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Board of Directors Attendance (* denotes voting members) Member Club Position NOV08 JAN09 SP RT MAY09 AUG 09 CURRENT % Arlene McDonald* UNAT General Chair X X X X 100% Brad Smith ICAC Region 3 Coach SPTF^ X X 62% Carey Camarata NASA Region 2 Non Coach X 25% Chad Englehart* SWAC Senior Chair X X 50% Charlie Fry WTSC Open Water Chair 0% Claire Gendron* BA Region 1 Non Coach X X X 75% Daniel Proctor* CARD Athlete Rep X X X 75% Dave Boggs* SEY Region 4 Coach X X X 75% Don Cozad* PRO Region 2 Coach 0% Emily Kowalski NCSC Team Indiana X X X 75% G Daniel Michael* USC Athlete Rep X X X 75% Hal Paul* UNAT Officials Chair X X X X 100% Jen Ferguson ACST Awards 0% Jim Paynok* LCB Technical Chair X X X X 100% Kent Nelson* UNAT Secretary X X X X 100% Kyle Smith PPSC Region 1 Coach Rep X X X X 100% Lucy Duncan* UNAT Finance Chair X X X X 100% Lynn Kinstler Office Staff X X X X 100% Mark Hesse SCSC Past – General Chair X X X X 100% Matt Papachronis* SSC Age Group Chair X X X X 100% Michael Mohler* ACST Athlete Rep X X 50% Paul Stauder CSC Region 4 Non Coach X X X X 100% Ross VanAllen* WTSC Athlete Rep X 25% Sam Robertson CGAC Disability X X X 75% Scott Ingram* UNAT Admin Vice Chair X X X X 100% Tony Young* Office Staff X X X X 100% Walt Peycha* LEB Region 3 Non Coach X X X X 100% Will Bernhardt* IA Coaches Rep X X 50% BOARD TOTAL 72%
ANNOUNCEMENTS Sargent at Arms – Appointed as past General Chair Moment of Silence for Angela Michael and John Mohler Thanks to the Stragetic Planning Task Force, Nationals LOC and Lynn for preparing or LEAP Level 1
Motion to accept agenda : Scott Ingram | 2nd – Lucy Duncan
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OLD BUSINESS OB1 – Retreat Follow‐Up and Review (Attachments: Individual Board Member Retreat Assessment, Small Group Reports & Strategic Planning Document) OB2 – Goal Tracking for Strategic Planning (submitted by Jim Payonk) There was much discussion of the BHAGS, MIGS and PIGS… further information and finalization will be sought at the June meeting.
OB3 – Nationals and World Championship Sponsorships (submitted by Arlene McDonald) There have been some changes to the sponsorship packages so please check those out…
NEW BUSINESS NB1 ‐ USAS Convention (submitted by Arlene McDonald) NO ACTION
NOTES: Arlene request anyone wishing to attend the annual convention please contact her.
NB2 – Disability Workshop Report by Kyle Smith (NO ACTION REQUIRED) USA Swimming Disability Conference April 3‐5, 2009 Swimming website: Disability Sport Organization for a Colorado Springs, CO complete list of specific groups and contacts) Day 1 New Rules for Disabled swimmers and competition can be 4:00‐5:00pm Registered for Conference at the Dirks Room found in USA Swimming Rules and Regulation Handbook inside USA Swimming Headquarters. Registration included an Article 105. open walk around of USA Swimming Building ran into fellow Hoosier Jim Rusnick and Mick Nelson. If you ever get a Side Note: from the Safety/Risk Management Dept, Personal chance to tour the building it is HIGHLY recommended! A ton Assistance for Disabled swimmers DO NOT need to be history and tradition throughout the halls! certified through USA Swimming. But, the personal assistance can not be there to provide coaching. 5:00‐6:00 Intro from Gail Dummer, Disability Committee Chair, Randy Julian, Central Zone Sport Development Each Coach/Athlete is responsible for making special Consultant, and Chuck Wielgus, Executive Director USA accommodations with meet referee prior to the start of Swimming. event. Request for accommodations should be with‐in reason for the disability. Major Point of Intro: Inclusion for Disabled Athletes, USA Swimming wants them to feel part of the program. Look at 6:00‐7:00pm‐Dinner at the OTC their abilities rather than disabilities! Great Steak…fish was okay!
