RMSC

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Are any of the other swim clubs in the county practising inside?

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Yes many

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Anonymous wrote:Yes many

Not NCAP

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Where is NCAP practicing?

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Glad your child's coach is doing a great job. Ours isn't particularly organized or pleasant to the kids. Many have complained and RMSC hasn't done anything to change things. It got better for a while but now back normal. Coaches could have been flexible with the times and polled parents on when was good for them/other activities but they didn't. But, even if they did, you still have lots of kids who are very sporadic to attendance. Given its team, not rec swim, they should be required to attend the majority of practices to maintain their spot. Lots of kids who want to be on the team who would attend don't get on because other families hold slots they aren't really using.

I mean they could have done a lot of things but it's a pandemic and they are making things up as they go. I think that given everything they are dealing with the safety protocols are good and they are enforced.
RMSC does have a minimum practice requirement. Depending on the group it could be 1 practice a week or 5. They aren't set up for all those masses of kids to attend the majority of practices. As it was you sometimes had 12 or more kids in a lane for the younger groups in the past.

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Anonymous wrote:Where is NCAP practicing?

Most MD groups are outdoors in heated pools

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Anonymous wrote:

Glad your child's coach is doing a great job. Ours isn't particularly organized or pleasant to the kids. Many have complained and RMSC hasn't done anything to change things. It got better for a while but now back normal. Coaches could have been flexible with the times and polled parents on when was good for them/other activities but they didn't. But, even if they did, you still have lots of kids who are very sporadic to attendance. Given its team, not rec swim, they should be required to attend the majority of practices to maintain their spot. Lots of kids who want to be on the team who would attend don't get on because other families hold slots they aren't really using.

I mean they could have done a lot of things but it's a pandemic and they are making things up as they go. I think that given everything they are dealing with the safety protocols are good and they are enforced.
RMSC does have a minimum practice requirement. Depending on the group it could be 1 practice a week or 5. They aren't set up for all those masses of kids to attend the majority of practices. As it was you sometimes had 12 or more kids in a lane for the younger groups in the past.

They are doing a very good job with covid or at least in our group for the actual sessions in terms of keeping kids apart and as safe as they can. They are also doing better on making sure kids get to an adult where they never did that before and it was a free for all in the locker rooms and other areas. I hope they continue the smaller groups as its far better. Some of the private teams are having 4 kids (or more) to a lane, which is concerning to me.

We have kids who don't show up for weeks at a time and still on the team or maybe show up every 2-3 weeks. They may have the rule but they don't enforce it depending on the coach/team.

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Anonymous wrote:Where is NCAP practicing?

Most MD groups are outdoors in heated pools

I contacted several and most are indoors. Some have very limited sessions, very few had space because multiple indoor pools are still closed to the public that they rent out. The ones outdoor were moving indoor after Thanksgiving.

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Anonymous wrote:Where is NCAP practicing?

Most MD groups are outdoors in heated pools

I contacted several and most are indoors. Some have very limited sessions, very few had space because multiple indoor pools are still closed to the public that they rent out. The ones outdoor were moving indoor after Thanksgiving.

Some NCAP groups will continue outdoors the whole season. There simply are not enough indoor pools to accommodate all the swimmers around here with so many pools still closed.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where is NCAP practicing?

Most MD groups are outdoors in heated pools

I contacted several and most are indoors. Some have very limited sessions, very few had space because multiple indoor pools are still closed to the public that they rent out. The ones outdoor were moving indoor after Thanksgiving.

Some NCAP groups will continue outdoors the whole season. There simply are not enough indoor pools to accommodate all the swimmers around here with so many pools still closed.

That sounds miserable.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where is NCAP practicing?

Most MD groups are outdoors in heated pools

I contacted several and most are indoors. Some have very limited sessions, very few had space because multiple indoor pools are still closed to the public that they rent out. The ones outdoor were moving indoor after Thanksgiving.

Some NCAP groups will continue outdoors the whole season. There simply are not enough indoor pools to accommodate all the swimmers around here with so many pools still closed.

Which outdoor pools are staying open?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where is NCAP practicing?

Most MD groups are outdoors in heated pools

I contacted several and most are indoors. Some have very limited sessions, very few had space because multiple indoor pools are still closed to the public that they rent out. The ones outdoor were moving indoor after Thanksgiving.

Some NCAP groups will continue outdoors the whole season. There simply are not enough indoor pools to accommodate all the swimmers around here with so many pools still closed.

That sounds miserable.

Not an NCAP parent. We live farther south in VA and have two kids swimming with a team with all sites practicing outside year round even before the pandemic. I also thought it sounded dreadful the first year but the kids love it. Both of them tell me the air quality is way better. They bring parkas and warm gear for after practice and it’s not a big deal.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where is NCAP practicing?

Most MD groups are outdoors in heated pools

I contacted several and most are indoors. Some have very limited sessions, very few had space because multiple indoor pools are still closed to the public that they rent out. The ones outdoor were moving indoor after Thanksgiving.

Some NCAP groups will continue outdoors the whole season. There simply are not enough indoor pools to accommodate all the swimmers around here with so many pools still closed.

That sounds miserable.

Not an NCAP parent. We live farther south in VA and have two kids swimming with a team with all sites practicing outside year round even before the pandemic. I also thought it sounded dreadful the first year but the kids love it. Both of them tell me the air quality is way better. They bring parkas and warm gear for after practice and it’s not a big deal.

Agreed. It's not that big of a deal and it's a lot safer than swimming indoors this winter.

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Anonymous wrote:Are any of the other swim clubs in the county practising inside?

There really isn't much space other than the county run pools, and even places that have been other clubs' "homes" in the past may not be available right now.

Georgetown Prep is used by a few clubs (NCAP, TOLL, JFD), but they are currently not renting space. This is a big loss, they have more lanes than the other schools and were able to rent to several groups.
Stone Ridge and Holton Arms usually rent space, I think ASA is currently using SR, not sure of anything else.
Montgomery College has pools used by a few groups, not sure what the current status is.
Quince Orchard bubble (JFD, TIBU?, NCAP?)
Lifetime (their own team)
Silver Spring YMCA (their own team)

A few clubs use Fairland (PG County)

Landon has an outdoor pool, is anyone using that?

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Anonymous wrote:Are any of the other swim clubs in the county practising inside?

There really isn't much space other than the county run pools, and even places that have been other clubs' "homes" in the past may not be available right now.

Georgetown Prep is used by a few clubs (NCAP, TOLL, JFD), but they are currently not renting space. This is a big loss, they have more lanes than the other schools and were able to rent to several groups.
Stone Ridge and Holton Arms usually rent space, I think ASA is currently using SR, not sure of anything else.
Montgomery College has pools used by a few groups, not sure what the current status is.
Quince Orchard bubble (JFD, TIBU?, NCAP?)
Lifetime (their own team)
Silver Spring YMCA (their own team)

A few clubs use Fairland (PG County)

Landon has an outdoor pool, is anyone using that?

Montgomery College pool is closed when I looked.