Weekly Email #3

Good afternoon,

Thank you all for your dedication to this very young season. We have made great strides as a program in the past couple weekends and I am very pleased with the progress. Credits goes out to all involved, so thank you. Let's keep it rolling this week because its a big one!

Here are our talking points this week. A little longer then last week, but mostly review:

1) Practice Time Changes

2) Home Meet

3) Lock-In

4) Feeder Program

5) Paperwork

6) Private Lesssons

7) Communication

8) Master's Update

1.) PRACTICE TIME CHANGES

Our practice times will change slightly starting this upcoming week. With a large feeder group (more info on that in the next paragraph), we would like to ensure that all of our coaches are able to assist in some facet. That being said, we will be moving our feeder program to 9:45-10:15, and offering two practice times in the morning for swim team.

Monday-Thursday

Feeder- 9:45-10:15am

10 and under- 9-10am

11 and over- 10:15-11:30am

Friday

Feeder- 9:45-10:15

Swim Team- 10-11:30

We believe the extra 15 minutes of practice for the 8 and under will be incredibly beneficial to their stroke technique, as well as their endurance. Also, adding the 9-10's to our 8 and under practice will give our advanced 8 and under swimmers the opportunity to work with older swimmers. This will allow for more skill appropriate drills and coaching. I believe that this will maximize our coaches talents and feedback delivery, and in turn, provide our swimmers with an even better experience this season. 

2.) HOME MEET, THURSDAY, JUNE 11TH

REMINDER: This Thursday is our first official meet at home versus Beaver Brook. The meet will begin at 6pm, but we would like our families to arrive by 4:30pm. Remember to bring cap, goggles and a racing suit!

If you would like to volunteer at the meet and haven't already been contacted, please email us!

Here is who we have signed up for this meet:

Addicks, Lucy - 9 y/o

Atkins, Hyatt - 13 y/o

Bagley, Connor - 14 y/o

Bagley, Mason - 9 y/o

Broady, Anne - 17 y/o

Brunson, Connor - 12 y/o

Cathey, Anna Grace - 12 y/o

Cox, Kylie - 10 y/o

Felton, Jack - 9 y/o

Felton, Sadie - 11 y/o

Fielden, Amelia - 8 y/o

Hanggi, Avery - 8 y/o

Hanggi, Sam - 14 y/o

Johnson, Baxter - 7 y/o

Johnson, Hank - 10 y/o

Lederer, Parks - 6 y/o

Martin, Ellie - 18 y/o

Martin, Emma - 13 y/o

Martin, Stephen - 15 y/o

McClamroch, Michael - 13 y/o

Morton, Ella - 8 y/o

Morton, Grant - 9 y/o

Myers, Mason - 12 y/o

Overton, Katelyn - 8 y/o

Overton, Will - 6 y/o

Rechter, Amelia - 12 y/o

Riley, Liam - 12 y/o

Shomaker, Wyatt - 11 y/o

Shomaker, Jennings - 14 y/o

Siler, Kathryn - 11 y/o

Wagner, Ford - 11 y/o

Wagner, Jackson - 9 y/o

Welch, Connor - 7 y/o

White, Grayson - 6 y/o

White, Jackson - 8 y/o

If you are planning on participating in this meet, and did not receive an email before this one, please respond to let us know that you're swimmers are planning on competing.

3.) LOCK-IN, THURSDAY JUNE 11TH

CCC will have their annual overnight lock-in following our first home meet with Beaver Brook CC for all swimmers 11 and up on June 11th. This event will require all participants and parents to complete a waiver, as well as handing over car keys for all swimmers 16 and up. The night of the lock-in, all three of our coaches, and two lifeguards will be present all through the night, in addition to Martha and Rob Allen, and Janet and Ashley Shomaker being in attendance until 2am. When 2am hits, and kids begin to wrap up their evening, an adult will always be present. 