USA Swimming Website: Updated 4/3/09 many avenues and 7:00‐7:30pm‐Paralympic Overview resources for disabled swimmers, coaches and parents to Complete Information about Paralympics Games can be use. found through the Disability Link on the USA Swimming webpage. USA Swimming NOT aiming for “disability only” meets, specific Organizations within each disability already conduct 7:30‐8:00pm‐Deaflympics: events/competitions within their group’s disability. (USA If any Club/HS has a deaf swimmer Joanne Weeden would like info on them to help track Deaf/Hearing impaired 2 | Page CORE VALUES: PERFORMANCE | EDUCATION | GOVERNANCE | COMMUNICATION
INDIANA SWIMMING BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES OF THE MEETING – MAY 4, 2009 Location: Second Floor Conference Room (Pan Am Plaza Bldg) Time: 5:30pm swimmers throughout USA Swimming. You may contact her ‐drill for able body swimmers and coaches: at [email protected]. ‐line goggles w/foil or cotton balls ‐brings vision loss in the water into another To participate in Deaflympics athletes MUST be a registered perspective USA Swimming member. Hearing loss of at least 55 decibels in the better ear is the required standard for determining Cognitive Disabilities eligible athletes. ‐usually comes w/another disability ‐Primarily Dow Syndrome Encouragement is KEY…Deafness is considered a “Silent ‐short simple directions work best Disability” ‐focus on one stage of stroke then advance on, do not expect entire stroke development 8:00‐9:00pm‐Open Discussion: ‐discover the swimmers limitations and work within w/Erin Popovich and Jarrett Perry, USA Swimming them before expecting improvement Paralympics Athletes ‐patience is a key for their success Hold Athletes accountable…do not coddle! ‐repetition and routine needs to be strict and consistent Coach/Athlete communication must be at high level! ‐coaches need to understand swimmers mannerisms and Maintain Team aspect….DO NOT SINGLE OUT! “triggers”, understanding these can facilitate learning Educate other swimmers/coaches/parents of disability to ‐15% of Dow Syndrome have AAI, which is an exposure of the help prevent discrimination….put them in the disabled spinal cord, extreme caution is recommended with swimmers swimmers shoes. with AAI (usually within the neck area)
LOOK FO THEIR ABILITY< NOT THEIR DISABILITY! Dwarfism Learn what they can do! ‐200 forms of Dwarfism ‐some form of body drag common in dwarfism, not always 7:00‐8:30‐Breakfast at OTC Athlete Center able to keep 100% buoyancy Omelets made to order…you can not go wrong there and the ‐experiment with what works best for the individual swimmer blueberry pancakes were delightful ‐teaching stroke rate/tempo has been proven to be very effective 8:45‐10:15 Coaching Swimmers w/Disabilities: Stroke ‐stroke technique and movement needs to be adjusted to Technique accommodate each swimmers body size, general ability and Presenters: Gail Dummer and Don Watkins limb flexibility and ROM ‐encouragement to increase flexibility can improve entire life
Hearing Loss Amputation and Limb Deficiencies ‐if at first you do not succeed, try another way to ‐experiment with specific modification in strokes and kicking communicate instructions to what works the best with each case ‐direct communication is needed (face to face) ‐use the “stump”/missing limb as best as you can ‐sculling/feel for water drills can improve the understanding Vision Loss of stroke ‐lining goggles w/tin foil, to demonstrate disadvantage to ‐double‐arm w/backstroke/dolphin kick w/freestyle have other swimmers shown to be very effective ‐short strokes are common ‐core strength is key ‐stretch cords and vasa trainers very helpful ‐be aware of overtraining/use of “normal” body part w/stroke technique ‐use fins, paddles and other tools to help improve overall ‐knowing stroke count is key skills ‐sprinklers/tapers at end of lane very helpful ‐emphasize pushing/kicking through the center of gravity ‐bubble wrap in swim cap can prevent injury with single leg amputees to help improve form ‐balancing drills help with bi‐lateral breathing and proper body positioning 10:30‐12/noon ‐in depth and descriptive instructions are key to help Spinal and Lower Limb Conditions communication gap ‐strength training a key for abele muscles and disabled limbs
