LCN Swim/Dive Parent Info Packet
How to Sign Up for the LCN Swim/Dive Team
- Fill out your health forms
- DUE NOW – interim form until you get a physical
- DUE BEFORE THE FIRST MEET – Real form dated AFTER April 15 (will be good for all sports for one year from date of issue
- Sign up on the website (www.lcnswim.com)
- Contact info – so you will get e-mails/texts in case of changes to practices or meets
- T-Shirt Size
- Lettering for swim cap (most put last name)
- $$$ Pays for LCN Swim website Registration, Swim Caps
What gear does my student need?
- Swimsuit: Duhams, Dicks, ,or www.swimoutlet.com (through lcnswim.com website). Some people like to try on suits at the sporting goods stores to find proper size and then order online. If you are purchasing a new suit, look for a “competition” suit. These will hold up to the chlorine without getting baggy/thin/stretched out and last much longer.
- 1 piece suit for girls
- Swim jammers for boys
2. Goggles
- Prescription goggles can be ordered from www.swimoutlet.com (about $20)
What about practices?
- Practices are Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur, and Fri afterschool until 5pm, then stretching or “dryland” until 5:30pm
- Students are organized into lanes based on speed/skill. Several students will share a lane and “circle swim” within the lane.
- Students will learn all strokes (backstroke, freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly) and practice diving off of the blocks and doing flip-turns.
- Divers will practice on our two diving boards and learn the required six dives for competition.
What are the Parent Obligations?
- Sign up your student online and fill out forms
- Attend/Decline ALL swim meets on www.lcnswim.com
- Volunteer or Donate at ALL home swim meets
- Volunteer or Donate at the LCN hosted large meets (County Meet, Division Meet, Invitational Meet). The $$ made at these meets goes directly into the swim program for pool equipment.
General Information for ALL Swim Meets
- You must sign up for a meet ahead of time (before the deadline) on www.lcnswim.com under the EVENTS tab. You must “Accept” or “Decline” that you are attending the meet.
- If you are “Accepting” the event, students must choose 2 events that they want to swim.
- Coach Mike will do his best to honor requests and he will arrange all relay teams. He may also choose 1 or 2 other events for your student.
- Each student will swim in no more than 4 events at each meet.
- Students check in at THE BEGINNING of warm up (upon arriving at the meet)
- Students see the events they are swimming, and write the info ON THEIR ARM with a SHARPIE (Event #, Heat #, Lane #.......ex: E13 H2 L4)
- All students will swim a mini-workout to warm up before the meet
- Before and after their event, students will swim a few laps in the designated area to warm up & cool down their muscles (to avoid injury and minimize soreness)
- Meets usually start 1 hr after warm up begins
- Students need at least 2 towels and something to drink
- Spectators should dress for a tropical environment (warm and humid)
- If you are signed up as a timer…wear something that can get wet (dark shirt, shorts, flip-flops). You are likely to get splashed.
Dual Swim Meets – Against 1 other Team
- All Swimmers (both teams) get a drink/snack (free) after the meet
- Usually approx 2 hrs long, bleachers are uncrowded
- Top 6 swimmers score points for their team (Top 4 for relay events)
LCN Hosted Dual Swim Meets (at LCN)
- Parents sign up on www.lcnswim.com under “job signup” to either volunteer or donate
- Donate at item (Gatorade, water, snack, etc)
- Do a job (timer, concessions, setup/cleanup, etc.)
Championship Swim Meets – Against Many other Teams
- $5 Entry fee for person (any age) unless you are working
- No free drink/snack for swimmers
- Concessions open
- Medals given out at the meet for the top 8 finishers
- Usually 3+ hours long, bleachers VERY hot and crowded (not a good meet for Grandparents or young siblings)
- Top 16 swimmers score points for their team
- All Parents MUST sign up on www.lcnswim.com under “job signup” The team needs your help to run the meet.
- If you are able, please donate at item (Gatorade, water, snack, etc)
- Do a job (timer, concessions, setup/cleanup, etc)
Good to Know
- Event Lingo
Mixed = Both boys and girls swimming in same event. For Jr. High, all events are “mixed”
Free Relay = All four swimmers on the relay team swim freestyle
Medley Relay = four simmers: 1st swims Backstroke, 2nd swims Breaststroke, 3rd swims Butterfly, 4th swims Freestyle
Individual Medley (IM) = Single swimmer does all four strokes (Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Freestyle) in order
- Meet Scoring
- Regular Meet – top 6 swimmers score points for their team
- Championship Meet – top 16 swimmers score points for their team
- Diving- top and bottom judges scores are thrown out. Sum of middle 3 scores is multiplied by the DD (dive difficulty factor) for the dive.
- Meet Mobile App – use for all LCN meets (not all schools use Meet Mobile)
- Load the app at home with your own wifi
- Choose your student and their friends as favorites
- See their times (previous and new)