Supporting Your Children in Swimming Parents can help their kids feel that they can reach goals they’ve set for themselves with effort, perseverance, and just a little patience. From PARENTS magazine, here are seven ways to help your youngster do their best. 1. Support their efforts. Listen to your child’s dreams, goals, and ideas and help him to work out the steps of those that seem attainable by organizing them into do-able parts. 2. Encourage follow-through. Praise task completion and encourage them to carry on when the initial excitement fades....

By Nikki Miller For The Signal Swimming aids in attention disorders There has been lots of buzz lately around anything Michael Phelps, shattering the record for most gold medels won in the Olympics. With that said, his mother, Debbie Phelps, has been very public and forthcoming about Michael’s struggle with ADHD and how swimming helped him. As a 25-year licensed psychotherapist who specializes in ADD/ADHD, and a 30-year swim school owner, I feel qualified to clarify. First, a brief explanation of Attention Deficit (Hyperactive) Disorder: ADD/ADHD is so much more...

The October edition of Chew on This is now availible! Click here

Board of Directors The Nominating Committee of your PST Booster Club Board of Directors is seeking qualified volunteers to serve on the Board. Qualifications include: positive attitude, enthusiasm, dedication and willingness to become involved. If you have that volunteer spirit and would like to play an active role in your PST Booster Club Please contact Dennis Foster, Club President, Tom Prohaska, Vice President, or Head Coach Jimmy Parmenter. Your Booster Club Wants You! - "Satisfaction priceless."

COMPUTER OPERATIONS The PST Booster Club is looking for a volunteer parent with a computer operations/technical services background to assist in a computer operations audit. Areas of review: DSL/broadband line speed, cost and alternative options Wireless networking Pool Cam set up & use Computer and hardware needs and capabilities Hy Tech software Web site capabilities Software uses & applications If you have the qualifications and would like to serve, please contact Dennis Foster, Booster Club President, Enrique Marin, Board Member, or Head Coach Jimmy Parmenter.

Scroll your mouse over the arrow located at the top right of you screen and click on the Education tab for some new ideas and information to help you with your training. Parents, there are also some things for you as well as some great websites to help you stay up to date on all things swimming!

See where your goal times match up with the new motivational times from USA Swimming. Click here

The USA Swimming House of Delegates voted to ban the use of suits for 12 & Unders that extend past the neck, shoulders or knees. Click here for the article from the Washington Post.

You can now view your best times and all meet results by first logging in and then clicking the My Meet Results tab on the left. You will be able to view times by meet and a best time list.

Dear Members of the Plantation Swim Team Booster Club, Coaches, Parents, Friends and Swimmers: The Downey’s would like to take this opportunity to extend their sincere gratitude for your hospitals visits, cards, gifts, messages on the care pages, donations and/or whatever part you may have played during this time. But most importantly, for your continued thoughts and prayers for our son Caleb and the entire Downey family. We want to express a special thank you to Dennis Foster who pulled together the “Midnight Madnessý and turned it into a fund...