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‐might to become very creative during strength training of disabled limb 12:00‐1:00‐LUNCH ‐challenge them to increase ROM and flexibility ‐stroke problems will be very individualized depending on 1:15pm‐2:45pmBREAKOUT SESSION injury ‐contractures are very hard to eliminate, try to minimize Keeping swimmers involved with USA Swimming them ‐what does it take to keep these kids involved? ‐know the triggers/stress cues ‐class 1‐2 more comfortable on back ‐Parent recognition/positive feedback from parents KEY! ‐spinal surgical rods can have an adverse effect swimming ‐Achievement Awards dramatically ‐Buddy system ‐decreased sensation below injured area can become ‐Education‐Coaches/Parents/Swimmers problematic, protective clothing is suggested for practices Some topics that our Breakout Group Present to the Disability ‐longer suits can help with stability of lower limbs Committee: ‐MS‐too much exercise can become counter productive ‐“Time Standard/Motivational Standard” for Disabled Athletes (cap/star system) Cerebral Palsy, Stroke and Head Injury ‐LSC Recognition, what specific recognition should ‐resistance training/stretch cords very effective in and out of each LSC gives these athletes the water ‐Future possibility of a Zone type meet for these ‐head position extremely important to body position, very athletes important to remember that the head position is a big trigger ‐Recommend each Team acknowledge “small” for contractures improvements from these swimmers, for an ‐the more stressful the situation the higher possibility of average swimmer they may seem “small” but to a contractures disabled swimmer it means the world! ‐swimmer with disability has very little to no control over cross sectional area of drag 3:30‐5:00pm Officiating swimmers with disabilities Teaching Forward Starts Situations: ‐fear of blocks a big hurdle for swimmers with cognitive 1. Disabled swimmer in meet swimming in normal disorders age/gender/distance ‐introduction of starts should be done gradually ‐treat as a normal entry 2. Disabled swimmer in meet swimming in different Training and Conditioning for Disabled Swimmers age/gender/distance ‐train the swimmer for time duration of event not distance of ‐treat it as if swimmer missed their event event 3. Special events (I.e. 13‐14yr old 50 breast of 150 Example: 2min 50 should be trained as a middle, IM) need to be added prior to meet distance event, not a sprint ‐get creative in your ideas for specific situations Coach/Athlete‐responsible for notifying Head Referee of any ‐CORE STRENGTH is extremely important for improvement specific request/changes that will be needed for the ‐improvement of flexibility/ROM will improve performance swimmer. ‐no set standard for BF%, hght and wght for peak athletic performance Mail LSC Inclusion Policies to: Disability Committee at USA Swimming
Rule of Thumb for Referees…Common Sense
Mental Training Cognitive Disabilities‐can use in water or out of water starts ‐swimmers with disabilities usually have a higher mental state than “normal” athletes Alteration/Modification of starts maybe needed to give ‐mental prep can be extremely effective for swimmers swimmers with disability a fair and reasonable start ‐POSITIVE SELF‐TALK: nothing can replace it!
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Starting Disabled Swimmers: see hand‐outs for officials Referee and Starter use the hand signals Stroke Judging: Use common sense: LSC Disability Chair/Official Chair should look into purchasing ‐if swimmer missing limb/body part swim a remote strobe for State/LSC Championship Meets should not be held to the “T” of the rule
No Assistance/pushing off from personal assistance is OFFICIALS PLEASE USE COMMON SENSE AND FAIR allowed at the start. JUDGEMENT when dealing with disabled swimmers.
Remember: Disabled swimmers may need a broader leeway TREAT the disabled swimmer as a normal swimmer/person for “judgment goes to the swimmer” on deck; they just happen to have a disability!
NB3 – Governance Committee – Chair Mark Hesse
Committee Members: Tony Young (staff), Lucy Duncan (UNAT), Hal Paul (UNAT), Emily Kowalski (NCSC),
Walt Peycha (LEB), G. Daniel Michael (Athlete)
NB4 – House of Delegates Search – Tony is beginning to search for host locations, Coach Andy Pedersen (SSC) is working on a guest speaker. It was suggested to hold another meet directors workshop.
ACTION ITEMS
AI – 1 – Submitted By: Scott Ingram First Reading
Any host of an Indiana Swimming Championship Meet that fails to take corrective measures on any technical aspects pointed out to them by the Official’s Chair or Technical Chair at a previous Indiana Swimming Championship at their next Championship Meet will be barred from bidding for an Indiana Championship Meet for two years. Clubs will be notified in writing no later than 1 month after the event.
(Example – Club ABC hosts a 2006 Divisional Meet and fails to comply with a Technical item. Following the 2006 Divisional Meet, the Technical Chair communicates the error and explains what needs to be done to address the situation in the future. Club ABC hosts a 2006 Long Course State Meet and has the same issue. They are now barred from bidding on the 2007 and 2008 Indiana Championship meets.)
Questions – What is an offense?
