Pre-Season Meeting 10-11

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• Pre-Season Meeting 10-11

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LSW Coaches

• Coach Tanner Penrod, Head Coach
• Coach Danielle Stansbury, Dive Coach
• Coach Ross Mueller, Assistant Swim Coach

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Other

• Scott and Barbara Delisi
• Parent Booster Reps
• Team apparel, ordering, events, etc
• Tracey Peterson
• Team Dinner Coordinator

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LSW Athletic Department

• Mr. Dave Gillespie
• Athletic Director, LSW

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Communication

• Team Website http//isite.lps.org/tpenrod/web/S.h
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• Team Calendar, meet schedule, week to week
  practice schedule, state cuts, school records,
  etc

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Try-outs

• Eligibility
• Green eligibility cards must be turned in to
  Coach Penrod by the start of try-outs on Monday
• Participation packets can be found on the sign-up
  tablespackets are turned into the Athletic
  Office
• Fall Athletes---get your card from your coachnot
  the ADs

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Try-Outs

• Rationale 1 Our goal, as a program, is to build
  the best team in the city and eventually the
  state. With this goal in mind, this program is
  not a learn to swim or learn to dive program.
  Try-outs are intended to determine if
  student-athletes are able to fulfill the minimum
  expectations for participation on the team.

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Try-outs

• Rationale 2 Try-outs also give coaches an
  opportunity to build appropriate practice groups
  (Green/Silver) and base training lanes for
  athletes making the team.

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Try-outs- Swim

• Bring suit, goggles, running shoes, t-shirt and
  athletic shorts
• Monday, November 15, 2010
• BOYS- 330-530PM
• Ready to swim at 330
• Dry-land at 500pm
• GIRLS- 430-630PM
• Dry-land at 430pm
• Ready to swim at 500pm
• Work-out will consist of at least 3000 yards with
  dry-land training before or after
• This will be the easiest, non-taper, practice of
  the season

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Try-outs

• Bring suit, goggles, running shoes, t-shirt and
  athletic shorts
• Tuesday, November 16, 2010
• All Swim- 330-530PM
• Ready to swim at 330
• Time Trials
• -50 and 100 yards of every stroke
• -100 IM

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Try-outs- Dive

• Monday, 11/15/2010
• Bring suits, shorts, t-shirt, shoes
• 345-545PM
• Tuesday, 11/16/2010
• 430-630PM
• Bring suits, shorts, t-shirt, shoes

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Teams

• Teams/Group Placements will be posted on the
  team website by 900 pm on Tuesday
• Please email Coach Penrod if a name does not
  appear on the list, as any student-athlete not
  making the team will be informed by Coach Penrod
  on Tuesday after practice

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Swim Practice Groups

• Green
• Newer to the sport
• Not ready to train at the Silver level
• Will compete in all home meets
• May not travel and/or compete in invites
• Silver
• More experienced or year-round swimmers
• Group placements are not permanent at any
  point in the seasonthere is plenty of time to
  work your way into the Silver group

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Schedules

• Please see the team website for the most up to
  date schedules
• A weekly, updated schedule will be posted over
  the week-end on the home page
• A typical weekday
• AM- SWIM- 600-730AM (for Green and Silver)
• GREEN- 315-500PM
• SILVER- 330-630PM
• DIVE- 400-600pm
• A typical weekend
• GREEN- 800am-1000am
• SILVER- 900am-1200pm
• DIVE- 800-1000am

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Attendance Policy

• 1)      Practice attendance is required for all
  mandatory practices
• Weekday (afternoons) and Saturday
• Morning swim practices are optional
• 2)      An athlete is excused from practice under
  the following circumstances
• Illness, school related functions, etc
• Please email Coach Penrod regarding excused
  absences when they occur

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Attendance Policy

• Unexcused absences include
• skipping, oversleeping, not knowing there is
  practice, etc
• Consequences of Unexcused Absences
• 1st- miss the next competition
• 2nd -1 week suspension (practice and competition)
• 3rd- Removal from the team
• Athletes should do their best to take care of
  school related issues (retakes, teacher help,
  etc) in the morning, as opposed to missing the
  beginning of practice.

