NOV 1st

SBAC Families,

It's getting colder and darker.....and the likelihood of sickness increases dramatically. Please help keep your family (and others) healthy. One way to do this at swim practice is to take a few precautions.

1. Wear shoes as often as possible to the pool and try to encourage your family to wear shoes AFTER swim practice.

2. Wear a swim cap at swim practice. A swim cap will help keep your head warm.

3. Dry your ears out after swim practice so that cold water doesn't get stuck in your ear.

4. Wear warm clothes, bring a big towel, and use them!

At this time it appears that all swim practices this week will be at D.P. If a random water polo game comes up that sends us out to UCSB I will make sure to e-mail you. The D.P. team is nearing playoff time and there may be some short notice pool changes.

On Tuesday night at midnight our online team store will close. You only have 2 days left to purchase team gear! Suits, bags, parkas, jackets and pants are all on sale with deep discounts off retail prices. The Santa Barbara team logo (either embroidered or silkscreen) will appear on all apparel and I highly encourage you to purchase a swimsuit if nothing else. The swimsuit (and team gear) will help identify our athletes at swim meets and will help develop our team image and personality. Please participate. Attached is the apparel information. Tuesday will be your last time to get team gear for a few months (there will be a couple of swim meets in that time) so get going!

I will be selling official Santa Barbara Aquatics Club “Rocket Scientist” team T-Shirts all week at the pool. If I’m busy coaching try to find Kelly Mahan (Thanks so much for the help Kelly) when she's around. If you are going to the swim meet in Ventura this weekend I HIGHLY encourage you to get a team T-Shirt.

I would like to have a parents meeting on Friday at 5 pm at the pool. The meeting should only take about 20 minutes but I can stay later to answer questions. There are a few issues about the winter swim schedule, potential travel swim meets, and the future at SBAC that I would like to share with all of our parents. Parents from every group in the program are encouraged to attend. Because of the swim meet on Saturday/Sunday we will have a shortened swim practice for age group and senior group that will conclude around 5:15 pm. I will have Coach Alisha take over coaching duties while I host the parent meeting.

If you have questions that might be helpful to have answered please e-mail me beforehand.