Weekly Announcements for Week of 04/07-04/13
Dear SBSC families,
Practice Schedule
Riley High School
Group 1 Monday and Wednesday 6:00-7:00
G1 Elite Thursday 5:30-7:00
Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:30-7:00
Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 3:45-5:15
New Prairie High School
Group 1 Monday and Wednesday 5:00-6:00
Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:00-6:30
Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:00-6:30
Practice Notes:
Riley families please use door #22. This is the door on the northwest corner of the building and faces Fellows Street. If you are planning to stay to watch practice there is a stairwell that is adjacent to this door, and this will lead you to the seating area.
New Prairie families continue to use door N18. New Prairie swimmers are always welcome to attend their corresponding group's practice at Riley.
Welcome to Our New Families/Swimmers
Thank you for choosing our club. We are well aware there are other options and we appreciate you picking SBSC. Every week you will receive an email very similar to this one. It will include all the information you will need to keep you up to date with everything happening with the club. If possible I would like to meet with you each individually for 5-10 minutes after an upcoming practice. Just send me an email with your availability and we can set up a time to meet.
USA Swimming Membership
Here is a link to the document with instructions on how to register with USA-S. A few of our members have had trouble adding their swimmers once they created their own account. If you have trouble after creating a parent account, try using this link. If your swimmer qualifies for the Outreach Membership (free/reduced lunch at their school) click on this link. Remember, if you use this link you will need to provide documentation to me that your athlete qualifies.
To be eligible to practice/compete with the club once they turn 18 swimmers need to complete the USA Swimming Athlete Protection Training.
Birth Certificates
If your athlete has never competed in a meet for SBSC (or another USA Swimming club) you will need to send me a copy of their birth certificate. The preferred way is to electronically send a pdf. If that is not possible, please email a pic.
Team Apparel
The local swim shop in town is Milinko’s Scuba & Swim. This is a great place to find a good practice suit or pick up a spare pair of goggles.
We are also partnered with A3 Performance. You can purchase a logoed team suit directly from this site. Here is the link to the A3 Team Store. When your swimmer is old enough to purchase a tech suit (13 and over) this company is who I recommend purchasing from.
USA Swimming Guidelines - MAAPP/Safe Sport
USA Swimming issued a directive with regards to electronic communication and social media contact between coaches and athletes. Most of what is being implemented is common sense and falls in line with our club's policies. A requirement we will need to adhere to is how your minor child communicates with all coaches. For several years we have asked swimmers in Group 2 and Group 3 to text/email their coach if they would be missing practice. Moving forward, swimmers will be instructed to include a parent on all communication with me or any of our coaches.
If you are the parent of a Group 2 or Group 3 swimmer, and have never sent me a text before, please text me so I have your contact info in my phone. This way if I need to contact your swimmer about missing practice I can be sure to include you. My cell phone number is 574-276-6057. I encourage all parents and swimmers to read the full policy. We are required to keep this policy on our website, here is the link.
Spring and Summer Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit
This is our tentative meet schedule for the spring and summer. We may add meets if we find ones that fit our club’s needs. There will be two different dates listed with each meet The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and the second date is the deadline to commit.
Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines will be based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets, if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the notes section stating the specific days you would like to attend.
Some meets will be marked with an * and those will require swimmers to meet minimum time standards. All pool locations can be found on our website under the "Pools" tab.
NASA Off The Blocks Invitational/Northridge HS/May 4/April 21-Group 1 or new swimmers only
CON BW3 Blazin Invite/Merrifield Pool/May 24-26/April 28
GSI Summer Splash/Goshen Aquatic Center/June 1/ May 5-Group 1 or new swimmers only
MSC Summer Splash/Munster HS/June 21-23/May 12
IA Summer Spectacular/Elkhart Aquatic Center/June 28-30/May 19
*IN Swimming Senior State/IUPUI/July 11-14/June 16
*IN Swimming Age Group State/IUPUI/July 19-21/June 23
*USA-S Futures Championships/University of Minnesota/July 24-27/July 7
*IN Swimming Summer Divisionals/Concord HS/Aug. 2-4/July 7
As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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John VanDriessche
Head Coach
South Bend Swim Club
South Bend Riley High School
(574)276-6057
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