OUR MISSION
To holistically develop elite swimmers who enjoy the sport and live a balanced life; to provide attentive coaching that focuses on constructing good habits; to give feedback to each swimmer during every practice and meet.
All of our policies are made, as was our mission statement, with our swimmers' well-being in mind.
OUR VISION
Aces Aquatics will strive to follow its mission statement to develop elite swimmers with a balanced life. We will work to expand and develop Aces Aquatics as a premier swim club within the New England Swimming community through Team Recognition and Team Excellence. Aces Aquatics will also work closely with each swimmer to support them in their future goals and ambitions through the college recruitment process and beyond.
Table of Contents
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Coaches
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Programs
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Meets
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Cost and Payments
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Practice Times
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Photography
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Roles - Parent, Coach and Swimmers
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Safety
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Volunteering
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Contact
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Website
Please note this Packet is a highlight of information. Please see Aces Handbook at www.swimaces.com for full descriptions.
1. Coaches
Head Coach:
Matthew Mulrooney present at Sunday, Monday, Tuesday practices as well as when needed. I am committed to being at 2 out of 3 practices for each group every week.
Assistant Coaches:
Becca Maccaro - Her daughter is in our Comp 2 group.
Sheryl Scott AKA Scotty - Working with Salem, NH group. Scotty has 18 years of experience coaching Masters swimming. She lives and breathes aquatics.
Sarah Dindinger - Her son swims with the comp 2 group and her daughter is in our comp 1 program.
Elizabeth LeDuc- Tuesday and Thursday
Jackie Moss - Sunday and Monday
2. Programs
Pre Comp
Fun and educational, our pre-competition program offers swimmers an introduction to the dynamics of a competitive swim team. We focus on the essential development of all four strokes, competition starts, turns, and aerobic capacity. Swimmers in this program may compete as they become physically and mentally prepared.
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Swimmers meet 3 days a week
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Program Tuition: $100/month
Competition 1
Swimmers are ready to commit to 3 days of swimming per week with longer practice times. Stroke development is still a major focus at this level, but is set in the context of aerobic development. Improvements in technique at this level equal major improvements in speed.
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Swimmers meet 3 days a week.
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Program Tuition: $150/month
Competition 2
Aerobic and anaerobic development is the major focus of this program while stroke refinement is always a major presence as well. Swimmers will base their goals on qualifying time standards.
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Swimmers meet 3-4 days a week.
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Program Tuition: $180/month
Junior/Senior
We train to race. Each practice has a desired outcome for improvement. Every set has a purpose. We get the very best out of our athletes with purposeful and challenging workouts designed to develop elite swimmers through better technique and hard work. Juniors and Seniors will excel with just the right mix of technique and training
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Swimmers meet 3-4 days a week
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Program Tuition: $180/month
3. Meets
- Roughly 4-6 weeks prior to a meet an email will be sent out asking swimmers to sign-up. At that time, go to swimaces.com. Under the “meets/events” tab you will click on “edit commitment” for each meet and you will declare “yes, I will attend” or “no, I will not attend”. If you have multiple children you will need to do this for each child.
-The registration process (Choose 5 events/session-Coach may decide to make his own choices) Register now, pay when we are accepted. No refunds are given to me, and so I cannot refund you whatever the reason for your cancellation.
-The day of the meet: Ready to swim 15 minutes before your warm up. Kids then dry off, stay together and have fun. The lane and heat numbers will be published only right at the end of warm up. Kids in the first event will be sent down to swim while others will write on their hands/ arms their heat and lane numbers.
Roles:
A parent’s role is to encourage, support, transport and supply.
The coaches’ role is to provide feedback.
Swimmer’ role
•You are expected to be ready to get in the water 15 minutes before your warm-up. If the coach has not arrived, you cannot swim
•Meets can last a whole morning or afternoon.
•You are welcome to leave when you are done.
•Bring extra caps, extra goggles, a backup suit, 2 towels, water, healthy snacks, games… have fun!
•Finally, please act appropriately. You are representing Aces.
Upcoming Meets
4. Cost and Payment
•Meets: The host team charges $5-$10 for registration and generally $5 per event. This can be $35/day or $50 for a weekend. Aces will be adding a new charge of $10 per meet per swimmer. This is our only new charge over the last 4 years. This fee will pay for coaching, transportation and lodging (if necessary) of coaches.
