Bethpage PAL Barracudas Swim Club

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Practice cancellation for Friday, May 24: The Bethpage School District is closed this Friday, May 24.

 

Therefore, there will be no practice on Friday.

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Practice cancellations: The following Saturday practices are cancelled due to Lifeguard testing at the Bethpage HS pool May 18th, May 25th and June 1st.  The practice calendar has been updated to reflect these changes.

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Congratulations to the Following BBSC Swimmers for Making the Final Metro Top 25 List for the 2012-2013 Short Course Season:

 

Anthony Sforza: 8 & Under 50 Free

Ethan Dong: 9-10 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 50 Back, 100 Back

Justen Lopez: 9-10 50 Breast, 100 Breast

Jordan Fargo: 11-12 1000 Free

Trevor Dearstyne: 15-18 50 Free, 100 Free

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Practice schedule change for Great and Yellowfin: Starting Wednesday April 24th the Great and Yellowfin groups will have a practice schedule change.  This change is for Wednesday's only!  Modified practice calendar is available for download.  Please update your calendar's.

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Bethpage PAL Barracudas Recognized as a Level 1 Swim Club by USA Swimming:

The BBSC Barracudas have been recognized by USA Swimming as a Level 1 Swim Club in their club recognition program. The Club Recognition Program offers club members a working blueprint for developing strong, stable, financially sound and athletically productive organizations.

Designed over a two year period by USA Swimming's Club Development Committee, this voluntary program presents four levels of achievement across four component areas deemed critical to long-term club success. The program encourages clubs to establish organizational goals and to benchmark their progress toward those goals.

The ultimate objective of the program is to strengthen the club system in USA Swimming by guiding clubs through a development process that ultimately positions the program and its coaches to better serve athletes.

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Practice Schedule: Changes starting Wednesday April 24th the practice times will be as follows:

Blackfin Barracudas
    Monday: 6:15 - 8:15PM, Dry-lands at 5:45PM

    Tuesday: 5:00 - 7:30PM

    Wednesday: 4:45 - 6:45PM, Dry-lands at 4:15PM

    Thursday: 5:00 - 7:00PM

    Friday: 5:45 - 7:30PM, Dry-lands at 5:15PM

    Saturday: 8:00 - 10:00AM

Great Barracudas

    Monday: 6:15 - 8:15PM

    Tuesday: 5:00 - 7:30PM, Dry-lands at 4:30PM

    Wednesday: 5:45 - 7:30PM

    Thursday: 5:00 - 7:00PM, Dry-lands at 7:00PM

    Friday: 5:45 - 7:30PM

    Saturday: 8:00 - 10:00AM

 

Yellowfin Barracudas

    Monday: 4:45 - 6:15PM
    Tuesdays: no practice

    Wednesday: 4:45 - 5:45PM, Dry-lands at 5:45PM

    Thursday: 7:00 - 8:30PM

    Friday: 4:45 - 5:45PM, Dry-lands at 4:15PM

    Saturday: 9:00 - 10:00AM

Yellowstripe Barracudas

    Monday: 4:45 - 6:15PM
    Tuesdays: no practice

    Wednesday: 6:45 - 7:30PM, Dry-lands at 6:15PM

    Thursday: 7:00 - 8:30PM

    Friday: 4:45 - 5:45PM, Dry-lands at 4:15PM

    Saturday: 9:00 - 10:00AM

The practice calendar, available on the Calendar page, reflects these changes as well as changes due to holiday schedules.

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BBSC Takes First at Newburgh Blue and Gold Meet:

 

 

Congratulations to the BBSC Barracudas.  At the Newburgh Sharks Blue and Gold Meet on December 7 - 9, the Barracudas came in first place and won the overall Team Award.  Congratulations to Ethan Dong for winning the high point award in the 9 -10 year old age group. In all, 65 swimmers competed in more than 350 races, 25 team records were broken, 56% of the races were personal best times, 37% of the races achieved silver times, and 24 JO times, 9 zone qual times, and 1 Senior Mets time were achieved.

Enjoy our Youtube video of the weekend's events thanks to Kaitlyn and the girls. 

 

 

 

 

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Meet info:

Following is some introductory information for our new swimmers who may not be familiar with US swimming meets.

