Willis Road Waves

A few important notes about practice:

• Please bring your child to as many practice sessions as possible (choose one practice per day, morning OR afternoon)

• Please arrive 10 MINUTES EARLY for practices so your child can be ready to swim at the start time. Practice sessions will be packed with instruction, training, and fun, so they will need to be present for the entire practice in order to get the most out of each session.

• If there is thunder or lightning during the practice we will have to clear the pool deck. Swimmer will have to wait in the car with their parents or in the main building.

• Please try to email the coaches or talk to them in the 15 minutes between practice regarding concerns and not during a practice.

• Summer league is a little less intense than the year round swim team. We will only have 6 weeks with your swimmers. Please expect progress but not perfection and help the swimmers understand that.

• As coaches, we will be working to teach stroke technique, work on speed, and encourage your child in the sport, according to their level and age group. IF your child does not learn their strokes or improve their times right away, please do not worry. Swimming can take a long time to master. Some swimmers may catch on more naturally, while others may take a little longer, and that is okay!

• We recommend encouraging your child by focusing on the things they are doing RIGHT. There will be mistakes, especially for younger swimmers, and we will address those in a positive way and push them to keep going and keep practicing. With this being summer swim, we truly want this to be a fun experience and even one of their favorite parts of summer vacation!

• At end of practice swimmers will stay at the wall when they complete their last lap and wait for everyone to finish, then exit the pool together for very quick review of practice, preview of the next, and a cheer