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Parents and Swimmers,
Welcome to the Ames Cyclone
Aquatics Club!!
We are running tryouts on
Monday, November 2nd from 5:30-6:15pm.
Please email Lucas Ferreira at
lucasedf@hotmail.com or call 901-652-3443 to reserve a spot.
ACAC Club Information
Welcome to
the Ames Cyclone Aquatics Club! We are
a non-profit organization that is operated by a parent board and
run by volunteers. We employ two
full-time coaches and several part-time coaches. Here is some information about our club that will
help you to understand who we are and how we operate. We run five swimming sessions throughout the
year. Our fee structure is set-up in
accordance with that schedule. Sessions
run 9-10 weeks in length. We have three
consecutive Fall/Winter Session and have two consecutive
Spring/Summer Sessions. We usually take
an extended break in August. Here is
what we offer:
Novice
Session Fee
$89
This group
meets three times per week on Mon/Wed/Fri from 5:30-6:30pm. This group is intended for our beginning
swimmers that need instruction in the four competitive
strokes. The group begins with 10
minutes of dryland exercises followed by 50 minutes of in water
instruction. The goal of this group is
to progress to the Age-Group level.
Age-Group
1 and Age-Group 2
Session Fee
$161
These groups
meet four times per week, Tues-Fri. We
have an early group from 5:00-6:20pm and a late group from
5:30-6:50pm. The swimmers perform 25
minutes of dryland exercises and have 50 minutes of in water
instruction. The groups are based on
ability level, fitness, and biological maturation. The water workouts are different for the different
groups with Age-Group 1 having a greater technique emphasis and
Age-Group 2 have more emphasis on aerobic fitness. Swimmers in
these groups will swim 40-80 lengths of the pool in a practice
session. This may sound like a
lot, but swimmers will get used to it in a few short weeks. Swimmers in these groups will be training to
qualify for the State meets.
Age-Group
3
Session Fee
$196
This group
meets five times per week, Mon-Fri, 5:00-6:45pm. They perform 30 minutes of dryland exercise and
have 75 minutes of in water instruction. Swimmers in this group are competitive with other
swimmers from around the state. This
group maintains its focus on swim meets at the end of the swim
seasons. This group also bridges the
gap between Age-Group and Senior level swimming.
We have a
Senior Program that caters to 7th grade and above. If you would like to know more about those
programs please contact Head Coach Aron Nakama at lane2kom@me.com, 515-451-4313.
Space
is limited
The tryout
was set-up for swimmers to try and fill open spots on the ACAC swim
team roster. There is space in all of
the training groups. We wanted to give
you an opportunity to earn those spots.
We will be contacting you in a few days on the results of the
tryout via email. Please leave your
contact information with the volunteer designated for that
purpose.
How
to register
Once
selected you will be given the email address of our registrar. She will guide you through the registration
process. We run our program through our
website at www.swimacac.com. All club
functions including, club emails, fee charges, volunteer sign-up,
swim meet registration, practice calendars, and many other
functions are all part of the website.
Our registrar will help you set-up your account so that you can
become an active member.
Competition
ACAC is a
competitive USA Swim Club. As such, we
encourage competition at all training levels. In order for swimmers to be comfortable competing,
they need to just do it. There are many
swim meets in the area that we will promote. We do not require competition, but please remember
that swimmers will progress at a faster rate when they do
compete. It also allows them to form
friendships with other swimmers as they can be large social events
as well.
Other
fees
General
Fees:
ISI Swimming
(Insurance fee): $58/year (12/31/2010),
$35.50 for 180 days
Pool
Tag:
15 and Under $57/season resident,
$72/season non-resident
16 and Older
$87/season resident, $108/season non-resident
Season
runs between Labor Days and Memorial Days
We have a
few other fees that we would like to you to know about before you
register. Swim meets will have fees
attached to them that will range from a few dollars up to $30 or
$40 for some. We try to get a mix of
meets so that it does not get too expensive for families. With every swim meet there are coaching fees
and we have attached the list of coaching fees to this packet for
you to view. Most meets will have a $12
coaching fee associated with it.
Our biggest
fundraisers are our swim meets. The
club would not be able to function without swim meets. We expect volunteers for our home meets. At current we have two home meets throughout
the year. In order to offset the cost
of running the meet we ask families for a $10 concessions fee.
Session
Dates for 2009-2010
Fall
Session
September 8-November 6
Winter 1
Session
November 9-January8
Winter 2
Session
January 11-March12
Spring
Session
March 22-May 28
Summer
Session
June 1-August 6
Meet
Fees
Coaching
Meet Fee Structure
These
charges (per swimmer) are added to your regular meet
fees
All in
State, non-championship meets
$12
Seasonal
State Championships meets
$15
Out of
State, non-championship meets
$22
Sectional
Meets
$50 ($25 for relay only)
Relay
fees will be covered by swimmers participating on the
relays
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