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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between year-round swimming and summer swimming?
Year round swimming provides the opportunity for swimmers practice and compete September-July each year.  This longer season allows for more chances to set and achieve goals each season.  Year round swimmers develop a knowledge of the sport that allows them to develop a long term focus toward improvement.  The year round swimming community is more focused on sharing individual success and accomplishments

What are the benefits to year round swimming?
All year round coaches are USA swimming certified coaches and the head coaches of Scenic City coach swimming as their profession.  Technique is our primary focus with all of our Age group swimmers.  Having a professionally certified staff and smaller groups allows us to teach our swimmers effective technique.  Conditioning is added as swimmers advance through our groups.  Having a staff that has coached Olympic swimmers, state champions, dozens of All-Americans and Top 16 swimmers gives swimmers on Scenic City the advantage of years of knowledge and experience.

Do I get a discount for having more than one swimmer?
Yes, We give pricing breaks to families with three or more swimmers.  These pricing breaks work as followed:
  1st Swimmer - USA Registration + Team Registration + Monthly fee
  2nd Swimmer - USA Registration + Team Registration + Monthly fee
  3rd Swimmer - USA Registration + Team Registration + 1/2 Monthly fee
  4th and more - USA Registration + 1/2 Monthly fee
**The highest group will always be the 1st swimmer, so the 1/2 price would be for the lowest groups**

How does the billing work?
When registering your swimmer(s), please pay the registration fees only.  At the beginning of the month, you will be billed for the previous month swam.  Please return the top portion of the statement with a check as soon as possible.  Make separate checks for all uniform orders, meet entries, goggles and fins due to the fact that this money goes into different accounts.

How do I sign up? 
You can join Scenic City by picking up a registration form (SCAC & USA swimming) & bringing it the 1st time that you come to practice.

Do I have to start in September or can I join anytime? 
You can join any time through the year.  Due to our billing, it works best if new swimmers join at the beginning of a month.

 

Do I need to give up other sports?
No!  It is a misconception that your must quit other sports if you join year round swimming.  Swimming enhances performance in just about every sport and cross training can often be beneficial to swimmers.

 

Do we have to join USA swimming?
Scenic City is a member of USA swimming and all of our swimmers must be registered with the governing body.  USA swimming provides our insurance coverage, as well as other services (website, rules, etc).

 

What group will my child be in? 
We will use the 1st week to place our swimmers into the right group.  The groups are by abilities.  We would rather your child start in a lower group and move up (not start in a group that is too hard and have to move down).

If my swimmer starts in one group, when can he or she move to the next level?
We will move swimmers up anytime through the year.  After the first month, we try to have people move up at the beginning of a month.

How many practices a week are required?
We do not require practice attendance during the school year.  To get the maximum out of the program we encourage our swimmers to attend the practices that are offered.

Are meets required?
All of our swimmers are expected to attend the local meets.  As a swimmer advances through our program, participation in out of town meets is encouraged.  Competitions give the coaches a tangible way to measure improvement and help direct the focus of the group’s practices.

What equipment do we need?
Each swimmer will need a suit, goggles, and a cap.  Each group will use fins at least once a week (we have fins at each pool, but do not have all the sizes).  If you would like to purchase fins, we sell them at McCallie.  Each pool has a supply of kick boards and pull-buoys for the swimmers to use.  At the McCallie pool we have goggles, fins, and boys practice suits for sale.  Scenic City has a wide variety of products for sale on the SCAC Store page.

 

How do I sign-up for a meet?
Meet information will be at the pool and on the website.  On the meet registration form, fill out which events you would like to swim and the times (if you know them) and return the form to a coach. 
** 3 events per day is a good minimum so your swimmer is not bored**

 

What do we need to wear at swim meets?
The only uniform required at swim meets is a team cap.  We have team suits and clothing available, however you are not required to buy them.

 

Do we really need to be at the pool for meet warm-up? 
Yes.  Each swimmer should check with their group’s coach to find out what time warm-ups will start.  The coaching staff designs warm-ups to help each swimmer swim to their potential at the meet.

 

What can parents do to help our kids swim faster?
Providing unconditional support for your swimmers will create an environment where your child is not afraid to fail or succeed.  Support the coaches so your child knows who to listen to for swimming instruction.  A long term view to swimming improvement will help both the swimmer and parent get through the tougher times in swimming.

 

What can I do to help at a meet?
The meets that Scenic City hosts are very important to our club.  A lot of work go into putting on a successful meet.  The money generated from the meets goes towards helping us keep our fees lower.  We will have a volunteer sign-up form at each pool about a month before each meet.  Most jobs can be learned quickly, so you do not need any experience.  Also, each team is required to have officials.  Ateam can never have too many certified officials.  If you are interested in officiating please get in touch with John Woods or Roger Dahlke.

 

What kind of suit do we need?
Girls need a one piece competition style suit and boys will need either a jammer or a speedo.  Scenic City has team suits, but they are not required.

 

Can we take a month off during the season & what do we need to do to inform SCAC so our billing is correct?
We encourage our swimmers to swim throughout the entire season, but we are aware that it is impossible to do everything.  You can take off during the season.  We ask that you write a note to your coach with your name and when you will stop swimming and when you plan to return to practice (this will help us with the billing).  Also write a note on your bill and mail it to the business office.