So today, as I'm sure many of you know, we had a swim team meeting. Thanks to all of you who came! I felt that it was very productive, and I hope you did too. So here's a recap of everything we talked about if you missed and were curious.
First off, you need to give Coach Neilson the following: Your Phone Number, e-mail, grade, name, and birthday. The reason he needs all of this is so that you will be in our "Meet Manager." If you don't know what that is, don't worry about it. You can do that by texting him all of the info at 801-540-8688. He would rather you text, but calling is okay, but text is more highly preferred.
Next, we talked about the coaching system. As I previously posted, Patches, aka Coach Neilson, is the Paperwork coach. If you have any questions or concerns concerning grades and paperwork, talk to him. Otherwise, Coach Nate (the pool deck coach) can take care of most of it.
This leads us right into the next subject.... the grades. In swim team, we expect you to have high academic achievements. While we cannot kick you off the team is you are at a 3.0 or above, we would like you to be at that standard. We will, however kick you off if your GPA drops below a 2.0.
Because of the delay in the start date of our season we are putting together those Highly Recommended but Optional swim practices. We will be refining/learning strokes, bucket turns, starts, and working on getting our endurance up. The start date for those will be September 17th, but the time has yet to be decided upon. I will update you with further information. Please understand that there will be no coach on deck. This is all up to your captains and other senior swim members. Our coaches cannot be on deck, or form a structured practice, which is the definition of Moratorium.
The next thing we talked about is the Highly Recommended but Optional swim practices. The start date for those will be September 17th, and the time is still to be decided upon. If you want to do those, I need you to fill out this form: (link) and get that done by next Wednesday the 12th.
If you cannot go to the HROP (abbreviated version of the Highly Optional but Recommend Practices) practices for whatever reason. While the HROP practices are free, these options will cost you money. The first option is Masters Class. This is held on Tuesday and Thursday nights at 9:00 P.M. and is just lap swimming at Clearfield Aquatic Center. If you're new, there is a coach there that will help you out if you need it. The amount to get in is $3.00 if you're under 18, and $5.00 if you are 18 and up. The next three options are swim teams hosted by cities. The first is CCAT. It's $35 per month, and there is another payment of around $100, and that's paid per year. For more info. call 801-525-2644. Another option is Layton Surfers, and you can find all the information here. And lastly, you can join South Davis's team, Tsunami. For that team's info, click here.
So as for paperwork, the Athletic Code of Conduct HAS BEEN CHANGED! I will update the link on this site to get that all up to date. Also, you need to have your paperwork all DONE and TURNED IN by October 15th and they need to be in Patches's hand(s) by 2:30 that same day. The fee is different this year. I will post an update with that information for you, but make sure you tell the office lady to put it in the "Swim Team Account" and to put a reciept in Patches's box. This too, needs to be done by October 15th at 2:30. For more information, visit the forms page. Please remember that if you do not meet the above requirements or don't fill in the forms correctly, you can't swim. So get it done, and double check (even triple and quadruple check) EVERYTHING.
Here's a task every single one of you needs to do; CONVERT SOMEONE TO SWIMMING! If they are on Cross Country or another sport, tell them that our Coach is willing to work with them, and have them come to this website or like our Facebook page. I will put up a tab especially for you new to swimming.
Please know, too, that if you get in trouble with the law (drugs, drinking, whatever) in or out of season you are suspended from a meet, and upon the second offense, kicked off the team.
The last part to this post will be a parent and Freshman meeting that will be held on Wednesday the twelfth at 6:00 P.M. Please try to be there if you are a Freshman or a parent. Important things will be discussed.
I will update the forms and post more information there, so if you have a question, head over to the forms tab and check it out.
Any questions/comments/concerns I will do my best to answer and/or address. You can email me here.
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