Coaches: USA Swimming’s Operational Risk committee is sending out a reminder about the necessary criteria for racing start progressions. The criteria for racing start certification can be found on the  USA Swimming website.  What are the criteria for racing start certification?  Answer: In order for swimmers age 10 years and under and/or swimmers with less than one year of experience to be certified, the swimmer must have satisfactorily completed the racing start learning progression set forth in the American Red Cross Safety Training for Swim Coaches Manual also...

  Growing the Business of Swimming Wednesday, March 6th at Noon pm ET / 11am CT / 10am MT / 9am PT With Mike Koleber, Owner & Head Coach of Gold Medal Club, NITRO Swimming Listen to Mike Koleber, Owner and Head Coach of NITRO Swimming, one of the country's most successful swim programs both competitively and as a business model. This webinar will benefit any program whether it's coach-owned, board or institution run. 2001: 70 kids. Parent board, rented 3' deep outdoor pool.  2013: 1500+ kids. Coach owned. Gold Medal Club. Two indoor 50...

Psych sheets, times needing proofs, and team / swimmer counts are now posted.   Times Needing Proof -  updated! -  Coaches, please verify times as soon as possible, athletes will not be seeded/allowed to swim unless the times are proven! Psych Sheet Team List/Athlete Count

Information is now available for the 2013 Total Team Wares Spirit Award to be presented to the team with the most spirit at the Florida Age Group Championships (FLAGS).     Judges will be watching for the following: 1. Team Spirit – Overall energy displayed throughout meet 2. Originality and Use of Theme throughout meet 3. Athlete Sportsmanship – behavior in and out of the water 4. Team Sitting Area Clean-up – preliminaries and finals 5. Parent Sportsmanship – behavior on and around the spectator viewing area   Selection Committee:...

  BY MIKE GUSTAFSON//CORRESPONDENT The other day, a small blonde-haired boy burst into tears near my lap swim lane. He shouted, cried, screamed, and pouted. Maybe the water was too cold, or the pool was too noisy, or he swallowed too much water during his swimming lesson. His father held his hand and told him, “Everything is going to be OK,” but this didn’t matter to the boy; he kept crying. He was probably four-years-old, and he made it audibly clear that he never wanted to return to the aquatic...

New Meet Records established on Saturday: 15-16 Girls 200 Medley Relay Sarasota YMCA Sh-FL 1:50.12  1) Toth, Laura 16              2) Hu, Nancy 15  3) Atkins, Alexandra 15    4) James, Hannah 16 Boys 15-16 50 Yard Freestyle Olmsted, Wesley 16 High Tide Aquati 20.61 Girls 15-16 100 Yard Backstroke Haan, Elise T2 Aquatics-FL 53.91 Girls 15-16 200 Yard IM Burns, Hannah 16 Gator Swim Club- 2:00.37 Boys 17-18 500 Yard Freestyle D'Arrigo, Andrea 17 Gator Swim Club 4:18.97 15-16 Girls 400 Free Relay Gator Swim Club 3:30.69 1) Burns,...

SYS has released some important information for those attending FLAGS.  FAQ's for Coaches, and Parents Facility Schematic

Several changes to the Florida Swimming website have taken place.   We now have a Governance heading where Rules & Regs, Board Member Info, By-Laws, and more can be found in one place. LSC Info will have information that is important to the LSC.

Here is the Fall 2012 Athlete News Letter.

  The Florida All-Star Team selection procedures are now available as well as hotel information for the event. Event Page The All-Star Dual Meet is April 6-7, 2013 and will be held at Indian River State College.