Anonymous
Post 12/02/2025 07:38     Subject: How organized is your high school swim team?
Anonymous wrote:Ours is organized well, but it’s also run by the same coaches who coach club, so it feels like an extension of club. I’m an official and I also help out with sending out parent signups for timers, organizing team dinners, breakfasts, etc. The team has team suits, hoodies and t shirts, and the swimmers who qualify for state will receive additional team gear. The coaches and captains organize the end of season banquet.

If your team isn’t well organized and you have the bandwidth, consider at least organizing a team dinner or two. My kid’s high school swim team is having a lot of fun, and the extra get togethers take some work, but they translate into noticeable camaraderie on the pool deck.


We don't do team dinners. I think that they go out though.

Can someone tell me what is involved or how you run your team dinners? I would love to organize.
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2025 07:37     Subject: How organized is your high school swim team?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
So I know that the HS coaches get paid a pittance. But I would have thought that there would be a team rep or parental liaisons to help them out. We don't have swim suits, we have gotten very little in the way of communications, everything seems thrown together. Is this the normal?


What do you mean by "don't have swim suits" for clarification?

My kid's team had orders placed mid-November so we could get them for our first meet, I had to pay for that. There weren't not school provided suits, if that's what you are referencing.


Our team just put the swimsuit order in this week, since the meet is Friday I am pretty sure we will not have suits.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 19:44     Subject: How organized is your high school swim team?
Ours is organized well, but it’s also run by the same coaches who coach club, so it feels like an extension of club. I’m an official and I also help out with sending out parent signups for timers, organizing team dinners, breakfasts, etc. The team has team suits, hoodies and t shirts, and the swimmers who qualify for state will receive additional team gear. The coaches and captains organize the end of season banquet.

If your team isn’t well organized and you have the bandwidth, consider at least organizing a team dinner or two. My kid’s high school swim team is having a lot of fun, and the extra get togethers take some work, but they translate into noticeable camaraderie on the pool deck.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 19:17     Subject: How organized is your high school swim team?
Our coach is very organized and a great communicator. Our parent reps are great too!
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 16:28     Subject: How organized is your high school swim team?
Small MCPS school and it seems organized. There are parent-run social events, which is nice. Suits can be purchased but not required. Same with team jackets and such. Definitely get meet times afterwards.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 16:26     Subject: Re:How organized is your high school swim team?
Very disorganized. Coach is young and organization is not their strong suit. A few parents are trying to help out but there isn’t a formal team rep role like there is in summer swim, and coach wants do do a lot themselves even if they don’t do it well.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 16:25     Subject: How organized is your high school swim team?
If you want to organize it better, I doubt anyone would turn away your offer to help. But at our shcool, the kids manage htis themselves and it is a part of the learning experience of leadership. Some years are smoother than others.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 16:22     Subject: How organized is your high school swim team?
Getting there, but still haven't reached the threshold of 30% of the DDs signing union authorization cards.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 15:40     Subject: How organized is your high school swim team?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
So I know that the HS coaches get paid a pittance. But I would have thought that there would be a team rep or parental liaisons to help them out. We don't have swim suits, we have gotten very little in the way of communications, everything seems thrown together. Is this the normal?


What do you mean by "don't have swim suits" for clarification?

My kid's team had orders placed mid-November so we could get them for our first meet, I had to pay for that. There weren't not school provided suits, if that's what you are referencing.


Back in my day, you knew you were going places on the high school football team when the equipment manager issued you a brand new jock strap instead of one of the used ones generally reserved for freshmen and benchwarmers.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 15:12     Subject: How organized is your high school swim team?
Anonymous wrote:
So I know that the HS coaches get paid a pittance. But I would have thought that there would be a team rep or parental liaisons to help them out. We don't have swim suits, we have gotten very little in the way of communications, everything seems thrown together. Is this the normal?


What do you mean by "don't have swim suits" for clarification?

My kid's team had orders placed mid-November so we could get them for our first meet, I had to pay for that. There weren't not school provided suits, if that's what you are referencing.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 12:58     Subject: How organized is your high school swim team?
Anonymous wrote:Normal. Our parent reps do little and they will not allow other parents to help.


THIS is our team. And our parent rep is so disorganized but loves being a gate keeper.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 12:52     Subject: How organized is your high school swim team?
Normal. Our parent reps do little and they will not allow other parents to help.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 12:51     Subject: How organized is your high school swim team?
Anonymous wrote:Following as I'm curious as well. We do have team suits, but meet entries are done with paper and pencil and meet results are never published. It's like the 1980s!


We get a meet sheet and results!!! The meets themselves are a little chaotic and our data person could be better. But we are also lucky to have our own pool (Alexandria City) although it was easier at our old location than are new one for the younger kids to get there.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 12:47     Subject: How organized is your high school swim team?
Following as I'm curious as well. We do have team suits, but meet entries are done with paper and pencil and meet results are never published. It's like the 1980s!
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 12:17     Subject: How organized is your high school swim team?

So I know that the HS coaches get paid a pittance. But I would have thought that there would be a team rep or parental liaisons to help them out. We don't have swim suits, we have gotten very little in the way of communications, everything seems thrown together. Is this the normal?