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Attendance Policy (continued)

• Other excused absences
• Family vacation or club meets (see
  dual-particpation on the next slides)
• All student-athletes are allowed to have 4
  excused absences
• These absences must be pre-approved by Coach
  Penrod
• Excused absences will not be approved if you
  would miss an LSW meet (a few exceptions)
• Excused absences will not be approved after
  January 16, 2011

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NSAA Dual Participation

• Article 3, Section 5.1.1- Swimming and Diving
  Outside Participation
• During the school sport season of swimming and
  diving, a student may, after fulfilling all
  requirements, practices and competitions of the
  school swimming and diving team, practice and/or
  compete as a member of a non-school team or as an
  individual participant in an organized non-school
  swimming and diving practice or competition under
  the conditions listed below.
• (a) Priority shall be given to all school team
  practices and competition. Should a non-school
  practice/competition be in direct conflict with
  the school scheduled practice/competition the
  school practice/competition shall take priority.
  Prior approval by the school administrator may
  grant an exception to a student to participate in
  the non-school swimming and diving program if in
  direct conflict with the school program.
• (b) No school time shall be missed to compete,
  practice or travel to the site of such non-school
  swimming and diving competition unless the
  absence is approved in advance by the school
  administrator.
• (c)A school shall not replace its swimming or
  diving program with any non-school swimming or
  diving program.

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LSW Dual Participation

• 1- LSW Dual Participation
• a) An athlete that elects to miss a LSW practice
  or competition (3.5.1.1 due to a non-high school
  competition, with prior approval from the head
  coach and athletic director. (3.5.1.1 a)
• b) A request for an exception must be in writing
  to the head coach and the athletic director at
  least two weeks prior to the practice or
  competition.
• 2- a) A LSW Swimmer or Diver may not miss the HAC
  or State meet for a non-school practice or
  competition.
• COMMUNICATION IS KEY
• (Early and Often)

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Attendance

• Per LSW Rule
• An athlete must be in all classes to practice or
  compete that day. (there are a few exceptions)
• Per Team Rule
• An athlete attend and complete practice the day
  before a competition in order to eligible at the
  next days competition

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Lettering Requirements

• In order to earn a varsity letter you must
  achieve ONE of the following
• 1-Be a member of the team for 3 seasons in good
  standing.
• 2-Average finish of 3rd or better in all dual
  meets
• 3-Automatic State Qualifier in an individual
  event
• 4-Compete at the State Meet as a member of an
  automatic qualifying relay team
• 5-Finish in the top 6 of an individual event at
  the Conference Championships

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Week 1

• Monday- Try-Outs
• Tuesday- Try-Outs
• Wednesday- Morning Swim Starts
• Afternoon locker check-out- 315pm
• Thursday- normal schedule
• Friday- Equipment Check-out
• Starts at 315pmall athletes will be out by
  545pm
• Saturday-
• Team Picture Day and Clash of the Classes
• Boys Pic- 700am /// Girls Pic- 710am
• Bring your picture packet and check to the
  photographers

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Green/Silver Intra-squad Meet

• Tuesday, November 23
• 430pm Meet
• Team Dinner to Follow at Scott M.S.
• (Families and Athletes)

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Frequently Asked Questions

• Travel Meets
• Busses will take athletes to and from away meets
• Student-athletes will need to bring money for a
  dinner after the meet
• In town Away Meets
• Student-athletes are responsible for their own
  transportation
• Equipment Check-Out
• Green warm-ups (slicks) and grey sweat
  pants/shirt (sweats) will be checked out
• Lockers
• Lockers will be checked out at the afternoon
  practice on Wednesday
• Do not leave your swim/dive bag in the main
  office or the athletic officePool doors and
  storage will be open on Monday, Tuesday and
  Wednesday until 810am
• Other

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Booster Parent and Team Dinners

• Barbara Delisi
• Tracey Peterson