Hello Seal (parents),

We are beyond excited to start practicing with your seals next week! As a reminder, below is the practice schedule for this summer (bearing in mind that new swimmers should not attend practices until after hearing from the coaches regarding the results of the swim evaluation).

May 31-June 10 (weekdays):

• 4:30-5:15PM: 10&Us.
• 5:15-6:15PM: 11-13s.
• 6:15-7:15PM: 14&over.

June 13-July 15 (weekdays):

• 7:45-9:00AM: 13&over.
• 9-10AM: 9-12s.
• 10-10:45AM: 8&Us
• 10:30-11AM: Seal Pups.

While recognizing that “things happen” and no one can manage their schedules perfectly, we must emphasize the importance of bringing your seal to practice on time. Late arrivals are disruptive to practice. In addition, swimmers may not attend practices other than the one indicated by their age in the table above. This may seem rigid but having swimmers of different ages and abilities can create congestion and logistical and safety problems within practice lanes. We have a big team (which is great but requires careful attention to logistics)!

New for 2022!

We recognize that some families have systematic scheduling conflicts with the morning practices. Typical conflicts involve kids’ participation in other sports or camps, and parents’ work schedules. To try to better match the needs of these families, we are pleased to offer a (very) limited number of evening practice slots on a number of days throughout the summer. The number of slots is small – we’ll have only three lanes for one hour -- because the pool is open to the entire membership during these hours and we must be mindful of the needs of other members. This is the tentative schedule.

• June 14, 16, 22, 23, 28, 30
• July 5, 7, 14
• All practices will run from 6:30pm-7:30pm

Attendance at these practices is by prearrangement with the team reps only. Drop-ins or ad hoc attendance will not be accommodated. These practices cannot be used to make up for oversleeping, doctor appointments, or last-minute, one-off conflicts. Kids may not attend both morning and evening practices on a given day. We really are trying to allocate these few spaces to meet the needs of families with systematic conflicts who might not otherwise be able to fully participate on the team.

If you would like to have your child attend some of these afternoon practices, please email your request, indicating specific dates, to [email protected] by June 12. Because space is very limited, we may have to ration attendance and it may not be feasible to accommodate all requests.

Thanks,

Eric and Scott