Preseason Information #2 - Calendars and Planning Ahead

Galen Ziegler

Hello everyone!

One quick thing I want to remind everyone is that all major email blasts are posted as “News” on the swim team website and can be found on the app. If you miss an email or have just registered recently, you can easily reference all previously sent information in those news postings. Only one news posting is pertinent to Summer Swim as of right now, from April 14th.

 

Calendars

June Calendar DRAFT

July Calendar DRAFT

As you look at these calendars, please refer to the information below copied from the team handbook:

  • Practice Recommendations
    • 10&Under: 2 swims a week. One of those should be a class at the swim school.
    • 11&Older: 3 swims a week. One of those can be a class at the swim school.
  • You are welcome to attend more practices than what is recommended. Those are the minimums. Plenty of swimmers will attend 3 and 4 practices a week in addition to their lessons. The more time in the water, the faster they will improve! But do not feel overwhelmed by our schedule. It is designed to give families flexibility within their schedules and keep the practice sizes manageable.
  • We would like as many people as possible to take advantage of HCC evening practices. The added space is a great opportunity to get more swimmers in the water. They will also get more practice in the longer pool. We pay to rent this space as a service to our athletes, so please take advantage of it!

 

Download the Swim Team App

All swim team communication, scheduling, etc. will be done through a different website than the swim school. Swim school uses iClass.

Click here to access the swim team website. This is the same place you registered for the team. 

The app that corresponds with the swim team's website is called "SportsEngine – Team Management” on your app store. This app is very helpful for the following…

  • Accessing the News posting! All major emails will be posted as a new item. This makes tracking down information and referencing old emails super easy.
  • Accessing the meet schedule through the “events” tab.
    • This is where you will commit your swimmers, see their events, and sign up for jobs.
  • Tracking your swimmer’s times. Through the “membership” tab, you can see each of your swimmers. Within their account, you will find all of their times from throughout the season.
  • Utilizing helpful tools like a swim time converter for yards to meters.

 

Officials

Official training dates will be published soon. We're always looking to train more people! Even if you want to spend a year shadowing or be a backup official, the more the merrier!

Let me know if you are interested.

 

Important Upcoming Dates

May 1st – Deadline for Swim Team Sunday registration and Team Apparel orders!

May 2nd – Groups Finalized for Swim Team Sundays (everyone swims between 3pm and 6pm)

May 29th – Preseason Parent Meeting (Virtual @ 8:00pm)

June 1st – First Day of Practice!

June 7th – Preseason Intrasquad Meet @ HCC

 

Information coming down line…

Instructions on how to RSVP for meets.

Instructions on how to volunteer and the required hours.

Assignment of practice groups.

 

Thanks,

Coach Galen

 

p.s. If you do not plan to swim this Summer and would like to be removed from the email list, please let me know.