Thank you for your interest in FAST! 

Minimum Requirement to make the team: Swimmers need to be able to swim a full 25yards (one length of the pool) freestyle, breathing to the side; and backstroke, both without stopping. 

Swimmers with previous competitive experience (USA/YMCA): Please contact Coach Erin for potential group placement before try-outs. Please include experience and official times to help with appropriate placement. 

• Swimmers transferring from another USA Registered team and who have competed USA, will need to select Transfer on SWIMS 3.0 registration. This does not apply to JCC or Summer League swimmers. 

Try-Out Instructions- 

• ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE: ​Please do not arrive to the parking lot until 10 minutes prior to your scheduled starting time 
• Pool is located at Firestone Natatorium at Firestone CLC: 470 Castle Blvd (on the backside of the building by the track) 
  • Please enter at Door 13​- This is on the side of the building by the Football Field
  • Please exit at Door 13
• LOCKER ROOMS: Please be sure to arrive in your suit. Locker rooms are may be used after the tryout or for swimmer restrooms. No parents are permitted in the locker rooms. Adult restrooms are located in the hallway. 
• Please bring goggles. Caps are optional, but bring one if you want to use one.  

Try-outs should last approximately 15 minutes. After try-outs, the swimmer and parent will receive instructions on how to register and which group your swimmer was placed in.

Swimmers must try-out, be registered and approved in order to attend practices. 

Once you register and your registration is approved, you will receive an email from TeamUnify (TU) asking to confirm your email. Please do so! This is where all our team information comes from. Please check your junk/spam folder, as sometimes it filters in there. A  FAST Newsletter is sent out every Monday. If you don't receive it by Monday evening, please let Coach Erin know.  

AFTER TRY-OUTS

Registration: https://www.teamunify.com/team/ohfa/page/team-registration

Registration for New Swimmers will open the evening try-outs take place. You must try-out in order to register. 

1. Scroll all the way down to the bottom (after reading the information) and select the green "Continue or Check Status" button. 

2. Follow all instructions. Be sure to fill in all emails that you'd like information to be sent to, including athlete’s email 14 & Over! Also, please fill in the SMS (Standard Messaging System) with your cell phone information to receive text messages that we may need to send last minute or with important information. 

    TRANSFERS ARE ONLY FOR THOSE TRANSFERING FROM ONE USA TEAM TO ANOTHER--see form above. This is NOT for those coming from AMSA, Country Club League, or the JCC. YMCA Swimmers should only fill this out IF they were registered as a USA Swimmer. 

3. Please be sure to mark the correct shirt size for your swimmer. This is how we know what size to order your swimmer for their team shirt and we do not order extra. 

4. Complete the Team Registration & Pay

5. Complete the USA Registration & Pay

5. Please visit our Fees, Practice Times, Meet Schedule Tabs for more info on those items. Fees inlcude a team shirt and team cap.

6. Your swimmer may begin practices once you receive your email of approval from TeamUnify. Please allow up to 48 hours for approval. 

REPORTING ABSENCES

Please email HERE for any absences PRIOR to the practice missing.

*DON’T FORGET TO GIVE US THE REASON FOR THE ABSENCE, TYIA!

Required Equipment: https://www.teamunify.com/team/ohfa/page/apparel/required-equipment

MEET SCHEDULE: Please visit Meet Schedule Information Tab

HOW TO REGISTER FOR MEETS

Please double check to see if your swimmer’s group is listed to attend the meet or the swimmer meets the qualification standards set for the meet prior to entering.

From the meet email you receive once a meet is eligible to register for:

1. Click the link in the meet email “more information about this event”
2. Sign into the website
3. Select edit commitment 
4. Select (swimmer) and then declare Yes, please sign (swimmer) up for this event
5. The events will pop up and Mark the box on the far left of which events wish to swim

*If events are in RED, the swimmer is NOT eligible to swim those events due to not meeting the cut time for the meet. Events in RED should not be selected.

       6. Save at the bottom
 

OR to Register or check your events later:

1. Log-in to our website
2. Select the Calendar or Meet (Meet Entry drop down) Tabs at the top of the page or the Upcoming Events further down the Homepage
3. Scroll to the Event
4. Select Edit Commitment
5. Follow steps 4-6 Above

If you don’t know what events to select for your swimmer or want the coach to select, either leave the events blank or write a comment in the comment section.Please remember that no late entries can be accepted!

Any Questions? Contact Coach Erin

Try-Out Appointment Sign-Up: CLICK HERE