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Welcome to the South Central Swim
Team
About Us
The South
Central Swim Team is a USA-Swimming swim team which offers swimmers
ages six and up structured practices, stroke mechanics, and an
opportunity to compete on and individual and team basis at local,
regional, state, sectional, and national levels.
USA-Swimming is the governing body for swimming in the United
States, and one of the largest guided fitness activities for
children (246,326 year-round individual members in 2006 with
thousands more seasonal members). USA-Swimming consists of close to
2,800 club members with approximately 11,000 registered
coaches.
Values
Good
Sportsmanship
Parents, coaches, swimmers, and officials
should adhere to the principles of good
sportsmanship.
Competitive Excellence
Establish this tradition by consistently developing and
motivating quality swimmers.
Physical Activity
Swimming is a great
source of physical activity.
Ownership/Pride of
Achievement
More swimmers than parents, but all
should not only be proud and take responsibility of achievement,
but take responsibility for downfalls. Without failure, there is no
success.
Self-Esteem
Parents, coaches, and swimmers work
together to build self-esteem in our young
athletes.
Exciting and
Fun
All involved should be excited and
have fun. Parents should enjoy watching their swimmers compete,
regardless of the result, and should look forward to assisting at
club functions. Coaches should have fun with their swimmers at
meets AND AT PRACTICE. Keeping things fresh and exciting is our
number one weapon against boredom. Swimmers should come to practice
everyday excited to learn and develop, understanding that that is
the true reward.
Community
Pride/Importance
We should all take pride in our
communities and realize the importance of supporting
them.
Commitment
The Board of Directors should show
commitment to the welfare of the club. The coaches should show
commitment to the growth and development of their swimmers. The
parents should show commitment to the overall health (mental and
physical) of their swimmers. The swimmers should show commitment to
life-long learning and development (in and out of the
pool).
Friendships
Life-long friendships can be
developed with lanemates, teammates, fellow parents, and
coaches.
Stability
It is important that the club offer
a stable program, through consistent fees, structure, staff, and
ideals.
Purposeful and
Systematic
Success doesn’t happen by
accident. Purposeful, systematic development will ensure long-term
success.
Smooth
Transition
Through successful planning,
swimmers will be offered a smooth transition between age/ability
groups.
Parental
Involvement/Volunteerism
You can’t have a swim team
without swimmers. You can’t have a successful swim team
without involved parents either. Parents are often looked to for
assistance in club functions and aid in the development of club
resources (especially human).
Leadership
Leadership starts at the top, with
the Board of Directors, and goes down to each and every swimmer,
through coaches and parents. Not every club member may lead the
same way, but constant leadership will ensure long-term
success.
“Recognized for competitive excellence through systematic
and purposeful long-term development of swimmers of all ages and
backgrounds. Maintains a stable organization committed to character
development and community involvement throughout South Central
Wisconsin.”
“Building excellence and character…one stroke at a
time.”
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Target
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Deadline
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Current
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| 1) Increase team size to
120 swimmers
| August 2009
| 74
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| 2) Double annual
revenue
| August 2009
| $50,000
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| 3) Increase head coach
salary to 30% total revenue
| August 2009
| 21%
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| 4) Increase participation
in IMX Challenge to 80%
| August 2009
| 16%
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| 5) Qualify at least one
swimmer to Junior Nationals
| August 2009
| 0
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| 6) Top 10 finish at Senior
State
| August 2009
| 26
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| 7) Score points at Age
Group State
| August 2009
| N/A
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| 8) Increase reserves to 6
months operating expenses
| August 2012
| 0
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In the
summer of 2004, the DCST exp erimented with
an “advanced” group. This group, proposed by assistant
coach Jeremy Meserole, would practice 5 times/week for 2.5
hours/practice. High-school swimmers were invited to join this
group, as well as exceptional upper elementary school and middle
school swimmers. The group was a huge success, bringing in over 20
swimmers who all dropped tremendous amounts of time.decided
to take the next step and expand the “advanced” group
to the entire team, and renaming our club the South Central Swim
Team (SCST). This team was to be dedicated to providing competitive
swimming opportunities to South Central Wisconsin
youth.
The
SCST held its first practice on September 7th, 2004 at
Delavan-Darien High School under the direction of new head coach
Jeremy Meserole. The fall was to be one of great change, as the
team saw a drop in numbers, but huge gains in
performance.
The SCST took its
success to Janesville, where it held its first practice on December
13th, 2004. The Janesville half of our team started out to be
primarily high school swimmers, while the Delavan half continued to
be primarily 10 and unders.
Through successful
marketing and word of mouth, the SCST has since grown to over 80
swimmers (we hosted 86 swimmers in the summer of 2006) and
we’re still growing! Swimmers ages six and up are offered
structured practices, stroke mechanics, and an opportunity to
compete on and individual and team basis at local, regional, state,
sectional, and national levels.
In April of 2007,
the SCST became a club member of USA-Swimming (USA-S), the
governing body for swimming in the United States, and one of the
largest guided fitness activities for children (246,326 year-round
individual members in 2006 with thousands more seasonal members).
USA-Swimming consists of close to 2,800 club members with
approximately 11,000 registered coaches.
USA-Swimming is
comprised of different Local Swim Committees (LSCs), who’s
job it is to govern swimming at a local level. Wisconsin Swimming
is the LSC of which the SCST is a part. Wisconsin Swimming governs
weekly competitions during the swim season, which ends with a state
meet.
All LSCs are a
part of a Zone, who hold sectional and zone meets at the end of
each season. Wisconsin Swimming is a member of the Central Zone,
which is also comprised of the Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Lake Erie, Michigan, Midwestern, Minnesota, Missouri Valley, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ozark, and South Dakota
LSCs.
While we offer
successful programs to swimmers who have qualified for state,
sectional, and zone meets, we haven’t forgotten our roots as
a community based team. We still offer a team to those who want to
swim, but don’t want to get caught up with the expenses and
time commitment that USA-Swimming takes. This novice team has
opportunities to swim meets against local teams, such as Milton,
Elkhorn, Edgerton, etc. at a lower cost.
It is
through the programs listed above that the SCST is proud to say
that we have Something
for Everyone!
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