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Swim Coaches: Samantha Kramer - Mary Smith -
Juan Llaneras -Melissa Mehaffey- LiAnne
Choitz
Dive Coaches: Barb
Nejman and Mark Conte (Dive Team has separate rules
and registrations, please contact Coach Sam for more information)
Please find the tab along the top bar called "Dive Neptune" for
more information.
Cost and practice times: All swimmers
wishing to join Swim Neptune will need to complete both the USA
Swimming Registration as well as pay the Annual Fee. Both of these
fees combined are good through December 31, 2010, and are $110 per
swimmer ($58 USA and $52 Annual Fee). These fees are in
addition to monthly dues which vary by the group.
Fees are generated on a monthly basis so swimmers are
welcome to join at any time. Cancelation will require a 30 day
written (or via email) notice for cancelation of dues posted to our
online team program.
Practiuce times and availability may change (especially through
November and December) please contact us before coming out for a
visit!
Yellow: (Coach Mary
Smith)
These are our introductory swimmers, brand new
little ones to swimming, working with Coach Mary in a swim lessons
style program. We recommend choosing one practice per
week.
Typical schedule beginning in November 2009;
Wednesday 4:00 PM, Thursday 7:00 PM, Friday 5:00 PM, Saturday
10:00 AM
Green: (Coach Mary
Smith)
Are our youngest groups swimming at Foothills and are designed for
swimmers ages 4 to 8 who are joining swimming for the first time or
have recently graduated from a swim lessons program. Here Coach
Mary works on skills to complete freestyle and backstroke and
introduces breaststroke and butterfly. Placement is determined by
Coach Mary during your first week of practices. We recommend
1-2 practices per week.
Typical Schedule beginning November 2009:
Wednesday 4:00 PM, Thursday 7:00 PM, Friday 5:00 PM, Saturday
10:00 AM
White and Royal: (Coaches Melissa
Mehaffey, LiAnne Choitz)
Is our developmental program which includes swimmers from age 7
through 16 (White 7-11; Royal 12-16). Here swimmers can begin to
develop the competitive strokes further and begin competing more
regularly! A lot of emphasis is given to technique as well as
developing further endurance needed to build competitive skills!
Emphasis in Royal is building swimming skill and experience
and preparing new swimmers for high school
swimming! We recommend 2-3 practices per week.
Typical Schedule WHITE beginning November 2009:
Tuesday 7:00 PM, Wednesday 4:15 PM, Friday 6:00 PM, Saturday
10:00
AM.
Typical Schedule ROYAL beginning November 2009:
Tuesday 7:00 PM, Thursday 7:00 PM, Friday 5:00 PM, Saturday
11:00 AM.
Black: (Coaches Sam
Kramer)
Is the step before heading into the High School or Blue groups.
Emphasis here is placed on furthering development of competitive
skills, building further endurance and striving toward those
Arizona State Qualifying Standards. Much time is dedicated to
advanced stroke development and personal race and skill
strategies. We recommend 3-4 practices per week.
Typical Schedule beginning November 2009: Tuesday
4:00 PM, Wednesday 7:00 PM, Thursday 4:00 PM, Friday 4:30 PM,
Saturday 12:00 PM
Blue
: (Coach Sam Kramer)
11/12-14 year old swimmers looking to be more committed to swimming
and competing in swimming. 80% Attendance per month (of scheduled
practices) is expected and a
ttendance to competitions available to you at your level of
competition as decided with the coaches. We recommend 4-5
practices per week.
Typical schedule beginning November 2009: Monday 7:30 PM, Tuesday
3:30 PM, Wednesday 3:30 PM, Friday 4:00 PM, Saturday
11:30 AM
High School
: (Coaches Sam Kramer and Juan Llaneras)
High School aged athletes looking to stay in shape and advance
technique during the off-season. There is no attendance requirement
and no competition requirement in this group.
Typical Schedule beginning November 2009: Monday 7:30 PM, Wednesday
7:30 PM, Thursday 3:30 PM, Saturday 11:30 AM
As time progresses each swimmer will have the opportunity to
decide with their coaches to move upward and forward into the
Senior Team from either High School or Gold Groups. Senior Team is
open to swimmers at the coach’s discretion.
Senior
: (Coach Mike Wardwell)
Open to swimmers committed to a national level regimen. Here
coaches will work with athletes to move through the national level
and help students achieve college level opportunities. 85%
attendance per month to scheduled practices is expected and
r
egular attendance to in town competition (travel available as well)
should be planned for. Swimmers in this group do not
train at Foothills Recreation and Aquatic Center.
Attendance to all championship meets qualified for is
mandatory (including Senior State for all)
Typical Schedule Winter 2009: Please contact Coach
Wardwell at coachmikew@gmail.com for more
information.
Masters (Coach Juan Llaneras)
This is the group for our adults who still want to be a part of the
swimming community, train for triathlons, or just look for some
group training and fitness. This is a swim group, but we can serve
all levels of swimmer. Please contact coachsamk@gmail.com for more
information! This group requires a registration that varies
slightly from the age group program registrations, please ask Coach
Sam for more information.
Typical Schedule beginning Winter 2009: Monday and Wednesday
7:30 PM, Friday 6:00 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM
TO VISIT:
You are welcome to come by any practice to try out the team. We are
always open to welcoming new swimmers on deck! Please contact Coach
Sam at
coachsamk@gmail.com before you
come by to confirm the practice time for that day.
Foothills Rules and Code of Conduct
Reminders
1. Please note that unless you are a member
of the facility you CAN NOT use any portion of the
facility other than the lobby areas at any time. Neptune members
can use the pool only with a coach present during the reserved
Neptune time.
2. Turtle Club is available for Neptune use without
incurring additional fees ONLY on Fridays from 4:30-7:00 PM when
Neptune has schedueld practices.
3. Each and every swimmer MUST be able to present
their USA Swimming membership card (don’t stress if you
don’t have one) and sign in within the NEPTUNE binder at the
desk daily. Parents please sign in within the "special interest"
binder (or clipboard) daily or scan your passholder card if you are
active paying members.
4. If you have children of the opposite gender you
need to assist with changing before and after practice please
utilize the family changing rooms instead of the locker room.
This is especially true for children over age 6.
5. No children under the age of 8 may be a
spectator on the deck of the facility. All children under the age
of 8 must view the practices from inside the facility in the cafe
area (tables and chairs available).
6. There is NO food or drink of
any kind other than water allowed in the pool area except in the
cafe when open and available. This is true for swimmers, parents,
siblings and any other spectators.
7. Parents and spectators must sit in the
designated areas on the deck. This includes the bleachers and the
ground immediately in front of the bleachers. You can not bring
folding charis of any kind out on the deck with you. Swimming has 2
sets of bleachers by our start end and diving has 2 sets of
bleachers near the diving well provided for spectators. The cafe
area may also be utilized on Friday evenings.
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