Arlene – stated that this needs to be a strong policy with plenty of documentation
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COMMITTEE & CHAIR REPORTS
GENERAL CHAIRMAN: Arlene McDonald – UNAT Secretary – Kent Nelson [email protected] Board of Review – Bob Hartley SwimForce – Arlene McDonald Past General Chair – Mark Hesse
SwimForce Report 2009 ConocoPhillips Summer Nationals & World Championship Trials: 1. LOC: The Local Organizing Committee last met on Tuesday, April 21. Plans are progressing at an appropriate pace. Many thanks to all from Indiana Swimming who are serving in leadership roles on the LOC. Also, thanks to our club co‐host Southeastern Swim Club for all the time and energy its members are contributing to the event. The LOC roster is included as an attachment to this agenda. Please take time to recognize and thank those folks who are involved in this event. The next committee meeting is Wednesday, May 20. 2. Schubert Reception: On Thursday, January 29, Mark Schubert, USA Swimming National Team Head Coach and General Manger, visited Indianapolis and participated in several pre‐meet promotional activities including a lunch with the Operation Water Safety Partners, a televised interview with Bill Benner for Inside Indiana (can view on event website at www.AllGreatRacers.com), and an evening kick‐off reception for the 2009 World Trials. Approximately 50 community and business leaders, along with area swimming supporters, attended the reception and dinner held in Scholar’s Hall at University Place Conference Center and Hotel. Coach Schubert gave a preview of this summer’s meet as well as relaying stories from last summer’s Beijing Olympics. Peter Bick put together a slide show of the last 25 years of events at the Nat which played throughout dinner and brought back many fond memories of former champions and competitions. The evening was a great success! 3. Ticket Sales: Online ticket sales are continuing on the event website at www.AllGreatRacers.com Daily tickets (one‐day tickets for prelims and finals of same day) went on sale Friday, May 1. The reserved seats (blue chairbacks) are nearly sold out. Obviously, many general admission tickets are still available. Please encourage your club members and friends to purchase their tickets now. Coming off the success of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the event is going to be unique and exciting. Our members will want to be here! 4. Auxiliary Events: • There will be athlete autograph sessions each day in the USA Swimming Autograph Zone (gymnasium) from 4:30 – 6:00 PM. At least four athletes will be available each day. USA Swimming is in the process of finalizing the participating athletes. As soon as that is accomplished, we will be publishing a schedule for the Autograph Zone. • We have contracted with the Miss America Organization to have Katie Stam, the reigning Miss America from Seymour and a student at the University of Indianapolis, here on Saturday, July 11, for autograph signings, to sing the National Anthem in finals, and to present awards. We are excited to be able to bring in Katie and are actively searching for other local celebrities to participate on other days. • USA Swimming is sponsoring a Splash Bash on Saturday, July 11, from 2:00 – 4:00 PM in conjunction with the NBC broadcast that day. Stay tuned for more information to share with your club members and regions. The location will be either the NCAA Auditorium or the IMAX Theatre. Tony Young is working with Jim Fox, USA Swimming Marketing Coordinator, on this event. • USA Swimming is also sponsoring a Make a Splash with Cullen Jones clinic sometime during the week pending the finalizing of Cullen’s itinerary. Area community and business leaders will be invited to a
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morning breakfast with Cullen and John Cruzat, USA Swimming’s Diversity Specialist. The clinic will follow the breakfast. We are working with USA Swimming to construct the invitation list for the community breakfast and the organizations that will be invited to the clinic. Tony will be the contact with Erin Greene, USA Swimming Communications Coordinator, on this event. • The USA Swimming Foundation Board of Directors will be meeting here during the event. • The VIP Reception will be held at the newly remodeled NCAA Hall of Champions on Wednesday evening, July 8. Polly Jameson and Leslie Osborne are co‐chairs of that event. 5. Site Visits: a. The site visit with the USA Swimming National Events Division was held on conjunction with the LOC meeting on Monday, February 23. In attendance were Dean Ekeren, USA Swimming National Events Director; John Wilson, Meet Referee; Nick Young, Great Big Events Sport Producer; Sandra Lopez, USA Swimming National Events Coordinator; and Mark Dodd, Dodd Technologies. Most of the visit focused on sport presentation and the venue set‐up and décor. The Nat will be “dressed up” similar to the design used for the 2003 Duel in the Pool. In‐house lighting and sound will not be used; both will be brought in. b. There will be another site visit with NBC on Monday, May 4. Attending from USA Swimming will be Dean Ekeren and Mike Unger along with Nick Young and Mark Dodd. c. On Monday, May 11, Matt Farrell, USA Swimming Chief Marketing Officer, and Jamie Fabos Olsen, USA Swimming Communications Director, will be here to finalize media plans and production for the event. TV spots will begin airing on WTHR in mid‐June. 6. Officials: All meet officials have been identified; there are 52 officials on the accepted list. Congrats to the following Indiana officials who were selected: Lucy Duncan (Assistant Administrative Referee), Win Gerde (Stroke), Bill Koss (Stroke), and Dick Duncan (Stroke). John Wilson from Athens, GA is the meet referee. 7. Club Opportunities: Opportunities for Indiana Swimming clubs have been revised and are posted on the event website. We are still searching for Volunteer Clubs for the Day for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. Kudos to Lawrence Swim Team and Carmel Swim Club for partnering as a Club for the day! Also, many thanks to the following teams who have purchased team sponsorships thus far: Brownsburg Swim Club, Carmel Swim Club, and Riverside Aquatic Club. We are currently striving to reach our goals for team sponsorships; this will be discussed under Old Business as the assistance of all BOD members is needed. 8. Volunteers: We are in need of volunteers in many areas. Please encourage club members, swimming enthusiasts, neighbors, and friends to complete the online volunteer application no later than Friday, May 15. The form and job descriptions are available at www.AllGreatRacers.com.
