1. Winter 2017/2018 Grand Haven Swim Club Season Minnows 6:15-7:00 M-F
You’re Invited to:
Winter 2017/2018
Grand Haven Swim Club Season
Head Coach Bill Hamm & Assistant Megan Reenders & Assistant Arin Wiegand
Cell (951) Cell (269) Cell (616)
Where: Grand Haven High School
When: Nov. 20, 2017-Feb. 10, 2018
Time: evenings
Minnows 6:15-7: M-F
Dolphins 6:30-7: M-F
Sharks 7:00-8: M-F
OUR FIRST PRACTICE WILL BE EVALUATIONS 11/20/17:
All new swimmers :15-7:00
10 & under :30-7:30
11 & up :00-8:30
Swimming is easy, it’s getting the pool that’s hard.
Natalie Coughlin
So let’s get in the POOL!

3. How to contact us:
I use … I will see your tonight or first thing in the morning, and usually respond shortly thereafter. I have yet to see a swimming emergency.
Follow online…
Follow Facebook – Grand Haven Swim Club
Check the bulletin boards inside pool main entrance – daily, signups, meet info, results
I have a smart phone, and I am smart enough to use it infrequently… I don’t hear it and rarely check it, but you can text it… (951) Never text if you need an immediate response… then call and make sure I know your number… I don’t pick up strange numbers

4. All these forms are on web page:
*Athlete questionnaire
*Concussion Forms
*flyer/Registration
Calendar
Meet Schedule
Successful Parents Article – Etiquette guide
What to do the day of practice, or the day of the meet
How to get disqualified – a parents guide
How Parents Affect Athlete
Equipment list
* Means these forms must be returned to coaches prior to entering the water

14. Successful Sports Parent
Do as I say, not as I do. You may have heard me at a water polo game.
#1 goal of kids – to have fun. Otherwise they are likely doing it for you!
Your Do’s… support, love, smile, give/make them responsible, help make it all fun, and volunteer
Your Don’ts… criticize, critique immediately afterwards, allow a sport to dominate a child’s life, exert pressure, treat them differently dependent upon success, make insulting comments about – any athlete, coach, parent, official, and do not coach – that’s why we are here!!

15. We are still working on apparel and swim suit orders

16. USSA Code of Conduct… the 10 other commandments
Thou shall not impose thy ambitions on thy child
Thou shall be supportive no matter what
Thou shall not coach thy child
Thou shall only have positive thinks to say at a competition
Thou shall acknowledge thy child’s fears
Thou shall not criticize officials
Thou shall honor thy child’s coach
Thou shall be loyal and supportive of thy team
Thy Child shall have goals besides winning
Thou shall not expect thy child to become an Olympian