm-ups for 11 and 12 12:30-1:00 (our swimmers need to be on deck by 12:15)
Meet starts 1:15
Here is a map to the pool. I have also attached our entry. Parents, it would help a great deal if you could write your swimmer's events and numbers on their hands or wrists prior to arriving at the pool. You can also log on to our site to get your swimmers events or you can use the OnDeck parent app. The password for the app is the same as you use for the website and our team alias is insbsc. Make sure to go to the menu page and press the sync icon. All the data on the app comes directly from the website and needs to be refreshed on a regular basis.
T-shirt's
I have attached a word document of our second T-shirt that I will be placing first thing tomorrow morning. If you would like to be added to the order please email me with the sizes you would like with the word T-shirt in the subject line. Also on the list are all the swimmers who joined the team after our first order on October 3rd. If your swimmer joined the team prior to the 3rd and did not receive a shirt please let me know so I can be sure to add them to this order.
I still have some T-shirts for swimmer's and families from the first order that have not been picked up yet
Advertising Credit
Thank you to Creative Colors Internationaland to Hoffman Insurance Group for advertising our website. The families that were brought these advertisers to us received a commission of over $240 in credit to their swim club accounts!
Selling a one year ad on our website could earn you anywhere from $50 to almost $500. Here is the link for more information.
Another easy way to earn credit for your swim club account is to hang our recruiting posters out in the public. For every poster you hang you will receive a $5 credit up to $25. Once you hang the poster post a pic of it on your Facebook page (or other social site) and tag the club. For every poster after the 5th one you will have your name entered in a drawing for a Visa gift card to be held on December 1st .
Riverfront Parks and Trails 2nd Community Forum
We have been asked to share with our membership and upcoming opportunity to discuss the city's plans for our river front. The meeting is being held at the Century Center on Wednesday November 2nd at 5:30. Here is link to their website.
Upcoming Meet & Dates/location/deadline to opt out
I sent out three reminders for declining meets on Friday. I've since received more information from the DUNE Swim Club. We will be able to postpone our deadline for their meet until November 13th.
The dates to opt out are tentative for some of these meets and will most likely change when the meet information becomes available. As a reminder all swimmers are considered swimming in a meet unless the parent declines attending. I'm also asking if you know your swimmer will be attending please commit them to the meet. If the option to choose days is not yet available please leave a note as to which days you would like to attend
LCB Winter Invite Friday-Sunday 12-2,3,&4/ Lake Central HS /tonight 10-30
DUNE RiR Invite Saturday 12-17/ Chesterton High School /11-13
IA TW Invite Friday-Sunday 1-6,7,&8/ Rolfs Aquatic Center, ND /tonight 10-30
CON IMX Challenge Friday-Sunday 1-20,21,&22/ Concord High School /12-3
NCISC Championship Saturday 2-11/ Riley High School /1-29
CON Last Chance Friday-Sunday 2-24,25,&26/ Concord High School /1-29
Divisional Championship Friday-Sunday 3-3,4,&5/ Northridge High School /TBD
Age Group State Friday-Sunday 3-10,11,&12/ IUPUI /TBD
Senior State Friday-Sunday 3-17,18,&19/ Pike High School /TBD
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
(574)276-6057
www.southbendswimclub.com
Practice Schedule
RHS Practice Groups
Group 1: Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30
G1 Elite: Monday 5:30-7:30
Group 2: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:30, and Friday 5:00-6:30
Group 3: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 3:30-6:00, and Friday 3:30-5:00
NPHS Practice Groups
Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30CDT
Group 2/Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:30-7:30 CDT
Practice notes: Group 1's practice time will now extend until 7:30. This will be the end time for the remainder of the season. ALL NP swimmers are welcome to attend any practice at Riley that works into their schedule including Friday for Group 2 swimmers. All swimmers attending Group 2's Friday practice are reminded to bring appropriate dry-land clothes.
Parent Workshop Tuesday November 1st 6:00
I have attached the flyer that Ava handed out at our Swim-A-Thon to the parents that were in attendance. This is an opportunity for parents to learn more of their important role in making their child's swimming career as rewarding as possible. The meeting will be held in one of the classrooms across the hall from the pool locker rooms. The meeting will last about 60 minutes with plenty of time to answer any questions you might have.
Meet Deadlines
I had a question from a parent in an email this week that I thought I should share because I felt several of you could be wondering the same. The question was, "Why do we need to commit or opt of meets so far in advance of the meet dates?" I think this is a very reasonable question. I will do my best to try to explain. Swim clubs across the country host swim meets for a variety of reasons. One of the most important reasons, while never advertised as such, is to raise money for the club. The host club typically sets a window of dates when they will accept entries ranging anywhere from one day to several weeks. Teams with the shorter time frames have a history of filling their meets and are not too concerned. Teams who have a larger window are trying to ensure they fill their meets. Our club would typically wait until the end of those longer windows to allow more time for our families to make a decision about attending. We changed our policy about two years ago when we waited and were shut out of a meet because it was already full. I even tried to talk our way back into the meet by calling/pleading with their head coach, one of my former swimmers. He informed me his meet literally filled within the first hour his entry period was open. So from that point forward we changed our policy to have our entry file to the meet host the minute they start accepting entries. Sometimes this means I am sending our entry out at 12:00 AM just to ensure we are among the first entries received. The deadline I set for our families is typically about a week ahead of the host club's. This allows me time to chase down those who did not commit either way, check with our coaches about event readiness, and time to put together our entry. I know it does present some challenges for family scheduling but the alternative could be we loose a meet weekend.
