Hello Riptide Families,

We had a great start and turnout last night, given the cooler temperatures.  Everyone did a great job spacing out while doing dry land and standing in line to enter the pool, but we learned that the kids are not spaced out well while in the water and we are going to do a better job from here on out.

Tonight, the coaches will instruct the kids on how to do this better.  We will have all lane ropes in the water, 1-2 kids will be in the water at the wall, a few kids will be spaced out on the dots and others will be instructed to either put one arm on the lane rope, if they cannot touch, or asked to be on the other side of the pool.  Please ask your children to listen to their coaches.  :-)   I have attached a photo of what it will look like, however, it does not illustrate the kids on the rope or on deck.  Safety first, especially for the younger swimmers.

We want everyone to be safe, better themselves and have fun!

Swimmingly Training

If you would like to get a head start on your webinar education, feel free to visit the website to get a feel for what Swimmingly will do for us. https://swimmingly.app/

Currently, 4 of the 6 clubs we are swimming against use this for their meets.  The idea is to need less volunteers and have the meet run smoother, faster and with little paper. 

Over the next two weeks, Swimmingly will be offering training for using the Swimmingly APP.  I need for everyone to please attend one of the training webinars offered below and become educated on the software. :-)    

Swimmingly Training -Swimmingly APP (Club Admins & Volunteers)

Meet Setup - TIMER role - STARTER role - STROKE & TURN JUDGE role - SCOREKEEPER role and use of the APP

To sign up for our upcoming webinars, please select from the options below: 

Week 1: Tuesday May 18th - Thursday May 20th

 Wednesday May 19th 8:00pm: Swimmingly Training Webinar: Swimmingly APP Thursday May 20th 1:00pm: Swimmingly Training Webinar: Swimmingly APP

Week 2: Tuesday May 25th - Thursday May 27th 

 Tuesday May 25th 1:00pm: Swimmingly Training Webinar: Swimmingly APP

Wednesday May 26th 8:00pm: Swimmingly Training Webinar: Swimmingly APP

Thursday May 27th 1:00pm: Swimmingly Training Webinar: Swimmingly APP

Thank you and Go Riptides!

Laura Haltom