Senior Team Practice

Mon,Wed 3-6pm*; Tues, Thurs 3-6:15 pm; Fri 3-6pm; Sat 7-10:30am

plus Mon, Wed 5-6:30am for select swimmers

Hugh Convery will coach Sr team. The first weeks, practices may let out a little early some nights. After the fourth week I designate swimmers as Sr 1 or 2. Senior 1 will do double M and W. Those with good attendance may get out early on Wed PM. We will also have two eight groups so half the group will have to do weights after practice on T, Th meaning they would arrive about 3:45 and get done around 7:15pm.

Attendance

Senior swimmers are expected at every practice. 90% attendance is required to be in Senior 1. 85% is required for many meets and activities.

Meets

You should all have a meet schedule. All swimmers are expected to attend meets for which they are eligible. To be entered you must send in a meet entry request. As a courtesy, parents should send back any meet slip they receive, noting whether to enter or not enter the swimmer. These notes will be due by a published deadline about two weeks before each meet.

The year is divided into two seasons. Short Course season is Sept – March. Long Course is April –August. Every swimmer should have a special “focus” meet at the end of each season. Because SC season is so long we usually have a big meet in December as well. Meets are as important to improvement as practice. I have always felt that I do my best coaching at meets - after the event, when swimmers can get feed back on ways to improve next time.

Intersquad October 7

ABSC dual meet October 27.

CAD Meet November 10-12.

*Woodie B. Invite December 1-3. (*swimmers not going to SR State)

Sr State Dec 8-10

Knoxville Travel meet Jan 14-16 (*must have A times)

Or Rays Coaches Invite January 14-16.

HS County and State Late Jan - February

DeKalb Aquatics dual meet March 3.

Divisional Champs March 23-25

Equipment

Sr team swimmers should have a practice suit, team suit, and team cap (if they wear a cap). Try to use the team suit only for competition. Competition suits should be comfortably tight, plain Lycra suits (13-14 swimmers competing at state champs or higher meets may consider a technical suit for those meets). All swimmers should have a team suit before our first dual meet at ABSC. Coaches will distribute caps at meets to swimmers who need them and then we will bill your escrow $4 for latex and $14 for silicone. You may also want to purchase a team warm-up team parka or other team apparel.

For equipment, prep swimmers need pull buoys, paddles, snorkels, hr monitor and training fins. You may also want to purchase your own kickboard .

Our supplier is Friends Unlimited. They have an on-line catalog that you can get to from our web site. They will have a team outfitting Tuesday Sept. 12.