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Newport Beach Swimming has been developing and transitioning into a competitive year-round USA Swimming, and summer league Sharks team. An essential component is looking like a team, and we now have 2 new sets of team suits! (Sharks & NBS) We will place a team order this week for Sharks caps with your name printed on them. Each order comes as a set of 2 caps for $30. Please reply here by email by this Thursday night, April 24th, if you want a set of caps and write their first...
The Biggest Question.... By John Leonard In all of age group sports, the biggest question for every parent is..."How much to be involved." In every sport from tennis to golf, to gymnastics and swimming, there are horror stories of absolutely awful parental interference, with tragic consequences for the career of the young age group athlete. Yet every one of us loves our children like nothing else in the world. So, how does this happen? I think it's because as parents, we're all looking for a singular rule that will make...
News For SWIM PARENTS Published by The American Club Swimming Association 5101 NW 21 Ave., Suite 200 Fort Lauderdale FL 33309 ___________________________________________________________________ That’s Not It John Leonard Last week, we had a Mom come to us and “inform us” that her 13-year-old daughter would be gone for two weeks vacation in late June, maybe another week after that. Her daughter was not much of an age group swimmer, but she has some endurance capacity and comes regularly to workout at 5:30 am and again at 5:30 pm daily. She works...
News For SWIM PARENTS Published by The American Swimming Coaches Association 5101 NW 21 Ave., Suite 200 Fort Lauderdale FL 33309 ___________________________________________________________________ Playing Favorites By John Leonard One day a few years ago, a club board member accused me of “having favorites” on our club team. Several other parent board members nodded their heads in agreement The implication was that this was a terrible sin. When I was a younger coach, I thought it was terrible also. And he was right. I did have favorites. My favorites were those athletes...
Dear Newport Beach Swimming Families, All masters swimmers must register or renew their 2014 U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS) membership. We currently have 10 registered on our 2014 NBMS Roster. If you’re a swimmer attending any practices with our program, you’re 18 or older, and not a USA Swimming member, you will need to register online with USMS. All swimmers 18 and under (not including masters) must complete their USA Swimming Registration for 2014 in order to be active members with our program. If your swimmer is not on the list...
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All Newport Beach Masters Swimmers must join U.S. Masters Swimming for 2014. From our registration page: Masters must register with USMS.
We have 30 members already registered in USA Swimming for 2014. If you have not mailed in your registration and birth certificate yet, please do so by the end of this month. From our registration page: Register for USA Swimming through 2014 now , by sending in this form (typed-in online here, then printed) with your $60 check, and copy of birth certificate or passport, and mail to: Southern California Swimming.
