Please make sure you have registered for Swimmingly- The instructions came in your registration email and can be found on our homepage winchesterwave.org

SPORTSMANSHIP:

• We have the best team in the league- nay- in the world! It’s a special season of the year and the way we foster that is by being examples OURSELVES.
• Please be kind. Be kind to each human we get to interact with this season and we will all make some wonderful memories.
• As parents, we set the tone for our team and our children. Kids may not drop time each time they swim and they definitley won’t win every race they compete in- and yet we someone end up having AMAZING improvement over the course of the season
• Winchester Code of Conduct

VOLUNTEERS:

• We are absolutely reliant on volunteers.
• Each family needs to fulfil at least 8 volunteer points (points are indicated online with the position) This roughly equals 4 meets of the 8 that we have over the season. You can sign up for an entire meet or half a meet.
• Younger swimmers will be done earlier in the meet- if you’re a parent of younger swimmers, try to get 1st half shifts. If you are a parent of an older swimmer, take the 2nd half shifts.
• Volunteer Training night- Friday, May 24th. Come during your child’s practice and get a crash course on as many volunteer positions as you’d like.
• All volunteer position descriptions can be found on our website

PRACTICE EXPECTATIONS:

• We don’t take attendance at practices- if you need to miss, that’s fine.

MEET EXPECTATIONS:

• If you cannot attend a meet, please let the coaches know ASAP via the Swimmingly Clubhouse site. https://clubhouse.swimmingly.app
• PLEASE RSVP: If a swimmer doesn’t rsvp then their entire relay team could scratch their event.
• RSVP REGRETS ONLY if your swimmer can’t attend a meet- We assume swimmers will be there.
• IF notifying the coaches within 24hours, please use email as well. The meet may already be written and it won’t be accurately communicated.

• Plan on arriving to Home meets around 5:00 PM for a 5:15 warm up
• Plan on arriving to Away meets around 5:15 PM for a 5:30 warm up
• Meets start at 6:00 PM
• Each swimmer at meets is allowed to swim up to 3 individual events and up to 2 relays.
• Swimmers just developing their strokes will just start with freestyle and backstroke

USEFUL APPS AND WEBSITES:

• Winchesterwave.org- Find all info for season, plus signups for volunteering at the meets

• SwimTopia Mobile, (this is the mobile version of winchesterwave.org) to receive Team Alerts for weather delays/cancellations, sign up for events, view your volunteer commitments and swim results.
• Swimmingly- This app is used DURING the Swim Meets- it will give you live updates on your swimmer, and many volunteer positions will need this app (timers, stroke and turn, etc.)
• Swimmingly Clubhouse- this is the Swim Meet management software for our team- our coaches use this to create the events and heats for each meet. You can track your child’s progress over the season here.

CLINICS:

• see website for signups

DATES TO NOTE: All can be found on the website

• May 13th First Day of Practice
• May 17th 6-8 pm. Come before or after your practice to enjoy some pizza and camaraderie with your new teammates. Pizza provided for team members.
• Thursday, May 30, Wave Time Trials

Please see the website for the meet and practice schedules.

This is gonna be a great year!