Barracuda Aquatics Club

BARRACUDA AQUATICS CLUB PARENT CENTER


Feeding Active Kids	2/19/2010
By Ruth Logan BSc, Grad Dip Nut & Diet (SA), APD. Ruth is a member of Sports Dietitians Australia and Dietitians Association of Australia. “Encourage your swimmers to eat and drink well, feel great and perform to their best” It is important for them to develop a healthy relationship with food and an appreciation of how dietary intake affects their performance, from an early age. The booklet below offers guidance for meeting the nutritional needs of children aged 5-11 who swim competitively, in the pool. (more)....

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BAC FAMILY/PARENT REQUIREMENTS

PARENT SEMINAR
          This is a mandatory one time Orientation Seminar that one or both parents must attend in order for their child to swim at Barracuda Aquatics Club. It is highly recommended that both parents, if possible, attend the meeting. The seminar is conducted by the BAC Coaching Staff. It will be approximately 1.5 hours in length. There will be at least two seminars conducted during the course of a season, all the meetings will be conducted in the first half of the season. Parents are required to attend one meeting. That will allow your child to participate for the duration of their swimming career with BAC.
          The purpose of the Orientation Seminar is to let the parents know the coaches’ value system and to let them know that they play an important role to their child’s swimming. The seminar will help define that role under the philosophy of the BAC program. The parents will be required to sign the BAC Parents’ Honor Code at the conclusion of the seminar.
          Here are the handouts that the coaches will be covering and information on when our seminars will be conducted for the 2009 Spring/Summer Season.

-          2010 Spring/Summer Seminars
-          Seminar Guidelines
-          BAC System of Values
         (Adobe Acrobat needed)

HOSTED MEETS
          The BAC Swim Meet Contract requires all families to provide workers to our hosted swim meets for a number of sessions as designated by the Board of Directors. It is a huge commitment to successfully host a meet and we need every family’s assistance to make it happen.

          Why do we host meets? Besides providing a venue where our kids can compete, swim meets provide critical revenue to the club which helps pay for the coaches’ salaries, pool rental, and miscellaneous club expenses. Without the revenue generated by swim meets, your swim fees would increase significantly.
          Our hosted meets and volunteering forms:

- The 12 & Under "Spooktacular" Invitational Swim Meet (October 16-17, 2010)
                    - Meet Staffing Letter
                    - Staffing Roster

- The "Holiday Classic" "A" Swim Meet (December 11-12, 2010)
                    - Meet Staffing Letter
                    - Staffing Roster:     Saturday sessions     Sunday sessions

- BAC's "Last Chance" Invitational Swim Meet - (July 17-18, 2010)
                    - Meet Staffing Letter
                    - Staffing Roster:     Friday Night     Saturday AM Session     Saturday Night     Sunday AM Session

VOLUNTEERING

Barracuda Aquatics Club is now a coach run organization. However, parent volunteers will still be needed in some very key areas for Barracuda Aquatics Club to be successful off the deck as well as it is on deck. Your special skills are needed. Please download and print this sheet, check any committees that you would be interested in. You can bring this sheet into practice and give to your coach or you can e-mail it to Jeff at MNFEDCUDAS@aol.com.

Parent Volunteer Request Form

SWIM-A-THON NEWS

Swim-a-Thonis a fundraiser in which participants earn money for their team by swimming lengths of the pool. Swimmers have a two-hour period to swim a maximum of 200 lengths. Participants get pledges from businesses, family, neighbors, etc. prior to swimming. Some choose to get pledges and money prior to swimming while others get pledges per length and collect the money following the Swim-a-Thon. Barracuda Aquatics Club hosts a Swim-A-Thon every Spring/Summer season. This year's Swim-A-Thon will be hosted on the morning of June 18th at the Bloomington Family Aquatic Center.

2010 Swim-A-Thon Information (coming soon)
Membership Announcement
Membership Information
Prize Sheet
Prize Form

PARENT TRAINING

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Recruiting Page

Interested? Contact:
MSI’s Officials Chair: Rick Biggs at 763-536-8150 or E-Mail him at rick@rickbiggs.com or
BAC's Officials Chair: Anita Anthony at 952-893-0690 or E-Mail her at aanthon2@fairview.org

Timing System & Results Computer
Want to learn the System 5 Timing System or the Results Computer that we use for our hosted meets? Look here for training dates for both of these volunteer positions at our hosted meets. Or, contact the following for more information.

System 5 Timing System: Jeff Aamot at 952-888-6148 or E-Mail him at aamots@comcast.net
Results Computer: Jeff Lee at 952-884-3703 or E-Mail him at MNFEDCUDAS@aol.com

BAC WISH LIST

Barracuda Aquatics Club has developed an Equipment Wish List that the coaches would like to involve in the program to enhance our swimmer’s ability and experience.

From year to year we try as an organization to increase our equipment for the swimmers and we will continue to increase in items. However, we will also accept any donations from a member of BAC to help us purchase any of the items on this list. If you wish to donate money towards this Equipment Wish List please contact Jeff at MNFEDCUDAS@aol.com. You can donate the full amount necessary for an item or any portion to help us with any of the items.

Equipment Wish List

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