The schedule for that night will look something like this:

~9pm- Meet wraps up

9-9:30pm- Open swim time to clear-out pool area

9:30-10pm- Head to clubhouse to put sleeping gear and bags away, and eat!

10pm- Head back to pool for games

~12-1am- Back to clubhouse and shut down pool

1-2am- Bowling, movie, games, Wii, etc.

~2am- Bedtime

7:45am- Wake-up

8am- Breakfast

9-10am- Practice!

Practice for the 10 and unders will be cancelled this Friday

Next week we will send out a "Lock-In Only" email for families to sign up!

4.) FEEDER PROGRAM

Our first week of Feeder Group went great! We have over 25 of our youngest swimmers on roster. We were so glad to see those sweet faces again this summer and to meet our new youngest swimmers.

We will be focusing on more water safety this year in the Feeder Group and will start our stroke instruction out a little more slowly to make sure that all our Feeder Swimmers, whether they are beginner swimmers or more advanced swimmers, are getting the basics to build on. We are looking forward to all our swimmers learning and perfecting new skills and advancing to the main swim team when they are ready.

We are excited about moving to the new time change from 9:45-10:15. The program continues to grow and we want to meet all our swimmers' needs to the best of our abilities. The new time change will allow all 3 coaches as well as our dedicated teenage volunteers to work with the Feeder Program. 

In keeping with the Cherokee Swim Team spirit, on Fridays the Feeder Group will participate in the Cherokee doughnut and games tradition. So if your swimmer can spend a few extra minutes on Friday, we will look forward to our traditional Feeder Fun Friday!

5.) PAPERWORK

At this point, the majority of families have completed all three documents. If you have not completed the GKAISA form then you received an email from me yesterday. Please turn that in as soon as possible.

6.) PRIVATE LESSONS

We cannot stress enough the importance of technique as the primary way for swimmers to see performance improvements, and believe that all swimmers will greatly benefit from one on one work.  Private lessons are a great way to enhance your swimmer's technique. Myself, Brittany, and Elli have experience teaching private lessons, and have greatly impacted the stroke efficiency of many young swimmers. Proper technique is critical not only for enhancing a swimmers ability to move quickly and effectively through the water, but also aids in decreasing the risk of injury! Contact any of our coaches directly to reserve a lesson slot, and remember availability is limited so the sooner you sign up, the greater the likelihood that you will get your first choice time slot.  For your convenience, we will have registration sheets for each lesson completed, and CCC will bill each member's account directly.

7.) PARENT/COACH COMMUNICATION

My primary form of communication will be weekly emails sent on Sunday evenings.  The other forms of communication are outlined below. All important dates, practice times and the meet schedule are available on Google Calendar. Questions/comments feel free to let us know!

A.) Weekly Sunday evening emails (also available on the blogspot)

B.) Cherokee Blogspot (also available through CCC mobile app)

http://cherokeeswimteamnews.blogspot.com/p/practice.html

C.) CCC mobile app (download the app with password ccc1907 --> go to "Pool" --> go to "Swim Team News" which is linked to blogspot --> "Manage alerts" --> subscribe/turn on "Pool_news" channel)

D.) Push notifications (managed through CCC app)

E.) Google calendar

https://www.google.com/calendar/render?tab=mc&pli=1#main_7%7Cmonth-3+23233+23269+23233

8) MASTERS UPDATE

We had a great turnout this week at our masters program!  There is a wide range of participants from those who have never had swim technique work before to college level swimmers.  We are always looking for more enthusiastic participants... Coach Brittany is the contact person for this group.  For more information and pricing info she can be reached via phone 850-585-3755 or at oxley.britt@gmail.com. For those of you who have thought about getting into swimming but never taken that next step, now is the time!

Sorry for the long email. Hopefully you digested the important sections and passed over the stuff you don't need!

You all are awesome! Looking forward to another great week of practice.

Thank you,

Sam Davy

715-340-8138