Welcome to EPSC 24/25 SCY Swim Season!
Eastern Panhandle Swim Club
West Virginia Swimming LSC
Welcome to EPSC 2024/2025!
Only one more week! Please read the entirety of this News Post/Welcome email. You may have to click "expand" at the bottom of your email to catch everything. It will also be posted on the News page of the team website if you need to go back to review any information.
Don't miss the Team Fee links or the FAQ page!
| EPSC 24/25 SCY Season Orientation Meeting Tuesday, August 27, 2024 6-7 pm
For swimmers and their parents/guardians. Cookies and greet the coaches after. New mascot big reveal!
Shepherd University - Frank Music Center Shipley Recital Hall, room 159 (Building across the street from the Wellness Center)
Sign up on the Meets and Events Page to bring some cookies to share |
| Fall/Winter 2024/2025 Short Course Yard Season: First Day of Practice: August 26/August 27, 2024 Last Day of Practice: March 13, 2025 State Championships: March 14-16, 2025
HS Prep Session: August 27-October 12, 2024 |
TEAM FEES & REGISTRATIONS
TeamUnify is our team website/database that we use to keep track of all our swimmers, their times, sign up for meets, and communicate. After you have paid your practice fee to Shepherd, you will need to register your swimmer information and pay your team fee through our EPSC TeamUnify website.
Team Fees will be paid via a credit card on file. You will have options to pay in one lump sum or to have it broken into 4 installments over the course of the season. All accounts must have a credit card on file to pay Team Fee Installments, Meet Fees, and other dues that come up over the season. Please note that even if your swimmer discontinues participation in the team, they are still responsible for paying the whole team fee.
| EPSC Team Fees:
$100 High School Prep $250 Conditioning Track $350 Competition Track |
- USA Swimming registration is mandatory for all swimmers wishing to participate in swim meets. Links to this registration will be sent out in September.
| USA Swimming Membership Fees:
Premium Option: $87/year Includes all meets and championships, and subscription to USA Swim Magazine
Flex Option: $30/year For 12 and under only. Includes up to 2 meets, but no championships. May upgrade to premium at any time
A reduced rate is available for those who qualify – email Coach Erica at [email protected] for more information |
Hope Scholar Swimmers
Shepherd University is a Hope Scholarship Vendor, serving the Homeschool students who have been awarded the Hope Scholarship Funding. EPSC is in the vendor application process.
Shepherd Practice Fee: The Hope Scholarship website is still working on their upgrades. You can not currently see Shepherd University as a vendor yet - again, IT is working on it! We will reach out when it is available. You will then push the funds to Shepherd, email the aquatics director (Andria Moyer [email protected]) that you have done so and which practice group/time your swimmer needs to be in, and she will register you for the appropriate group. You will then get an email confirmation that you have registered for your practice slot. We hope that this can all happen before the first day of practice…
EPSC Team Fee: This is also not available in the system yet, but we will contact you when it is. There will be a registration slot on TeamUnify for you to register your Hope swimmer that will not charge your card upon check out. When the links are up and working, you can push the money through to EPSC. Please note that in the event that EPSC is denied as a vendor or this system does not work either on the EPSC end or on the student end, you will still be responsible to pay this fee.
OneLife Platinum Add-on Participants
OneLife Practices begin September 3. Please watch for an additional email from the team regarding instructions and updated information on these practices.
PRACTICE EXPECTATIONS
Practice Group and Lane Assignments
Athletes are placed in lanes as they arrive the first day of practice. Practice groups and lanes are organized by age, focus, ability to maintain technique under pressure, speed, and current endurance levels. Coaches may move swimmers around to find them the best place to thrive. Help your swimmers understand that wherever we move them, it is to maximize their practice and competition success.
High School Prep swimmers are mixed in with the rest of the team based on the above factors.
Stretch and Chat
Swimmers are expected to join the team for stretch and chat 15 minutes before the scheduled practice. Dynamic stretching warms their bodies up for their in-water workout. This time also allows coaches to check in with the swimmers and explain the drills and plans for the day. It's also a great time for swimmers to socialize with their teammates.
After practice, coaches are available to chat with swimmers and parents. Please make use of this time and encourage your swimmers to ask their coaches questions and bring up any concerns or ideas they may have.
Balancing swim, school, health, family, and friends
Swimmers- If you are choosing to participate on a swim team, you are choosing to live the life of an athlete with commitments to training, nutrition, good grades, and accurate sleep. Many of you have other sports, music, and other interests in addition to swim. We think all of these are good things- but you will need to make decisions on where to spend your time and how to organize your days and weeks.
Parents and caregivers- Please help your swimmers choose to get enough sleep, eat big healthy meals plus snacks, finish schoolwork at appropriate times so they do not miss practice or stay up late, and spend time with their families and good friends.
If you and your swimmer are finding it hard to balance all of these things, please reach out to your coaches so we can help make some plans.
PRE-SEASON CHECKLIST
- Become familiar with all the pages on TeamUnify (epscswim.com).
- Read through the FAQ page
- Download OnDeck (the app version of TeamUnify). Use your TeamUnify login credentials.
- Check “Required Gear” on TeamUnify site and purchase what is needed prior to practice starting
- Sign up to start working on volunteer assignments and earn your volunteer points
- For Swimmers planning on competing::
- Look at Meets and Events on the website, Opt-in (RSVP) for all the meets you can as they are posted! Mark your calendars with meets and other team events you plan on attending.
- Monitor emails and TeamUnify for weekly updates, Event news, swim meet information, etc.
- Download Shepherd Wellness Center app for pool-closure notifications (no sign-in required)
- Download the Meet Mobile app for live swim meet results ($10 for a year access – optional)
- Download Swim Cloud app to view all previous recorded results for your swimmer
