Coaches Newsletter: April 28-May 2

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Green and Black is a "time trial" meet for our team. This meet is important for entries in future events. If you cannot make green and black PLEASE tell the coaches so we can time your swimmer at practice.

If your swimmer isn't quite ready to race yet, that is okay! You are more than welcome to attend the meets and cheer on the team and/or attend pasta night!

MEET ATTENDANCE
📌Declare your swimmers absence or attendance one of two ways:

📌Use the team website, find the "Next Meet" bar, click meet entry

📌 Use the swimtopia app (there is a how to video further below)

📌If your swimmer is not able to swim in a race alone yet, please mark not attending

📌If you cannot attend the meet or need to leave a meet early, leave a note on swimtopia and message the coaches

📌If your swimmer is swimming at the meet, please also mark the events they feel confident swimming in on Saturday

WEDNESDAY @ 9:00 PM
📌 Meet Entries Closed

📌Mark your swimmer as attending or not attending before this deadline

Letting the the coaches know if your swimmer will be attending makes a TREMENDOUS impact on swim meets, coaches, and other swimmers. When a swimmer who was entered in the meet is a no show/no call, coaches have to change around relays, provide numbers to new swimmers, and make changes with the computer room.

7:00 AM - 7:30 AM
Swimmer Check-In with Coaches

📌Coaches will give your event numbers for the day

📌Green Team - Coach Josh

📌Black Team - The Marissas

📌Check-in will normally be 6:30AM for home meets

7:45 - 8:15AM
WARM-UPS:

10&Unders for the first 15 minutes
11&UP for the second 15 minutes

📌Swimmers stretch on deck 5 minutes before hoping in the water

📌No relays this week, but for future reference:

📌IF YOU ARE A NO SHOW/NO CALL BY WARM-UPS, THE ABSENT SWIMMER WILL BE REPLACED FROM ANY RELAYS THEY WERE ENTERED IN

8:15 AM
Timer's Meeting

8:20 AM
Swimmer Team Meeting

8:30 AM
Meet Starts

📌 NO ONE IS ALLOWED ON THE PLAYGROUND OR OTHER POOLS DURING SWIM MEETS PER NWAL REGULATIONS AND INSURANCE PURPOSES

12:30 PM

Approximate End Time

📌There is never a guarantee to when a meet will end. Meets against bigger teams add time.

✅DO text the coaches if you are arriving late

✅DO see the coaches before leaving a swim meet

✅DO see the coaches after each race for feedback and encouragement!

✅DO stay in the water until the heat is over - it's good sportsmanship

✅DO write encouraging messages on swimmers backs

✅DO always assume you could be a fill in for a relay

✅DO check the swimmers name and lane before each race (as a timer)

✅DO look over the ledge to see the touch (as a timer)

✅DO help clean up after the meet, the more of us that do a little, the faster we complete our goal

❌ DO NOT ask the coaches for numbers during warm-ups

❌ DO NOT argue with meet referees or officials (see a coach instead)

❌ DO NOT play on the playground or other pools

❌ DO NOT write mean messages about other teams on swimmers backs

❌ DO NOT cheer or scream after the race whistle (first is whistle, second is "take your mark", third is the beep)

Another Stingray Tradition includes eating lunch together after the meet and passing out ribbons! We will not meet this week. Our first ribbon lunch will be May 9th.

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Big Coach Marissa

nsstcoachmarissa@gmail.com

832-226-3011

Coach Josh

nsstcoachjoshh@gmail.com

832-353-5360

Lil Coach Marissa

nsstcoachmj@gmail.com