To all:

The summer swim league is supposed to be both fun and challenging for all our swimmers.  Many may have noticed that your child was scheduled to swim an event that wasn’t one you selected.  This is a team sport, and there are times that we’ve got races to fill that may challenge your child.  We try to keep swimmers in the events selected, but there may be some instances when it would both challenge the swimmer and help the team by filling a different event.  We’ve seen many kids step outside their comfort zone and they’re surprised how well they do.  When you sign your child up for swim meets, there is a field open for you to write comments to our coaches.  Please use this to let them know any special instructions.

Example notes:

• My child only wants to swim the events we selected, please don’t move them.
• My child really wants to swim the 25 free and 25 backstroke, but you can move them to another event for their third individual if needed.
• My child signed up for three individual events, but you can move them to anything else if needed.
• There is a risk my child won’t be able to make the meet on Monday, please keep them out of relays in case we must scratch at the last minute.

Our coaches manage a lot of kids, so a quick reminder from you when they’re doing relays or trying to fill an empty race is very helpful.  This applies for all meets, including the next meet – where your comments/changes/updates all close Thursday evening!

NOTE:  The notes don’t carry over from meet to meet, so please create notes for every meet (if necessary!)  Please click here to access the next swim meet, sign up, and make swimmer notes as needed.

Dave Bostelmann