New Prairie Satellite
Due to an issue with the water clarity/chemistry we will not be starting practice this week at New Prairie. Our hope is to be up and running on the 10th. This is certainly not the way we had envisioned things would go. Construction and remodeling deadlines seem to be precarious at best. Couple that with the trouble of balancing the initial pool water and a delay was almost guaranteed. We tried to anticipate by setting our start date a couple of weeks later the proposed completion date but even the best laid plans sometimes go awry. I apologize for delay but I want to assure everyone that SBSC is committed to making our program work for the NP community.
Intra-Squad Meet Tuesday October 4th
The deadline for opting out of this meet is tomorrow Monday October 3rd. There is no cost for swimmers to compete in this meet. All swimmers should be on deck by 5:30. Swimmers will receive their team cap at this meet. The meet will start at 6:00 and last 60-75 minutes. After the meet we will have a team pizza party in cafeteria. The club will provide the pizza and the drinks. We are asking all families to bring a favorite dish. Families with the last name beginning with A- M bring your favorite side dish and families N-Z bring your favorite dessert.
Thank you to all of the parents that have signed up to help. We still need a few volunteers to help with serving the food and with clean-up afterwards. We are responsible for any mess we make including trash removal. Here is the link to the job sign-ups for this meet. (Please remember to sign-in to our website first)
Special note: For any of you that are bringing a dessert please do not bring brownies. This is not because I am some sort of over the top nutrition nut it simply because cleaning up brownies dropped on the floor then trampled by 100+ swimmers is next to impossible.
NCISC Fall Sprint Meet Saturday October 8th
We will also need help in running both areas along with some other jobs. Here is the link to jobs sign-up for this meet. The deadline to opt out of this meet is tonight Sunday October 2nd. Swimmers are eligible to swim 3 individual events and up to 2 relays. The cost of this meet for each athlete will be $7 total.
Here are the pertinent times for Saturday's meet:
Warm-ups for 11 and overs 7:00-7:40our swimmers need to be on deck by 6:45
Warm-ups for 10 and unders 7:40-8:05our swimmers need to be on deck by 7:30
Meet Starts 8:15
More information can be located at our website under the meets tab or you can click here.
Dual Meet Vs. CON Swim Club
I have not received the official information yet for this meet. I assume it will follow a similar format as previous seasons. Our Group 3 swimmers will have a combined practice with the CON high school swimmers. The high school swimmers will have a breakfast together provided by the CON parents. During that time the rest of the team will warm-up and the meet will start approximately 9:45, again this is not official but based on previous seasons. The meet will take around 3 hours to complete. After the meet we have a team lunch at the BW3 located just a few minutes from Concord High School. Each family will be responsible for their own meals. The deadline to opt out of this meet is Sunday October 9th.
1. Reward our assistant coaches with higher wages
2. Continue moving forward marketing our club
3. Maintain our working relationship with a sports psychology professional
Operator Error
I made a couple of mistakes when I set up the meets this fall. The first involves the NCISC meet. As I mentioned in the parent meeting it is our club's philosophy that it is the coaches responsibility/prerogative to choose events Our website automatically defaults to allow parents to choose swimmer's events. I forgot to check the box that hides the event selection. Some parents selected the events for their swimmers. I will make the final selections for our swimmers after our intra-squad meet. I will do my best to honor requests but only after discussion with our staff if those events are the most appropriate.
My other mistake involved the IA meet in January and the NCISC championship meet in February. When setting up meets each season there is a "clone" option for meets we attend annually. Somewhere in the process of "cloning" I imported all the swimmers who committed/declined last year. Those swimmers were mixed in with the swimmers who made the choice to attend/not attend for this season. Unfortunately I wasn't able to find a way to eliminate the declarations from last year and had to create an entirely new meet. Because it is a new meet anyone that has committed or declined for this meet this season will have to go back and do it again. I apologize for the inconvenience.
Team Directory
In next week's email I plan to include a PDF directory of our current membership. If you would prefer not to have your contact info listed please let me know.
Picking Up Swimmers
During registration you were required to digitally sign different documents. One of those, The Terms and Conditions document included expectations for picking up swimmers. Swimmers are to be picked up no later then 15 minutes after the conclusion of the posted practice time. Repeat offenders are subject to fines. We will never hold swimmers longer then the length of the published practice time. This is a policy we determined long ago to show that our coaching staff respects the time of parents and families. We ask that you respect our time as well. I also realize mistakes can happen and a text, phone call, and/or sincere apology can go a long way. Absent of those common courtesies you can expect to see a fine on your invoice.
Also, I forgot to mention at the parents meeting the requirement of birth certificates. If a swimmer does not have a birth certificate on file with Indiana Swimming and competes in a meet they will be assessed a fine. The best way to get me a copy of their birth certificate is to scan it into your computer then email me. This way if in the future there is a fine assessed you can show the mistakes was ours and not yours and the club will pay any fines.