IA Meet January 6th-8th
I have attached the meet letter for this upcoming meet. This is a pre-lim/final meetfor swimmers 11 and over and a timed final meet for swimmers 10 and under. If you are available for this meet I strongly encourage you to attend. The deadline for opting out of this meet is tonight, October 30th.
I mentioned in last week's email that all Group 3 swimmers would need to commit to future meets and they would no longer be automatically entered. This is still the case for those swimmers not attending Riley High School. All the Group 3 RHS swimmers have been entered into the meet (unless they have already opted out). I plan to use this meet as part of our training process for RHS. If you do not want your swimmer in the meet please email me and I will remove them. Again, all Group 3 swimmers who attend Riley High School have been entered into the meet unless I hear differently from the parents.
NASA Sprint Meet Plus
The times from the morning session will be 30 minutes later then originally posted in the meet letter. Here are the new pertinent times for this weekend's meet:
Saturday and Sunday AM sessions-all 10 and under swimmers
Warm-ups 7:30-8:20 (our swimmers need to be on deck by 7:15)
Meet Starts 8:35
Saturday and Sunday PM sessions-all 11 and over swimmers
Warm-ups for 13 and over 12:00-12:30 (our swimmers need to be on deck by 11:45)
Warm-ups for 11 and 12 12:30-1:00 (our swimmers need to be on deck by 12:15)
Meet starts 1:15
Here is a map to the pool. I have also attached our entry. Parents, it would help a great deal if you could write your swimmer's events and numbers on their hands or wrists prior to arriving at the pool. You can also log on to our site to get your swimmers events or you can use the OnDeck parent app. The password for the app is the same as you use for the website and our team alias is insbsc. Make sure to go to the menu page and press the sync icon. All the data on the app comes directly from the website and needs to be refreshed on a regular basis.
T-shirt's
I have attached a word document of our second T-shirt that I will be placing first thing tomorrow morning. If you would like to be added to the order please email me with the sizes you would like with the word T-shirt in the subject line. Also on the list are all the swimmers who joined the team after our first order on October 3rd. If your swimmer joined the team prior to the 3rd and did not receive a shirt please let me know so I can be sure to add them to this order.
I still have some T-shirts for swimmer's and families from the first order that have not been picked up yet
Advertising Credit
Thank you to Creative Colors Internationaland to Hoffman Insurance Group for advertising our website. The families that were brought these advertisers to us received a commission of over $240 in credit to their swim club accounts!
Selling a one year ad on our website could earn you anywhere from $50 to almost $500. Here is the link for more information.
Another easy way to earn credit for your swim club account is to hang our recruiting posters out in the public. For every poster you hang you will receive a $5 credit up to $25. Once you hang the poster post a pic of it on your Facebook page (or other social site) and tag the club. For every poster after the 5th one you will have your name entered in a drawing for a Visa gift card to be held on December 1st .
Riverfront Parks and Trails 2nd Community Forum
We have been asked to share with our membership and upcoming opportunity to discuss the city's plans for our river front. The meeting is being held at the Century Center on Wednesday November 2nd at 5:30. Here is link to their website.
Upcoming Meet & Dates/location/deadline to opt out
I sent out three reminders for declining meets on Friday. I've since received more information from the DUNE Swim Club. We will be able to postpone our deadline for their meet until November 13th.
The dates to opt out are tentative for some of these meets and will most likely change when the meet information becomes available. As a reminder all swimmers are considered swimming in a meet unless the parent declines attending. I'm also asking if you know your swimmer will be attending please commit them to the meet. If the option to choose days is not yet available please leave a note as to which days you would like to attend
LCB Winter Invite Friday-Sunday 12-2,3,&4/ Lake Central HS /tonight 10-30
DUNE RiR Invite Saturday 12-17/ Chesterton High School /11-13
IA TW Invite Friday-Sunday 1-6,7,&8/ Rolfs Aquatic Center, ND /tonight 10-30
CON IMX Challenge Friday-Sunday 1-20,21,&22/ Concord High School /12-3
NCISC Championship Saturday 2-11/ Riley High School /1-29
CON Last Chance Friday-Sunday 2-24,25,&26/ Concord High School /1-29
Divisional Championship Friday-Sunday 3-3,4,&5/ Northridge High School /TBD
Age Group State Friday-Sunday 3-10,11,&12/ IUPUI /TBD
Senior State Friday-Sunday 3-17,18,&19/ Pike High School /TBD
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
(574)276-6057
www.southbendswimclub.com