USA meets are vastly different than dual meets.  Even though you are swimming against other swimmers your goal is to improve your seed time, which ultimately moves you up in the rankings.  Most meets a swimmer is allowed to swim a max of three events per session.  These events are picked by the coaches.  Over the course of a season the coaches will choose events that the swimmer may have never swam before, other than practice of course.  The philosophy of BBSC is for each swimmer to have a USA Swimming sanctioned time for every event in their age group.

Now for the meets: each meet is usually broken down to two sessions for the various age groups.  The meet information sheet will have a list of events, the warm-up and start time for each session.  Swimmers are to be at the pool at least 15 minutes prior to their session's warm-up time.  Once warm-ups have begun, swimmers who are not on the deck will be removed (scratched) from their events.  Once a swimmer has swam all of their events they can leave the meet.

Meet entries:  on the meet schedule page on the Bethpageswimming website is a list of meet dates.  Next to the date is a PDF icon which contains a link to the meet information document.  Once you open the link carefully look over the sessions and decide if your swimmer will attend the entire meet or some part of it.  Then email a response to webmaster@bethpageswimming.com with the meet date and either a YES or NO before the respond by date, also shown on the meet schedule page.  It's okay if a swimmer can only make part of a meet, for example in a two day meet Saturday only.  As long as we know, then the proper events will be selected.  Please keep in mind that there is a charge per event.  BBSC pays this fee up-front.  If the swimmer does not show up there are absolutely no refunds, for any reason.  The monies for the meet entries will be automatically deducted from each swimmers meet escrow account.

If you need help with any of this please don't hesitate to discuss it with a coach, or any of the parent volunteers.

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Pool Rules:

We would like to remind everyone that we are guests at Bethpage High School.  It's imperative that the following rules be adhered to at all times:

• Recording or photographing practices IS NOT ALLOWED!  This is both an insurance and privacy issue.
  
  
• Only swimmers, coaches and authorized individuals are allowed on the pool deck, the locker rooms and the rear hallway (by girls locker room).
  
  
• Please no young boys in the GIRLS locker room!
  
  
• No ball playing, running or horseplay anywhere in the building especially in the Bleacher area.
  
  
• Keep the Bleacher area DRY!  Wet swimmers and gear needs to remain on the pool deck.  The Bleacher walkway becomes very slippery when wet.
  
  
• Bring your own swim gear.  All of the swim gear located at the pool is the property of Bethpage High School.  It is not to be used by our swimmers.
  
  
• Do not use the elevator unless a medical condition warrants it.
  
  
• Since we are very grateful for the use of the Bethpage HS pool facilities ALL Bethpage HS employees must be listened to and treated with the utmost respect!  This rule applies to every ONE!  It only takes one incident for us to lose our permit.
  

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Website changes:

 

Spring Kickoff Results posted (5/15/2013).

Updated practice calendar is available for download (5/06/2013).
 
Update Meet Schedule page (4/15/2013).

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Practice:

The Practice calendar is available on the calendar page.  Please note that due to a variety of events that take place at Bethpage High School this calendar is in constant flux.  Every effort will be made to send emails when changes take affect but its highly recommended that you check this website for up to date information.  When changes are made to the calendar a note will be entered showing the date of the last modification.

Attendance:  Attendance at practices is strongly encouraged but not required.  Minimum of three days per week is recommended.

Practice Times:  Make every effort to be punctual and attend the entire practice.  Parents please respect pick up times and make arrangements for your swimmer.

Practice Changes: Any last minute changes will be posted on this website. Check the website and your emails for last minute announcements.

Be Prepared:  Bring your equipment to practice everyday. Individual groups require different equipment.  Speak directly to your child's coach for an equipment list.  On the days that practice is delayed due to a Varsity meet all swimmers should arrive wearing their swim suits.  This is especially important for the boys since the boys locker room is locked into the visiting team has left the building.

Teaching:  The pool is the coaches’ classroom.  They will be responsible for swimmers during practice.  Please respect our classroom.

Office Hours: Coaches will be available after practice to discuss any questions/concerns.  Office hours will be posted.  Contacting a coach via email to set up an appointment is appreciated. Coaches work collaboratively with each other in accordance with best practices. 

Rules: Each coach will establish group norms such as bathroom privileges.

Non negotiable: All members of our community will be treated with dignity and respect at all times.  Swimmer-coach; coach-swimmer; swimmer-swimmer; parent-coach; coach-parent.

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