Rules - Shepherd's Vineyard Killer Whales Swim Team

2011 Calendar

May

16th (Mon) Evening practices begin

18th (Wed) New Parent's Meeting or
19th (Thu) New Parent's Meeting

26th (Thu) SVST Chick-fil-A Night (Beaver Creek)

28th (Sat) Clinic - Flip Turns

June

2nd (Thu) Pasta Pig Out & Spirit Wear Store (5:30-8:00)

4th (Sat) Clinic - Starts

7th (Tue)Red/White Meet & Picture Day

9th (Thu) Chic-Fil-A Night

11th (Sat) Clinic - Stroke

12th (Mon) Rain Date - Red/White Meet & Tm/Ind Photos

13th (Mon) Morning Practices Begin

14th (Tue) Meet - at Springdale

18th (Sat) Clinic - Stroke

21st (Tue) Meet at Wellsley

24th (Fri) Family Bingo Night

25th (Sat) Clinic - Stroke

28th (Tue) Meet - Preston

July

5th (Tue) Meet - Sunset Ridge

10th (Sun) Southern Wake Invitational Meet

12th (Tue) Meet at Abbington

14th (Thu) Ice Cream Social

TBA Mini-Meet

19th (Tue) Meet - Lochmere

21st (Thur) Banquet at Hope Chapel

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Rules

Rules for Practices and Meets

It is important that our children as swim team members are aware that the pool rules, which are in effect to maintain our safety, apply to all swimmers at all times.

WHEN THE POOL IS NOT OPEN…

Only scheduled practicing swimmers are allowed inside the fenced area
Swimmers waiting for the next scheduled practice should remain outside the gate until their practice time starts.
All swimmers must leave the fenced area after their scheduled practice time is over. There will be no exceptions made.
Swimming of any kind, either in the baby pool or main pool, is not permitted prior to the official opening time. Before the pool opens, no lifeguard is on duty. Therefore it is a matter of safety and liability. If you have any questions concerning basic pool safety rules, please contact a lifeguard or the pool manager.

FOR ALL PRACTICES AND MEETS…

Swimmers must be on time for their scheduled practice and meet warm-ups.
Disruptive conduct of any kind (profanity, unsportsmanlike conduct, refusing to participate, lack of cooperation, etc.) will result in dismissal from the practice or swim meet.

Among other viable reasons, coaches base their "swimmer entries" on an overall team strategy, which may result in a swimmer being entered in an event they don’t normally swim.

During meets, swimmers are responsible for staying in their designated age group areas at all times. If a swimmer needs to leave this area for any reason, they must inform the Kid Pusher for his/her age group before doing so. Failure to comply with this rule may result in missing your event.

Parent/Coach Communications
Coaches are on deck during practice for the swimmers. This is not the appropriate time to be addressing concerns. According to established rules of our facility, anyone not in the water for practice may not even be on deck in the mornings until the pool is officially opened. This is a safety and insurance rule.

1) If you do have a swim team concern, please contact Head Coach Maya Ress by e-mail. She will work with you to set a mutually convenient time to meet face-to-face or to discuss matters further via telephone. There is very little time available in between practices to discuss issues in private or in depth, so it is recommended that concerns be handled at a time other than surrounding practices and meets.

2) If not fully resolved, please contact a board member.

Volunteer Policy
Competitive swimming is an involved sport that requires a tremendous amount of parental support. It requires 70+ parent volunteers to operate a home meet, less for an away meet. You are asked to number, in order of preference, those positions you are willing to fill, such as timers, lane judges, setup/cleanup. By broadening our base of volunteers, we hope to ask each family to serve only twice throughout the season. These positions require little, if any, swim team experience. If you cannot fulfill a commitment, please find a suitable replacement. Simply failing to show up at a meet causes havoc. Please respect that volunteer coordinators in charge of these functions have busy
lives too.

Main Event Swimmers
Which swimmers participate in the main events? We, as coaches, have decided that the swimmers in the main events will be chosen at the "coach's discretion". Our decision will be based mostly on the swimmers' times. Consistency of times and performance will also be taken into consideration both at meets and at practices. Attendance, although there will not be a specific policy, practice attitude, and stroke legality will play a major role in our main event decision. Our main goal is to encourage team work, participation, and improvement. Swimmers in every heat are valued by the coaches and the swim team.

The 2011 TSA Rule book is available via this link (PDF format)

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2011 Calendar