Florida Swimming, Inc., is currently seeking applications for an LSC championship meet Entry Coordinator.  Applicants should possess a strong working knowledge of the HyTek Meet Manager software and USA Swimming’s Online Meet Entry (OME) system.  The successful candidate will be required to fulfill the following Responsibilities for spring and summer Florida Age Group Championships, Senior Championships and possibly other meets as needed.     ·          Create the MM .hyv file and have it ready for posting on the Florida Swimming website at the same time the Meet...

Coaches needed for the Spring All-Star Team....If you are interested in being a Coach for the Florida Swimming All-Star Team, please fill out the application and turn it in by January 31st. All-Star Coach Application

  In order to maintain their USA Swimming membership in good standing, all non-athlete members must pass a background check through USA Swimming's background check program.      The background check requirement was put into place for coaches in 2006, and, in 2010, the House of Delegates updated this requirement to include all non-athlete members. USA Swimming has a new background check provider and service for these members. The new background check service will be available for use on January 10, 2011. Criminal background checking is not intended to serve as...

  After a year of unbelievable performances in the pool Ryan Lochte continues to receive recognition on an international scale.  FINA Aquatics World Magazine in cooperation with other members of the FINA family unvelied it's list of the Best Athletes of 2010 and Lochte took home the award for Best Male Swimmer.    The award seems a fitting end to a year that saw Lochte dominate the 2010 Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Championships winning six gold medals, then adding seven more medals at the FINA World Championships (25m) in Dubai, UAE...

  USA Swimming has released information on the Criminal Background Check Policy for all Non-Athletes here.

The application for Coaches, and Managers for the 2011 Florida Swimming Open Water Team has been posted.  More information can be found on the form here.

 Florida Swimming has released a list of clubs that are chartered for 2011. If your club is not listed, the Florida Swimming office has not received one or both of the following items.  Either the 2011 Club Charter forms and/or the years fee ($300.00).  If you are not listed on the attachment, please contact the Florida Swimming office immediately.  Please let us know if your forms and fee are in the mail.  At this time, your athletes are UN-Unattached and must enter any meets as UN-Unattached and no relays.  When...

Florida Swimming has posted the Senior and Age Group Swimmer of the Year Awards for the 2009-2010 Short Course and Long Course seasons here.

  Sunday, January 9, 2011     Technical Planning Meeting 12:00 Noon BOD Meeting, 2:00 p.m.   at Ocala, FL More information will be posted on the Event Page.

Wired! How to Reach Today’s Youth As we all know, kids today are wired in, connected 24-7 to phones, instant messaging, texting, video chats, X-box, etc. So, if we coaches are going to be able to stay relevant, we’ve got to learn to communicate on their level. Swimming has come a long way with all the new technologies to help swimmers and coaches get better at what they do.  After being out of coaching for a number of years and getting back into it just a few years ago, I...