Parents’
Meeting
EPAC2018-19 Parents’ Meeting Agenda
➢ INTRODUCTION
➢ PARENTS’ BOARD
➢ COACHING PHILOSOPHY
➢ DRYLAND
➢ LEAGUE & USA SWIMMING
➢ Q&A
Parents’ Board
➢ Thank you
➢ Team Day
➢ Team Cap Orders
➢ Team Suits
➢ Team Store
➢ USA Schedule
➢ League Schedule
➢ Fundraising
Coach Philosophy
➢ Mental
➢ Physical
➢ Emotional
Key Components of Competitive Swimming
Athlete
Coach
Parent
Key Components of Competitive Swimming
➢ Coach➢ Has a passion for the sport
➢ Is a professional with a coaching philosophy
➢ Is knowledgeable about competitive swimming
➢ Understands how to teach your athlete
➢ Must deal with different types of parents
Key Components of Competitive Swimming
➢ Athlete
➢ Commitment
➢ Attending Practice
➢ Paying attention to advice from his/her coach
➢ Social Aspect – having fun; making friends
➢ Process goals – practice, home and school
➢ Long-term goals setting – realistic goals
➢ Measuring performance
Key Components of Competitive Swimming
➢ Parent
➢ Fuel your athlete’s body for good performance
➢ Understand early vs. late maturation
➢ Enter your athlete in competition that is relevant for his/her training level – talk
to the coach
➢ Build a rapport with your athlete’s coach
➢ Help your athlete deal with both success and disappointment
➢ Find the right place to volunteer
Volunteer – What That Means
➢ Get to know the coaches and their vision for the club
➢ Take off your Parent hat – put on the Club hat
➢ Put ALL your club’s swimmers first
➢ Keep the best interest of the club in mind
➢ Find useful parent involvement – make a long-term commitment to the
club
➢ Find out what jobs are available in the club and what is involved in each
job – including parent board positions
➢ Remember that all volunteers are exactly that – unpaid people
volunteering their time
Parent Protocol
➢ Speak to your athlete’s coach before or after practice. During practice,
the coaches’ attention is on the swimmers.
➢ Do not micro manage your swimmer at a meet
➢ Do not try to prevent failure – I think failure leads to success
➢ If you have questions during a meet, ask an experienced parent or your
athlete’s coach when the coach is not talking to swimmers
➢ Attitudes are contagious…positive and negative
Parent Protocol Meets
➢ Do not interrupt officials while they are working a meet
➢ Be quiet for the start
➢ No flash photography at the start
➢ Stay out of the area just behind the starting blocks
➢ Never denigrate another swimmer’s performance in the water
➢ No phones/pictures behind blocks or turn end
Who are you?
Dryland
Until an athlete can control
his/her own body weight and
learn to move efficiently through
multiple planes, he/she should
not be doing weight training at
any age
Dryland
➢ Successful training program
prepares a swimmer
➢ Physically
➢ Psychologically
➢ Technically
➢ Must complement:
➢ Each swim practice
➢ Phase of the season
➢ Progression of the athlete
Dryland - LANGUAGE INVOLVED WITH SWIMMING
➢ Muscle Length
➢ Limited muscle length- leads to poor positioning of joint,
weakness of surrounding muscles and poor movement patterns
➢ Muscle Strength
➢ Is relative strength; meaning whether the muscles are capable of
performing the specific tasks in the pool
➢ Muscle Timing
➢ The ability of muscles to tense and relax at the right
time in the right sequence
Dryland - LANGUAGE INVOLVED WITH SWIMMING
➢ Helps bridge the gap
between what happens on
the deck and what happens
in dryland
➢ Dryland is not a “sneak in”
extra conditioning, but
instead is a valuable asset to
prepare the body for the
technique demands it faces
in the water
League and USA Swimming
➢ Everyone is a League Swimmer
➢ 2 different USA Memberships
➢ Flex
➢ Full year
League Swimming
➢ CPAL – CENTRAL PENN AQUATIC LEAGUE
➢ 3 DIVISIONS
➢ MEETS (5 MEETS – WHICH COULD INCLUDE DUAL; TRI OR QUAD) ➢ DUAL MEET – 1 MEET
➢ TRI MEET – 2 MEETS
➢ QUAD MEET – 3 MEETS
➢ CHAMPIONSHIPS
➢ DIVISIONALS (NEED 3 MEETS)
➢ ALL-STARS (2 HEATS OF INDIVIDUALS; 1 HEAT OF RELAYS)
USA Swimming
➢ Mission statement➢ USA Swimming is the National Governing Body for the sport of swimming. We administer
competitive swimming in accordance with the Olympic & Amateur Sports Act. We provide programs and services for our members, supporters, affiliates and the interested public. We value these members of the swimming community, and the staff and volunteers who serve them. We are committed to excellence and the improvement of our sport. We are committed to providing a safe and positive environment for all members.
➢ Vision statement➢ To inspire and enable our members to achieve excellence in the sport of swimming and in life.
➢ Core objectives➢ USA Swimming has adopted three core objectives. These core objectives establish the
foundation of the strategic business plan for our sport. USA Swimming encourages all members to participate in the local, regional and national efforts to ensure that these objectives are accomplished.
➢ Build a Base
➢ Promote the Sport
➢ ACHIEVE SUSTAINED COMPETITIVE SUCCESS
USA Swimming IMX
➢ IM READY (IMR)➢ 9 & Under; 10-year olds: 100 Free, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Fly, 100 IM (SC)
or 200 IM (LC)
➢ 11-year olds; 12-year olds: 200 Free, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Fly, 100 IM (SC) or 200 IM (LC)
➢ 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, & 18-year olds: 200 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200
➢ IM XTREME (IMX)➢ 9 & Under; 10-year olds: 200 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 IM
➢ 11-year olds; 12-year olds: 400 Free (LC) or 500 Free (SC), 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 IM
➢ 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, & 18-year olds: 400 Free (LC) or 500 Free (SC), 200 Back, 200 Breast, 200 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM
Swim Meet Entry
➢ SWIM MEET ENTRIES DONE ON LINE
➢ SELF ENTRY
➢ COACH ENTRY
➢ MUST DECLARE ‘YES’ OR ‘NO’ FOR EVERY EVENT
➢ IF YOU DON’T TAKE ACTION WE WILL NOT KNOW TO ENTER YOU INTO THE MEET
➢ ENTRY FEES WILL BE TAKEN FROM YOUR CREDIT CARD ON FILE AT 1ST OF MONTH LIKE INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS
Locker Room and Changing Room
➢ Pre-Competitive, Red, White and Blue use the changing room
➢ Girls/ladies on left, boys/men on right
➢ Please keep non-swimmers out of changing room
➢ Bronze, Silver and Gold (full-time) use the locker room➢ Need to have a parent (with clearances) patrol the locker room
➢ No use of sauna
➢ Change and meet parents upstairs
➢ No Cell Phones or other recording devices permitted
COMMUNICATION
➢ Team Webpage: www.epac.org
➢ Social Media: Facebook Page
➢ Twitter, Instagram & Snapchat - ID's are all
SwimEPAC
➢ Team Database: OnDeck 4.0
➢ USA Resources:
➢ Deck Pass
➢ www.usaswimming.org
➢ Meet Mobile App ($5.99/year)
➢ Coach Guy email: [email protected] or
➢ Coach Guy phone: 717-319-3972
Q & A
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