HELLO GBY FAMILY!

Announcements

Registrations are open! If you missed the email that has the list of which group to sign your child up for please reach out to me. My email is [email protected]

Reminder that you are signing up for the season that runs from September until March. The total fee is drafted monthly on the first of each month. If your swimmer is a high school swim team participant then you will uncheck two of the draft days. For girls you uncheck September and October for boys you uncheck December and January.

Remember you will see two new faces around the pool deck, we have the college interns that will be participating with our swim team. We will have Alex Sorlin and Marc Brown working with our team. They are working towards their masters in sports psychology and will be working with our team from September through May! I’m excited about the opportunity to work with Alex and Marc!

Meet Info

Im still meeting with some other YMCA coaches to help finalize our short course season meet schedule. Im looking at hosting more home meets this season. Im currently looking at hosting the following swim meets:

October: YMCA Virtual swim meet
December: GBY Sprint Meet
January: Titletown Freeze
February: Love 2 Swim Meet

Still finalizing the dates but those are the meets I would like us to host. Reminder that all swimmers are encouraged to participate in all home swim meets. Hopefully we can host a more standard swim meet, and that means that all parents are required to volunteer at home swim meets. There are also the parent committee groups that parents need to volunteer for. More info on the parent volunteer responsibilities will come out in the coach’s Clipboard in September.

Practice info

Practice starts Monday August 30^th, 2021 for Silver 2, Silver 1, and Gold 1 & 2. Bronze Starts Tuesday August 31^st, 2021. Remember to register before practice begins.  The practice schedule has changed a little, please refer to the practice chart below:

Each practice group will be using different equipment and every swimmer should have their own equipment bag. The equipment needs are as follows:

Bronze: Mesh Bag, Kickboard, Standard Fins

Silver 2: Mesh Bag, Kickboard, Pull buoy, Standard Fins

Silver 1: Mesh Bag, Kickboard, Pull buoy, Standard fins, hand paddles, snorkel

Gold 1&2: Mesh Bag, Kickboard, Pull buoy, short blade fins, hand paddles, snorkel

You can find all of this on our team store on Elsmore. Go to the GBY swim team website and one of the main buttons will be TEAM STORE. It will take you directly to our team page. You can find equipment, team suits, and more there.