Farmingdale Aquatics
Junior Team 2006-2007          

Practice requirements for the 2006-2007 season:
            Farmingdale Aquatics is a competitive swim program and as such it is important that you attend practice on a consistent basis. Attendance at practice will be used as a factor in determining meet entries. You need to arrive at the pool in a timely manner and are expected to remain at the pool to the end of practice. Always check the calendar or web sight for any changes in scheduled practice times and dates.
              The Jr. Team will normally be scheduled for 6 practices a week Monday through Saturday. You will be required to attend on average 5 practices a week
           
Equipment:
            The team suit is not to be worn at practice. This is so the team suit will last the season and not become stretched or fade out. You will therefore need a number of practice suites. You will also need a second set of goggles. This is so you can have one set for meets and one set for practice. Meet goggles need to fit tighter then the ones used for practice.
            Keeping a log book which includes events and times you have done, stroke corrections that have been suggested by the coach and your practice session is the best way for you as a swimmer to be able to track yourself. It is therefore suggested that you start keeping a log of your swimming.

             Practice: Once again your Team suit is not to be worn at practice. You will need several practice suits to last through the year, two pairs of goggles, a water bottle, and swim caps if necessary.
 Meets:     Team suit, swim cap if necessary, goggles, water bottle

General Information:
             Swim Meets:  You need to be at the meet at least fifteen minutes before you’re scheduled to begin warmup. This will help insure that you are checked in by the coach on deck and are ready to get into the water for your warmup session. Scratches are due into the meet director no later then a half hour before the start of the meet. Any swimmer who has not been checked in by the coach by that time will be scratched from the meet.
            You are not permitted in the stands once the meet has started. We will not go searching for you. The coach needs to know where you are at all times so that as the heats and events are called you can get to the blocks in time to swim your heat. When you finish your event you are to report immediately to the Coach for feed back on your event.
            Swim meets can be long and at times very boring. It is suggested that you bring something to the meet that you can use to help pass the time between events. You should also bring something healthy to snack on. Please remember when planning these items for yourself that the pool deck will be wet and that anything they bring onto the deck will get wet.      Practice: You should be on deck and ready to go no later then 5 minutes before practice is ready to start with the necessary equipment.
            Toilet breaks will be allowed for any swimmer that has requested to go to the toilet before the next set is announced. After a set has been announced and started toilet breaks are at the discretion of the Coach.
            If you need your goggles adjusted myself or one of the other coaches will be happy to perform that task for you. Having your goggles adjusted by a coach is not a reason to stop swimming. You are to keep swimming and can pick your goggles up after they are fixed.

            It is the desire and goal of the coaching staff that you will to the best of your ability improve over the course of the session and possibly be able to move up into another lane or ability group. To move up a lane or into another group the following areas will be considered; 

Attendance:
How often do you attend practice and are you prepared.
Skill:
Do you have the physical ability to preform at the next level and be able to keep up with the swimmers at that level. Doing flip turns all the time during all Free and Back Stroke sets.
Performance:
Stroke mechanics, event times, performance at meets and at practice
Desire:
How hungry are you. Willingness to lesson and learn

Farmingdale All Stars
Each swimmer will earn points based on meet times and performance

Points based on time will be for improvement 1 point for each second of improvement and partial points for each 10th of a second                         

Points based on performance will be for how well they placed in the event against other Farmingdale Swimmers.
Highest placed Farmingdale Swimmer in any event will receive 5 points next lowest 4, 3 and 2 all other swimmers in the event will receive 1 point 

There will be a Male and Female swimmer in each age group.

This award will be given out at the Team Awards Dinner at the end of the session.

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