Week of June 20^th-24^th

1. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday practice will start at 10:15 AM as the coaches have their own high school practices to attend. Sorry for the short delay. The younger kids can stretch and will probably start in the water closer to 11:15 to give the older swimmers a few more minutes since they are starting later.
2. Right now, Monday morning looks cool for the swimmers. The coaches can do some exercises in the grass prior to getting in the pool. It will not be a good day to work on diving or anything where the swimmers get in and out. If you think it is too cool, then please keep your swimmer home. And I always recommend a hot shower at the pool after practice.
3. We have an away swim meet at Chapel Gate, which is off Hart's Run Road. This has typically been a good meet for us against a smaller club. I will send a separate email regarding the meet. Please declare if your swimmer will attend the meet or not by noon on Monday.

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4.Thursday night is a HOME meet against McCandless. Prior to the meet we may take a team picture, around 5:45 which may require swimmers at the pool 15 minutes earlier than usual. I will confirm this in a separate email. All swimmers get a copy of the picture at the team party. And declare your swimmer by noon on Wednesday.

5. On Friday, during the first hour of practice the older swimmers will work out by learning the basics of water polo. It is a club sport at NA. This requires strong legs utilizing an egg beater kick (an alternating breast stroke kick). The younger kids will also play games that require swimming.