Weekly Announcements for Week of 10/9-10/15

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:15 G1 Elite Wednesday September 5:30-7:15 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:15, and Friday 5:00-6:30 Group 3 PM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 3:45-6:15 and Friday 3:45-5:15 Group 3 AM Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-6:45 New Prairie HS Group 1 Tuesday and Wednesday 5:00-6:15 CST Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 5:00-6:45 CST Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 5:00-7:30 CST Practice Notes: Riley families please use door #22. This is the door on the northwest corner of the building and faces Fellows Street. If you are planning to stay to watch practice there is a stairwell that is adjacent to this door, and this will lead you to the seating area. NP Group 1 will practice Tuesday and Wednesday this week. No practice at NPHS on Thursday due to the pool locker rooms being used for another event. New Prairie families use door N18. New Prairie swimmers are welcome to attend their corresponding group's practice at Riley. Deadline to Delcare for Meets The deadline for our first three meets is tonight. If you would like your swimmer to be entered in these meets login to our website or your OnDeck app. The WAR Monster Mash on 10/29 is for the entire team. The NASA Sprint Meet on 11/5&6 is for our 10 and under swimmers. The CON Skypoint on 11/11-13 is for our 11 and over swimmers. If you have any questions or trouble committing to the meets please let me know. Entrance Into RHS We have been instructed by the RHS administration we are no longer allowed to prop doors open. This was a directive to all athletic teams and not necessarily at SBSC. We need to remember we are guests in the building and must do what we are asked to do. We are fortunate to have the relationship we have with the corporation. Becuase of this relationship we are able to keep are fees at the same reasonable rates they have been since 2006. I realize this is a slight inconvenience and should not present too much of a problem for our families. This does, however, present challenges for our coaching staff. If you arrive anytime after the start of practice this will require a coach to leave the pool deck to open the door. This is less than an ideal situation. Our attention needs to be with the swimmers in the pool. We have always believed in the importance of punctuallity but it becomes even more so when arriving late keeps a coach from their primary role of coaching our athletes. We also understand sometimes arriving late can't be avoided. In those situations we are asking for your patience because we may miss a call or not be able to leave the deck as quickly as you'd like. If you would like to volunteer to help watch the door so the coaches can stay on deck and coach just let me know. Also, if you have concerns with this policy address them with me. Our assistant coaches have no control over this decision so any issues should be brough to me. Intra-Squad Meet Thank you to all the families who came out and helped us with another successful team event. I truly appreciate all the parents who helped either time, organize dinner, or stay to help clean-up. We have received some great feedback from a few of our members and if you have any ideas on how to improve this event please do not hesitate to share. Thanks again Swim-A-Thon -- Oct. 15 -- Riley High School Thank you to the families who have started their fundraising. We are just over 2/3 of our way to our goal and have a little less than half of the club particpating. If you handed me a check last week I will credit that to your swimmer this week. We hope to see all of our swimmers on deck at 7:45 AM on Saturday. We will start the event at 8:00. The day ends after the swimmers have completed 200 lenghts or we run out of time at 2 hours. Our Group 1 swimmers will alternate 10 minutes of swimming/kicking with 10 minutes of games and relays. The Group 2 and Group 3 swimmers will attempt to complete their lengths how they chose as quicky as they can. We do need parent volunteers to help count laps. The club will provide Dunkin Donunts and coffee for all those that would like to help out. We currently have 9 parents signed up but wil need at least 16. RHS Pool Down for Maintenance The RHS pool down for some routine maintenance over the fall break. We will not be offering practices on Thursday 10/20 or Friday 10/21. I was told it will be up and running first thing Monday morning. Volunteer Hours For Group 3 Athletes We are in need of several lifeguards this month at Riley. If you have not volunteered yet please do so. The job sign-up for all volunteering has been set up for Riley. All athletes in this group will be required to volunteer 4 hours between now and the end of the winter season. Due to practices at NP running simultaneously we may not be able to offer volunteer opportunities at that site until high school season begins. USA Swimming Registration This is a reminder all swimmers will need to register their swimmer on the USA Swimming website. Here is a link posted to our website that will give you step by step instructions on how to register. You will be able to access links to our specific USA Swimming memberships from this document. If you have any trouble let me know. USA Swimming Guidelines - MAAPP/Safe Sport 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. Fall and Winter Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit Below is our fall/winter meet schedule. The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and second date is the deadline to commit. Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines are based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the available notes section stating the specific days you would like to attend. Meets marked with an * require swimmers to meet minimum time standards. All pool locations can be found on our website under the "Pools" tab. Intra-Squad Meet/Riley High School/Tuesday October 4/All athletes expected to attend Swim-A-Thon/Riley High School/Saturday October 15/All athletes expected to attend WAR Monster Splash/Warsaw Community High School/Saturday October 29/Tonight Sunday October 9 NASA Sprint Meet (10 & Under ONLY)/Northridge High School/Nov. 5 & 6//Tonight Sunday October 9 CON Skypoint Invite (11 & Over ONLY)/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Nov 11-13/Tonight Sunday October 9 ELK Rudolph Romp/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Dec. 2-4/Sunday November 13 DUNE Rumble IN the Region/Chesterton High School/Saturday Dec. 17/Sunday November 20 IA Tim Welsh Invite/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Jan. 6-8/Sunday November 27 CON IMXtreme Challenge/Concord High School/ Jan. 20-22/Sunday December 18 CON Last Chance Showdown/Concord High School/Feb. 24-26/Sunday January 29 *IN Swimming Divisional Championships/TBD/March 3-5/Sunday February 19 *IN Swimming Senior State Championships/TBD/March 10-12/Sunday February 26 *IN Swimming Age Group State Championships/IUPUI/March 17-19/Sunday March 5 ELK 8 and Under Super Star Championship/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Saturday March 18/Sunday March 5 *USA Swimming Speedo Sectional Championship/IUPUI/March 23-26/Sunday March 5 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