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PRACTICE
We do not have a required number of
practices that the swimmers must attend during the week or month
for the age group swimmers. Senior swimmers are expected to attend
80% of practice sessions a month including any dry land activities.
However, we do want swimmers to keep a good attendance record,
especially if they plan on improving. Improvement in swimming
is directly related to your attendance and
effort.
We do understand that kids and parents have
busy schedules. Please let us know if there are certain days that
your child may be regularly missing during the week. There is a
practice schedule poster on the bulletin board outside of the
coach’s office. The schedule is subject to change at any
time, although we do our best to keep it the same. The times may
change from season to season, so it is the responsibility of the
swimmer to check the bulletin board for changes to the schedule
daily.
Please be sure your swimmer(s) is/are on time
for practice. If they are arriving late or will be getting out
early, we will need a parent to come out on deck or a parent phone
call confirming this. A written note is not acceptable. Swimmers
are expected to be ready to swim and behind their lanes at the
designated start time. Changing and other preparations need to be
done before practice starts.
The locker rooms are available for the
swimmers to change quickly before practice. Please remind your
swimmers that the locker room is not the property of the swim team
and all personal items must be inside a locker or on the deck of
the pool, no exceptions. The country club provides towels
for its members, not for MVAC. Please bring your own towels to
practice, member and non-member alike.
Swimmers are expected to fully participate
in practice. If there is excessive sitting out, the swimmer will be
given the option of continuing to swim or getting out. Parents will
be contacted if the swimmer gets out for this reason. MVAC’s
workouts are not as long as some other teams. We rely on intensity
during practice. Sitting out during practice is counter to that
philosophy.
No swimmer shall interfere with the progress
of other swimmers either in or out of the pool. They will be dealt
with outside of practice.
CONDUCT
Inappropriate language and behavior will not
be tolerated during practice or at any other time by a member of
MVAC. Abusive language is unnecessary, offensive and does not
belong at the pool, on deck, in the locker room or at meets. A
swimmer will be asked to leave if this type of language is heard by
one of the coaches or swimmers. If this type of language is
persistent, we will have to consider the swimmer’s status on
the team.
Respect is required and expected
for other swimmers, coaches and the facility. No
exceptions.
MVAC Team Practice Rules
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- All equipment must be behind your lane and
within reaching distance at every practice. See
the equipment list.
- This will enable all of us to have a more
efficient practice and one without needless interruptions while
athletes take the time to go get their equipment.
- Arriving on time to practice means arriving
15 minutes early, ready to stretch and then get in the water
promptly at the start of practice.
- Arriving on time and ready to stretch and
swim is key to utilizing all of our available practice
time.
- Parent observation is more then welcome
during practice, as long as the parent does not interrupt practice
by talking to swimmer or coach during practice.
- Talking to a swimmer or coach during
practice distracts either the swimmer or coach from utilizing their
full attention and efforts.
- The group we put your child in is due to
their ability to keep up with that group’s practice.
Switching groups for convenience will not be allowed.
- Switching groups to accommodate your
schedule, affects the performance of the entire group. In order to
move up a group, the athlete needs to have achieved the qualifying
times, successfully completed the new group’s test workout,
and/or have both coaches approval.
- Strict adherence to MVAC and MVCC’s
‘Code of Conduct’ must be maintained.
- We wish to have a polite and respectful team
on deck and in the water. This facilitates team bonding, mutual
respect for fellow swimmers, coaches, staff, and parents. Dealing
with discipline issues takes time away from
instruction.
- Any swim suit may be worn during practice.
Team racing suits and caps are not required.
- Non-member parents are allowed to sit on the
bleachers during practice.
- MVCC is a private country club and we must
do our best to not inconvenience members of the country
club.
- No Food may be brought on property. One
bottle of water or sports drink may be allowed. MVCC has a snack
shop that will be open during practices.
- Use of Locker Rooms is for changing and
restroom use only. No loitering or storing personal items will be
tolerated with the exception of members of the country
club.
- Swimmers will put their personal items on
the bleachers provided for their use.
- All trash and equipment must be put away /
removed from the deck at the conclusion of each
practice.
- A swimmer must pay attention and give their
best effort during practice. No sitting on the walls.
- Coaches know when a swimmer is giving a
sub-par performance in practice. If a swimmer cannot practice to
race, they should probably be getting rest and healing at home
instead.
- Sitting on the wall during practice provides
unnecessary distractions for the coach and the rest of the team.
This will not be tolerated. A swimmer will be asked 3 times and
then asked to get out of practice for the day. Repeated offenses
will be brought to the parent’s attention for further
action.
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