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Resources:
New families
who are accepted on the team should see the Family Guide tab on the
team website. This tab contains comprehensive information
about the team, practices, meets, champs, etc.
Q: How do we sign up?
A: New
families must register during the Open Registration period.
Normally, our club conducts Open Registration on a Saturday
morning in early April. New families should bring the
completed registration form to the EDH CSD pavilion on the day of
Open Registration. Families should also bring one completed
medical release form for each child.
Q: How do I know if there will be spaces
available for my child?
A: The
team limits the number of swimmers in each age group
category. Following pre-registration, the number of remaining
spaces will be offered to new families at Open
Registration. If there are more requests than spaces available
in a certain age group, the available spaces will be allocated via
lottery.
Q: What is
Pre-Registration?
A: Families returning to the team an invited to
pre-register their swimmers for the upcoming
season. Pre-registration occurs in the February and
March. New families who join the team will be invited to
pre-register the following season. A pre-requisite for
pre-registration is that the returning family’s account must
be in good standing.
Q: What age group will my swimmer
participate with?
A: The
“age up” date is June 15th. Your
swimmer will participate with the age group appropriate for his or
her age on June 15th. Our age groups are: 6 and
Under, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, 17-18.
Q: We have older swimmers on the team, but a
new swimmer joining this year. What registration should we
use?
A: Since you have swimmers returning to the team,
you are invited to pre-register your swimmers, including new
siblings, provided that your account is in good standing.
Q: How much does it cost to
register?
A: Registration fees are current $235 for the first
swimmer, $210 for the second swimmer, and $185 per swimmer for the
third and additional swimmers. The club Board continues to
offer a promotional program for 17-18 year old swimmers.
Under this program, 17-18 year old swimmers can register for
$50 provided that they agree to participate in selected events.
The details of this promotion can be found on the Documents
tab of the website.
Q: When are practices?
A: Practices begin the Monday of the week containing
the date May 1. Reminders about the first day of practice are
posted on the website. April and May practices are generally
held in the afternoon between 3pm and 7pm. 6&U swimmers
generally practice for 45 minutes. Older swimmers may work out
for an hour or longer. The actual practice schedule is
determined by the coaching staff and will be published on the web
site. New families should anticipate that their siblings may
have different practice times. Though the coaching staff
tries to keep the younger age groups together, this cannot always
be accommodated.
Once summer
vacation begins (generally end of May or early June), the team
begins running split practice schedules. The split schedule
means that the team offers both morning and afternoon practices.
Swimmers should attend one of the practices, but it is OK if
families decide to participate in both (though this is not
mandatory).
Q: How many practices do we need to
attend?
A: The
team expects that swimmers will practice three days a week in order
to compete in the meet that weekend. If you have a conflict
during a given week that will prevent you from making three
practices, please discuss the situation with the coaching staff.
Q: When are the meets?
A: The
meet schedule begins in mid-May with Mock Meet. Mock Meet is
a practice meet that serves many purposes. It allows coaches
to evaluate swimmers in race conditions. It provides swimmers
an opportunity to get comfortable with racing – before the
first dual meet – which is important for younger swimmers.
Lastly, it gives parents a practice at setting up and running
the meets before the real meets begin.
Our first
meet is generally at the end of May. We swim 6 dual meets
between the end of May and Mid-July. During the season,
we’ll have one bye weekend, and all clubs are off for the
July 4th holiday. Three of our meets are
away. Three meets are at home.
League
Championships are held at Sierra College around the end of July.
Q: How do we manage summer vacations around
the meet schedule?
A: The
club tries to publish the upcoming meet schedule early enough in
the year to allow families to plan vacations. However,
sometimes families need to miss meets for special events or
pre-planned vacations. The league requires that swimmers
participate in three out of the six dual meets in order to be
eligible for League Championships, which is the culminating event
of the season. Swimmers who cannot or do not attend three
dual meets must file a an application for waiver from the league in
order to participate in Champs. Waivers generally must be
filed by July 4th.
Q: What is Champs?
A: Champs is the Suburban Swim League (SSL) League
Championship Meet. Champs is the culminating event of the
season. It runs from Friday afternoon through Sunday evening
on “Champs Weekend”. At this meet, all teams in
the SSL compete for the League Championship.
Q: Does the team require parents to
volunteer?
A: Yes,
very much so. It takes quite a few people to setup, run, and
clean up from our meets. We depend heavily on parent
volunteers to help with almost all of our team operations during
the year. Families are expected to contribute 10 hours of
volunteer time during the regular season and 2 hours of volunteer
time at Champs. This commitment is “per family”,
not “per swimmer.” Parents who do not fulfill
their obligation for volunteer hours will have their account placed
into suspended status and will not be allowed to pre-register
returning swimmers for the following season.
Q: How do we manage our volunteer time and
make sure we’ve met the requirements?
A: When
you log in to the team website, you will be able to see how many
hours of volunteer credit you have received. When you log in,
look under My Account and click the link My
Invoice/Payment. There will be a tab called Volunteer Hours
which will show your hours credit for the season. Please note
that it is the family’s responsibility to make sure the
volunteer obligation is met!
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