Waterford Stingrays

Practice Details

• Practice times vary, refer to the Practice Calendar. 
• Please be on-time to practice.
• Practice is offered daily (evenings before school is out starting May 19th; mornings beginning May 27th). 
• Once practice switches to mornings, we will offer additional evening practices (M/W/TH) as another option. Evening practices are intended to help working parent families who can't make it to the morning practice. We ask that you signup in advance for evening practice, as we are limited in the amount of lane space we can use given the pool is open.
• Practice is not mandatory – if you miss a practice, there’s no penalty. However, your swimmer will get as much as they put into it, so try to attend as much as possible! 
• The coaches will host a number of “fun practices” throughout the season with treats, games/activities– fun practices will occur the morning after a swim meet.
• During practice, we ask that parents please allow the coaches to coach and limit questions until after practice is over. Safety is very important and we need their eyes on the pool!
• Parents of swimmers age 10 & Under, we need you to stay at/around the pool during practice (in case of emergency). 10 & Unders cannot be alone. We are a village and it's fine if you are carpooling with other moms...just make sure someone has accountability over your child! 
• At practice, siblings can swim in the pool ONLY IF the pool is open and lifeguards are actively on duty (ex. Most evening practices are OK for siblings to swim given the pool is open and the team is only using a few lanes of the pool). Siblings cannot join swim team practice unless they are registered Stingrays.

Stroke Clinics & Additional Lessons

• We offer free stroke clinics for swim team members; these clinics are held at our pool on select Saturday mornings before the pool opens. The clinic allows your swimmer extra time with their coach to work on areas for improvement - strokes, technique, starts/turns, etc.
• If your swimmer could benefit from extra time to work on strokes technique, starts (dives), turns, etc., you may want to try individual swim lessons. Many of the coaches offer one/on/one swim lessons for a $15 fee. Ask your coach about it!

Weather Policy

• We watch the weather carefully and will communicate any delays or cancellations via text (using Swimtopia Mobile feature).
• The Waterford pool lifeguards are trained to make decisions on weather and we will respect their call to ensure the safety of our swimmers.