Pelican Post 1 Week of Sept. 3

Erica Wheatley

EPSC Pelican Post 

Week of September 3, 2024

 

Parking and Practice Entrance

  • Shepherd Parking Passes

    • Homeschool Group will need a parking pass - please stop by the front desk and ask for one

    • Evening swimmers do not need a parking pass. 

  • Practice Entrance: 

    • Swimmers and families should enter the pool area by turning left after entering the Wellness Center, following the hallway past the Cafe, and you will enter up the ramp to the upper deck

    • Families and friends must remain on the Upper Deck. You can steal a chair to sit on. 🙂

    • Only swimmers on the pool deck and chairs along the side

 

Register on TeamUnify ASAP!

  • This will be the last email going through the Shepherd practice registration list.

    • All future communications will go through our team website (TeamUnify)

    • This is where you will also sign up for meets and team activities

    • Always check the News page of the website - emails and posts are saved there for you to find later if needed or if you missed one.

  • Register on our team website (www.epscswim.com) and pay your EPSC Team Fee. 

    • After registration, download the OnDeck app (uses the same passwords)

 

Highlights from the Parent Meeting

  • Have the right equipment for practice

    • Wear tennis shoes every practice

    • Bring a yoga mat

  • Problems registering on TeamUnify (www.epscswim.com) to pay your team fee? 

    • Email Coach Erica asap!

  • Help swimmers eat healthy food, get enough sleep, and not miss practice to study or complete school assignments (work ahead!)

  • Parent Volunteer Committee and Volunteer requirements 

    •  In the next few weeks I will post under Meets and Events all the volunteer opportunities. 

    • Get involved with the program and make it a great season for the kids!

    • Each family will be required to fulfill a certain number of volunteer hours

  • Swim Meet schedule - tentative swim meet dates for the season are posted here. 

    • Some are shifting around but this will give you a good start.

    • When dates are set and meet announcements are available, we will post meets in Meets and Events for swimmers to Opt-in to. 

  • We are super excited to be hosting our first HOME USA Swimming Meet in the afternoon of September 29th! 

    • This will be a Dual Meet Season Opener with our friends from summer league, Frederick Area Swim Team. 

  • If you haven't heard or haven't guessed what our new USA Swim Team Mascot is . . . . . we are the Pelicans! 
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USA Swimming Membership Registration

  • Links to our team-specific registration will be sent out soon! We are still waiting for USA Swimming to give us the right links. Don't try to register before we send this out.

 

Officials Training

Our home meet on September 29th is a prime opportunity to begin apprentice training for officials. I am still learning about the process, but my current understanding is that if you apprentice then plus one other meet, you will complete the requirements. 

 

To be ready to apprentice, you will need to do the following:

 

  1. Make an account on USA Swimming 

  • You may already have an account if your swimmer has been registered here before

  • You will just need to add yourself as a member

  1. Go in the education section of the usaswimming.org website and complete the following:

  • Background Check 

  • Athlete Protection Course

  • Concussion Training

  • Foundations of Officiating and Stroke and Turn Certification Course

  1. Register as non-athlete/Official 

  • Don't do this yet; we will send you this team-specific link in early September

  1. Once these steps are completed, our LSC Officials Representative, Rob Clevenger, will receive an email notification and send you the apprenticeship forms.

 

Some USA Swimming Help Documents: USA Swimming Member Help Documentation (websiteprod-core.azurewebsites.net)