Weekly Announcements for Week of 8/15-8/21

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Next practice Tuesday September 7 G1 Elite Next practice Wednesday September 8 Group 2 Next practice Tuesday September 7 Group 3 Next practice Tuesday September 7 New Prairie HS Next practice at NPHS will be September 7 Fall/Winter Season Registration The online registration is open. Remember all swimmers need to register for the fall/winter season. Here is the link to the registration page. Fall/Winter Meet Schedule You can find the initial offerings of our meet schedule by clicking here. We are in talks with ELK and CON about meets in October. If those talks don't come to fruition we'll be searching out other options. Swim A Thon Our annual (minus 2020) Swim-A-Thon is scheduled for Saturday October 23rd. This year we are requiring all families to raise at least $75. This is a per family requirement, not per swimmer. If a family does not meet that threshold they will be billed the difference. We will also be offering incentives for swimmers as well. Our team goal is to raise $10,000. More details on this event in the coming weeks. GoSwim Team Education Plan We are starting a new program this year. Our hope is to access the power and the resources of the GoSwim library. Literally, thousands of videos on stroke technique will be just a click away for our swimmers. We will also plan to video and store our swimmers strokes so we can track their development season to season and year to year. We also hope this helps our coaches identify areas of technique we need to improve upon. This will be $10 charge for each swimmer and will be billed on October 1. Here is a promotional flyer distributed by GoSwim for those looking for more information. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPPUSA USA Swimming issued a directive with regards to electronic communication and social media contact between coaches and athletes. Most of what is being implemented is common sense and falls in line with our club's policies. One new requirement we will need to adhere to is how your minor child communicates with me. For several years I have asked swimmers in Group 2 and Group 3 to text/email me if they would be missing practice. Moving forward, swimmers will be instructed to include a parent on all communication with me.
 If you are the parent of a Group 2 or Group 3 swimmer, and have never sent me a text before, please text me so I have your contact info in my phone. This way if I need to contact your swimmer about missing practice I can be sure to include you. My cell phone number is 574-276-6057.
 I encourage all parents and swimmers to read the full policy. We are required to keep this policy on our website, here is the link. 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 #SBSCForLife