Rising Stars: February 2008 Archives

Good Evening!
Hope everyone is having a good week. Following are several FYI's for everyone.

Schedule Reminder=
Coach Mo will not be at practice for the remainder of this week.
Remember Saturday's practice (February 23rd) is 11:30-12:30p.m.

Regional Meet Entries.We have 13 Rising Star Swimmers who have qualified to swim in the Regional Swim Meet next weekend. Please look for the meet information and entries in your mailboxes. The entries will also be posted on the bulletin board tomorrow.

Parent/Coach Conferences.We started the Starfish and Rising Star Parent/Coach conferences yesterday-Tuesday. We have completed 14 of them already! They are going great! One last reminder, if you have not signed up for one and want to, please check the sign up sheets in the team office. They are located on my desk. They have been great!!

BEST Parents Meeting.Tonight we had fa presentation by a ASU Graduate Student. I heard the presentation was very good! Unfortunately, by the time I was getting ready to present on Nutrition, most of the parents needed to leave with their swimmers. I elected to postpone my talk until next Wednesday, February 27th. I will begin PROMPTLY at 5:30p.m. We will conclude by 6:30p.m. (It is my son's 16th birthday, so I need to leave when I am done) I sure hope you will plan on attending. And I do apologize to those parents who so graciously attended tonight expecting to hear me speak on Nutrition. I just want as many people to hear this info as possible.

BEST Summer 2008 Practice Schedule. The summer practice schedule is now available. Please make sure you get your copy. HOWEVER, there is a mistake on the Starfish schedule. All Starfish will have practice with the Rising Stars on Monday mornings too. So, the Starfish schedule is Mon/Tues/Thus/Sat.

BEST Summer 2008 Long Course Meet Schedule. Also, available is the TENTATIVE summer meet schedule. Please note this is subject to change.

Have a good week! Thank you for your continued support! -Coach Jennifer

Hello! Hope this finds everyone having a great week. I just have a few items to go over with everyone this week.

Schedule Update.Following are the Saturday practice times for the month of February.
*Saturday, Feb. 9th Practice=11:30a.m.-12:30p.m. (Even though we do have 16 Swimmers going to the Phil Levine Invite, practice as usual for everyone else.)
*Saturday, Feb. 16th Practice=11:00a.m.-12:00Noon
*Saturday, Feb. 23rd Practice=11:30a.m.-12:30p.m.
*Saturday, Mar. 1st Practice=11:30a.m.-12:30p.m. (This is the same weekend as the Arizona Regional Meet, but practice as usual for everyone else)

Swim Meet Schedule.Following is the schedule for the remaining meets for the short-course season.
*Saturday, Feb. 9th=Phil Levine Invite. We have 16 Swimmers entered. The meet entries are posted on the age group bulletin board. Swimmers were only entered if you notified Coach Jennifer that you wanted to attend. (This is per the info given out to everyone a few weeks ago.)
*Friday, Feb. 29th-Sunday, mar. 2nd=Arizona Regional Swim Meet. There are no Starfish Swimmers who have qualified for this meet. We do have 14 Rising Star Swimmers who are. Those swimmers will be receiving meet info later this week in their mailboxes.
*Friday, March 28-Sunday 30th=Season Finale Swim Meet. EVERYONE in both the Starfish and Rising Star groups are eligible and recommended to attend!! This is the final meet of the season!! More info will follow in the nest week or two.

New Time Standard Sheets.Yesterday, in your mailbox was a new time standard chart. The one that I handed out has several mistakes on Regional cut times.
*There are NO known mistakes on any of the 10 & Under times standards.
*In the 11-12, there are 2 mistakes on the girls Regional times (100 Fly should be 1:26.79 & 200 Fly should be 3:05.39)
*In the 11-12 boys, there are 3 regional times listed wrong. (50 Free should be 34.69; 50 Back should be 44.49; 50 Breast should be 50.49 and 50 Fly should be 38.29)

Parent/Coach Conferences Information.The informational flyers were placed in everyone's mailbox yesterday-Tuesday, Feb. 5th. Hopefully, if you were at practice, you picked those up. This flyer explains all about the upcoming opportunity for parents to set up a brief conference with the coach to gain more insight into their own swimmer's swimming and progress.
*The actual sign up sheets will be posted tomorrow-Thursday, February 7th for parents to begin signing up for a conference time. *
Please remember, if you would rather do it by phone, please indicate so and leave your number for me to call you at the designated time.
*The time line for conducting these conferences begin the week of February 18th.

End-of-Season Group Celebration.In last week's blog, I indicated many upcoming dates for you. One that I had listed was for our end-of-season- celebration party for the two groups. I listed it incorrectly! The party date that I am looking at is SATURDAY, MARCH 8th. I have an idea already. If any Moms would like to help with this, I would love to hear from them! I really want the opportunity to celebrate a great season and provide some social time for the group to be together away from the pool! Stay tuned.

Enjoy your weekend! -Coach Jennifer