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Team Rules and Practice Schedule
PRACTICE TIMES (updated for 2010 season)
  • Please arrive 5-10 minutes early for your scheduled practice time
TEAM PRACTICES May 24 - May 28
3:00 - 4:00 High School
4:00 - 5:00 Junior High
5:00 - 5:45 Elementary

TEAM PRACTICES June 1 - June 4
No practice Memorial Day, Monday May 31
3:00 - 3:45 High School
3:45 - 4:30 Junior High
8:00 - 8:45 Elementary (no Friday practice)

SUMMER PRACTICES June 7 - July 22
7:00 - 8:45 Assigned Group A (mostly High School swimmers)
8:30 - 9:30  Assigned Group B
9:30 - 10:30 Assigned Group C (mostly young swimmers)

Summer practice times will be assigned to your swimmer during the last week of May, please check the group assignments on the board or web site the first week of June. Coaches will evaluate swimmers during the first 2 weeks of practice, and may switch groups to better individualize instruction. Coaches will notify swimmers if practice times need to change.  

ATTENDANCE
  • All swimmers must attend practice the day of the meet to swim in that night’s meet.
  • All swimmers must attend a minimum of 3 days of practice (includes the day of meet) each week.
  • Swimmers with attendance of less than 60% will only swim one event (relay of individual).
  • Extended absence (2 days or more) must be accompanied by a note stating time to be missed and the reason. 
  • Intended absence from a meet must be marked in the meet sign out book by the Thursday prior to the meet. Failure to do so will result in not swimming in the next meet.ALL SIGN-OUTS WILL BE CONSIDERED FINAL! (The sign-out book will be located at the check-in counter).
  • Swimmers participating on other summer teams must attend the equivalent of the minimum of 3 days of practice with either or both teams. Swimmers practicing with YMCA or USS teams are asked to make every effort to attend the Lakota Hills practice on meet days. If this is not possible, these swimmers can still compete in the Lakota Hills meet provided they have practiced that day with their club team, and the Lakota Hills coaches are notified prior to the meet day. 

PRACTICE CANCELLATION

  • Practice will continue during the rain.
  • Practice will not continue in water during thunder, lightning, or heavy rain with strong winds.
  • Practice will not be held if temperature falls below 55 degrees.
  • If weather conditions are questionable, check the web site or call 777-9121, mailbox 4, for the recorded message. 

PARENTS

  • Parents are welcome to watch practice but are requested to observe from the pavilion. Parents are also requested to refrain from speaking with the coaches during practice, as this takes their attention away from the children. If you wish to discuss your child’s progress, etc., please schedule a time to meet with one of the coaches and they will be happy to talk to you. During practice it is important that they focus on coaching your children.
  • Parents must refrain from speaking with officials and coaches during meets. Swimmers will get information from the coaches. If you have questions/concerns about DQs (disqualifications), please wait to talk to the coaches after the meet. 

PARKING

Parking for Home Meets can be a challenge, especially when larger teams come to our pool.  Please observe the following rules, as well as all posted signs, when parking:
  • Please follow directions from the parking attendants when parking in the Swim Club lot, as well as the grass in front of the pool.
  • DO NOT block access to the grass area for cars that need to enter or leave that area.
  • For street parking, park ONLY ON THE POOL SIDE of the road.
  • Observe all posted NO PARKING signs.
  • DO NOT block neighbor's driveways.
  • DO NOT park on neighbor's grass.
  • Leslie Taulbee has offered to let people park on her street and cut across her yard to get to the pool.
  • Be careful while driving and walking the streets around the pool before and after the meet. 
PLEASE CHECK THE BULLETIN BOARD ON MONDAYS 
OR THE WEB SITE FOR UPDATED INFORMATION