2023 Swim Team Monday, June 12, 2023

Swim Team

(All locations and dates are tentative and may change. Keep an eye out for potential changes)

 

As in past seasons, we will be competing in the West Suburban Swim Conference. The Country Clubs include: Dunham Woods, Elgin Country Club, St. Charles

Country Club, Medinah Country Club and Royal Fox Country Club.

 

The age range for swimmers is 6-18 years old. Everyone is encouraged to participate.

 

The swim team fee for 2023 will be:

1st Child $215.00 

2nd Child $195.00

3rd Child $160.00

 

These prices include the following: 

All Rallies, Practices, Meets and the Swim Team Banquet. 

There will be an additional fee for the Team Suit, Team T-Shirts and Swim Cap. 

BASIC TEAM REQUIREMENTS:

1. All swimmers must be current members of Eagle Brook Country Club.

2. All swimmers must complete the Swim Team Registration.

3. All swimmers must be able to swim independently in deep water to be able to be on the team.

· 8 years and younger will need to be able to swim a minimum of 25 yards freestyle.

· 9-10 years old will need to be able to swim a minimum of 50 yards in both freestyle and backstroke.

· 11-18 years will need to be able to swim a minimum of 100 yards in all 4 strokes.

Each swim season offers a variety of events and distances depending upon the age of a swimmer. Age grouping is determined on a swimmers age as of July 1st of that season. The swimmer will stay in that age group for the summer. Each swimmer can swim various numbers of events at the summer meets. Each hosting team will determine the number of swims a swimmer participates in. Relay participation will depend on the swimmer?s best times and coach?s discretion. The events the children will compete in will be determined by their coach after considering the following:

· A child?s ability and times

· The needs of the team, and the availability of the swimmer to swim certain events.

· The head coach will decide what is in the best interest of the team

PRACTICES:

In order for every child to get the most out of the team experience, the coaching staff will be evaluating all swimmers, and will place them in one of the three practice groups:

· Silver: For our least experienced swimmers. Refinement of strokes will be worked on while endurance will be perused. Swimmers will closely focus on freestyle with rhythmic breathing, backstroke, racing starts, open and flip turns.

· Gold: For our moderate swimmers. Swimmers will work on refining strokes. Swimmers in this group will practice legal execution of freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke. Swimmers will also practice their starts and turns as well as gain an introduction to butterfly.

· Elite: This practice group will further a swimmers skill mastery of all four competitive strokes, starts, and turns. There will be a strong focus on endurance training. In order to be in this practice group a swimmer must be able to independently swim a

     minimum of 3000 yards a day.

  

Please do not approach the coach for discussion during practice or at a swim meet. The coach will meet with any parent after the scheduled practices, or prior to/after the swim meet to address individual questions or concerns before our first practice.

 

PRACTICE SCHEDULE:

Group placement: In order to have the most effective practices before our first meet, all swimmers will be tested and evaluated. Please have your child attend one of the following ?test? dates before our first practice.

June 7th from 8:00am to 9:15am or June 9th from 8:00am to 9:15am

Regular Practices will begin Monday, June 12th from 8:00am to 9:15am

The team will practice Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8:00am?9:15am, weather permitting. In the event of cold weather or inclement weather we will make a decision by 7:30am regarding canceling practice. A swimmer may be assigned to another group at the discretion of the coach. Parents will be notified in this instance. 

All swimmers are required to attend a minimum of two practices per week in order to participate in swim meets, unless a valid written excuse from a parent or physician is provided. Practicing more often will yield higher results in the long run

 

TEAM EQUIPMENT:

All team members will need to purchase the team swimsuit, a swim cap and will need to have a set of goggles. Female suits are $55.00 and Male suits are $44.00.  We do however, recommend the following items to benefit the swimmers

practices and overall performance: 

· Practice Suits ? This will keep your team suit in better shape for the meets.

· Goggles ? competitive swimming goggles should be worn by the swimmers during practice and at competition.

· Cap ? A team cap will need to be purchased for $15.00.

· Team T-Shirts ? 2 Team T-Shirts will need to be purchased for $17.00 each.

 

SWIM TEAM RULES

1. Swim team practices are for swimmers who will participate in swim meets.

2. Swimmers are expected to practice at assigned times in assigned groups unless other arrangements are made with the coach.

3. Swimmers are expected to participate in meets according to the events assigned by the coach. If a swimmer is unable to attend a meet, notice must be given to the coach by Monday morning prior to the meet.

SWIMMER AND PARENT CONDUCT

Swimmers are reminded that their behavior reflects on the entire team. It is expected that all swimmers and parents will act in a considerate and sportsmanlike manner to teammates, coaches, parents, officials, and any other member of the swimming community at meets, as well as at practices. Consistent with this

premise, team members will remain in the pool area at all times during practice and meets unless otherwise approved by the coach. Any misconduct will be dealt with and may result in suspension from the next scheduled swim meet or suspension from the team. In addition to these special rules, the Eagle Brook Country Club rules will also be strictly enforced. 

SWIM MEETS

Our home meets will be held at Eagle Brook Country Club Pool.

All conference meets are held on Wednesday evenings. 

Check in will be at 5:00pm, and Meets begin at 6:00pm.  

TRANSPORTATION

Parents are responsible for making sure that all transportation arrangements are made for their swimmer(s) to all meets.

WEATHER

The policy in regards to questioning the weather (unless there is a tornado sited in the area) is that swimmers must go to the host pool (the place where the meet is being held) until it is determined there by the meet officials to cancel the meet. DO NOT call the coach or the team representative because they will not know if the meet is being held until they get to the host team?s pool. We WILL NOT PERMIT any swimmer in the water if thunder can be heard or if lightning is seen. Swimmers will not be permitted back in the water until at least 30 minutes has passed since the last time thunder was heard or lightning was seen.

PARENT INVOLVEMENT MANDATORY

In order to make meets successful and well managed all families are asked to work at home meets. Workers must be at least 13 years old, and are asked to be at the entire meet. We are asking that everyone arrive 30 mins before the meet begins.

Some of the positions at a meet include the following:

Meet Set up and Tear Down: Help get the pool ready and then clear the deck for the meets.

Bull Pen: This group makes sure all swimmers are lined up in proper order for each event.

Timers: There are two timers in every lane with a stopwatch. One timer in each lane will need to record times as well. 

Runners: This position collects timers? results after each heat and delivers them to the scoring table.

Scorers: Add scores and determines winners from times sent by timers.

Ribbon Table: Write winners names and times on the back of the ribbon during the meet and will distribute them to team envelopes. 

 

 

2023 Swim Team Dates and Meet Locations

The 2023 Swim Schedule is still being finalized.

Keep an eye out for upcoming announcements!