Weekly Announcements for Week of 4/16-4/22

Dear SBSC families,

Practice Schedule
RHS Practice Groups
Group 1: Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:00
G1 Elite: Monday 5:30-7:00
Group 2: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:00, and Friday 5:00-6:30
Group 3: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 3:30-5:15, and Friday 3:30-5:00

NPHS Practice Groups
Group 1: Tuesday and  Thursday 6:00-7:00 CST
Group 2: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:30-7:00 CST
Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 5:30-7:00 CST

Practice notes: NP swimmers are welcome to attend any of their corresponding groups practices held at Riley High School.  All Group 2 swimmers attending Friday practices are reminded to bring dry-land clothes including running shoes.

Welcome Back Ava
Ava Blennerhasset, a sports psychology specialist, will be returning to work with our club this spring and summer.  Our plan is to have her work with our Group 3 athletes once a week, Group 2 every other week, and Group 1 once a month.  She will be covering a variety of topics all centered on how our swimmers can improve their swimming while learning to truly enjoy it.  She will also be conducting parent workshops once a month.  These topics have yet to be fully developed so if you have any interest in learning more about certain sport psychology subjects let me know and I will try to work those in to her talks.  Ava will be working with our athletes that attend Riley practices but I will announce her dates early so if any of our NP swimmers want to attend they can adjust their schedules.  Ava's first visit back to the club will be this coming Tuesday April 18th.  She will be speaking with all Groups that day.

Spring-Summer T-shirts
Please make sure your swimmer's shirt size is updated on your account page.  Parents, if you would like to order shirts for yourself or other family members send me an an email with T-shirt in the subject line with sizes you would like.  The shirts will be dry-fit material.  The plan right now is to have a dark/charcoal grey shirt with a variation of our new logo.  I will have an idea on price once we have the artwork approved.  We will be placing the order on May 1
Advertising Credit
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.

Fitter and Faster Tours
Here is some information for some upcoming clinics in our area you might be interested in attending.

The first ones are being held at Concord High School on April 29th and 30th.  The one on the 29th is part of the Green Flag series designed for swimmers who have been competing for less then 2 years.  If you are interested in this clinic use the code: FLAGELK to save $64. Here is the link for the registration page.

The second day of the clinic, on the 30th, is the High Performance clinic and it is for ALL swimmers 12 and older.  The code for this event is INDY and that will also save you $64.  Here is the link to that registration page.

There is also another Fitter and Faster Tour stop in Holland Michigan on May 20th and 21st.  The one on the 20th is for swimmers 11 and under.  Here is the link to registration page.  The one on the 21st is for swimmers 12 and over.  Here is the link for registration.

Upcoming Meet & Dates/location/deadline to opt out
Below is our spring and summer meet schedule.  All swimmers are considered swimming in a meet unless a 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.

NASA Off The Block Invite May 6th/Northridge High School/Sunday April 23rd
IA May Invite May 12th-14th/Rolfs Aquatic Center, Notre Dame/Sunday April 23rd
CON BW3 Invite June 2nd-4th/Merrifield Park, Mishawaka/TBD
MSC Summer Splash June 23rd-25th/Munster High School/Sunday May 28th
NASA Summer Invite/June 24th/Northridge High School/Sunday May 7th
IA Summer Spectacular/July 7th-9th/Rolfs Aquatic Center, Notre Dame/Sunday May 28th
Senior State Championships/July 20-23rd/Purdue/TBD
Age Group State/July 27th-31st/IUPUI/TBD
Summer Divisionals/August 5th & 6th/Concord High School/TBD
Junior Nationals August 8th-12th/East Meadow, NY/TBD

As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.