•Precomp program $100/month x 7= $700
•Comp 1 program $150/month x 7 = $1050
•Comp 2 program $180/month x 7 = $1260
•Junior/Senior $180/month x 7 = $1260
•Multi-swimmer discount: 5% off total if you have multiple swimmers.
· Banquet: Estimated $35 per person
Equipment List
1. A set of fins (I recommend tyr crossblades) If you don't know your size, you can go to Dick's sporting goods in Nashua or at Varsity Swim Shop in North Reading.*
2. A decent pair of goggles. You can find some swimoutlet.com, Dicks or Varsity.
3. A water bottle (every practice)
4. A set of training paddles. Comp 2 should get size small and Jr/Srs should get size medium.
5. Team suits will be sized at practice in September and then we will do a group order (this keeps prices down).
6. Swim Caps - order form will be going out beginning of September
*Matt has a few extra fins that have been donated that don't fit swimmers anymore. First week of practice can do a fin exchange where can bring in your old fins to get ones that do fit.
We do not have surprise charges for pool time or required fundraising amounts. We may run an official swimathon, but participation will be optional.
5. Practice Time
Precomp
1.5 hour total/week $100/month
Sunday: 8:00am - 8:30am @ Shawsheen Tech
Monday: 6:00pm - 6:30pm @ UML (start and turn clinic)
Friday: 6:00pm - 6:30pm @ UML
Comp 1
3 hour total/week $150/month
Sunday: 8:30am - 9:30am @ Shawsheen Tech
Monday: 6:00pm - 7:00pm @ UML (start and turn clinic)
Friday: 6:00pm - 7:00pm @ UML
Comp 2
4-5.25 hours/week $180/month
Sunday: 9:30am - 10:45am @ Shawsheen Tech
Tuesday: 7:30pm - 8:45pm @ Shawsheen Tech
Friday: 7:00pm - 8:30pm @ UML
Saturday: 7:30am - 8:45am @ BGCS (Day 4 Option)
Junior/Senior
4-5.25 hours/week plus Dryland $180 month
Sunday: 10:45am - 12:00pm @ Shawsheen Tech
Monday: 7:00pm - 8:45pm @ UML
Thursday: 7:30pm - 8:45pm @ Shawsheen Tech
Saturday: 7:30am - 8:45am @ BGCS (Day 4 Option)
6. Photography
PHOTO RELEASE POLICY
Aces Aquatics would like to use photos of swim team members taken during swim practice, competitions, and social events in team publications including but not limited to the team website, team Facebook page, team Instagram account, and the team Twitter account. By signing your child up as a member of the Aces Aquatics Swim Team you are agreeing that photos of your child can be used in the above publications. At any time a parent or guardian of an athlete may request in writing that photographs of their child not be used in publication. Unless a parent or guardian opts out of this policy in writing, photographs of all swimmers may appear on all of our social media accounts and website.
7. Roles - Parent, Coach and Swimmers
Be sure to: Motivate Guide Clarify
We discourage you from: Coaching your child Distracting from the stands during practice ,Photography policy-process of being updated and Filming practice outside of relays without asking.
Please make sure you sign the waiver for the MAAPP Policy with USA Swimming. Will need all families to sign this in order to compete with Aces. The Policy was emailed out to everyone on August 8th. It is also available in our Handbook at swimaces.com. Sign Acknowledgement form here
8. Safety
Parents are not allowed on deck during practices. This, again is a USA Swimming policy. Our insurance is void if non-USA Swimming members are present on deck. This is also in order to ensure that coaches are able to give their attention to swimmers for safety and feedback purposes.
There are stands available for parents to sit in at both of our practice facilities. Parents/guardians are welcome (not required) to stay during practice, however we ask that you be a silent observer. If you would like to speak with a coach, please schedule a time before or after practice so as not to take away from valuable practice time.
9. Volunteering
Volunteer hours = 4 hrs/family
We will need volunteers at each meet we attend to assist in timing. We need officials and will eventually need referees and starters. We will be starting to track who has volunteered for which meets. When parents sign up their kids for meets, there will be a spot online to fill out for volunteering as well.
10. Contact
If you have any questions please email Andrea at [email protected], Andrea will try and respond as soon as possible. We are just trying to streamline the process so Matt can have time to prepare workouts etc. If you have an immediate question you can still email Matt but Andrea should be able to help with most issues.
11. Website
Also please join our closed facebook group ACES Swimming for our families to share and get quick information about the team.
12. Social Outing
