NVSL: Any teams noticing drops in registrations?

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Anonymous wrote:What pool has a waitlist of 350 families? Our pool limit is around 300 families.

A bunch of pools have waitlists that long, a waitlist can take YEARS to get off of. Some pools have 10 year waits.

I’ve been on a waitlist where I started in the high 600s and before DD was born. She’ll a rising 5th grader. We’ve belonged to two pools since then, moved once, and the waitlist has outlived a dog. At times it felt like it might last longer than my marriage.

Thanks for this. While I’m sure true, this made me chuckle.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS has screwed up the summer. There shouldn't be school next week. School should start around labor day. People will consider pools when their summer isn't so shortened.

I agree. I’ve said this before. I’m on a board and I think that reduced hours between the start of school and Labor Day hasn’t helped our membership numbers. If summer is shortened any more there will be more people who don’t bother joining.

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What incentives are clubs offering to help boost overall membership? We have some in place, but looking for other ideas that might work well.

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Anonymous wrote:Our swim team enrollment is about 50 less swimmers than last year. We’ve seen pool many families not renewing their membership across all age groups. Job uncertainty is coming into play. Many families are tightening up their spending in anticipation of job loss.

Or, issues at the pool. We are changing pools this year as we are tired of the drama, one family controls the pool and team and the coach is very basic. And, they don't have enough coaches.

I would love to change pools, there are two crazy families who have literally taken over all aspects of the swim team. Some of the most absurd behavior I’ve ever seen!

Donaldson Run I assume?

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I think the only drop we've had is in pre-team. Daytime practices were always challening if you didn't have a SAHP or nanny because the practice time is late morning, which is the most awkward time if your kid is in daycare or camp. So most families came to the late afternoon practices but even that is harder with more parents commuting, and it's always so crowded that I think some deicded it just wasn't worth it this year.