LSC Development: • Lynn and I are finalizing the requirements for our participation in the second round of the LEAP pilot program. The deadline is Friday, May 1. The only component yet to be submitted is our Policies and Procedures Manual. This should be completed on time by Friday. After we receive notice that we have achieved Level 1, we will begin work on the next level. • Thank you to all BOD members for their contributions to our Strategic Planning weekend on April 17 & 18. The weekend was highly productive and should set the framework for the next 3‐5 years for our organization. I look forward to the follow‐up as we work to achieve the agreed upon goals.
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Personnel: I met with both Lynn and Tony for their mid‐year conferences. These meetings are a component of the annual personnel review process. Topics of those discussions will be shared with members of the Personnel Committee at a follow‐up meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 7.
Past General Chair – Mark Hesse – SCSC 1. Attended the ISI BOD Strategic Planning Retreat a. Developed job description for Past General Chair i. Past General Chair shall 1. Serve as a member of the General Chair’s Advisory Council 2. Serve a Chairman of the ISI Governance Committee whose responsibilities include: a. Recruitment and orientation of future Board and ISI Committee members b. Advising current Board on governance “best practices” c. TBD 2. Participated in two conference calls of the USA Swimming Gender Equity Task Force. Action items included: a. Adoption of mission statement: Identify existing challenges for women in the sport of swimming; and to identify ways to increase the number of women in leadership positions and their influence at all levels of the sport.
b. Acknowledgement of the lack of both empirical and anecdotal data along with the taking of committee members to gather said information c. Adoption of a statement opposing the combination of the Men’s & Women’s NCAA Championships: While the concept of a combined men’s and women’s NCAA swimming and diving championships might seem to have merit, there are several issues which have both short and long‐term implications if this proposal were to come to fruition. Some of these issues deal with the length of the meet. Others are concerned with the venue, increased missed class time, and the experience of the Student‐Athletes. However, the most important of all the issues is how this will affect opportunities for women in collegiate swimming.
A combined meet will most certainly prompt many institutions with separate programs to combine their teams. This will lead to an immediate permanent decline in the number of female head coaches in collegiate swimming. In addition, given the current statistics for combined programs, there will be a reduction in the number of female assistant coaches and an increase in the number of male assistant coaches. As members of the Gender Equity Task Force for Women in Swimming, we cannot endorse any action which would most certainly reduce the number of women involved in coaching collegiate swimming. We urge the Board of Directors to take a similar stand.
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REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES (voting member in bold): Region 1 Non‐Coach Region 2 Non‐Coach Region 3 Non‐Coach Region 4 Non‐Coach Claire Gendron* Carey Camarata Walt Peycha* Paul Stauder Region 1 Coach Region 2 Coach Region 3 Coach Region 4 Coach Kyle Smith Don Cozad* Brad Smith Dave Boggs*
Region 1 Non Coach – Kyle Smith (report below) |Region 1 Coach – No Report
Divisional Meet (Crown Point, IN)‐discussed with several Reg 1 coaches about LCM state meet site selection: Overall consensus is that Region 1 coaches and teams want the LCM State Meets to be held at the Natatorium at IUPUI. State Meet (Indianapolis, IN)‐Met briefly with Jim Payonk and Scott Ingram, members of the site selection committee, individually to discuss the LCM State Meet Site and how Region 1 coaches felt about the process. Scott communicated to m that they were looking into options to ensure that the Nat would be the preferred site and hopefully the only site for the LCM State Championship Meets.
USA Swimming Disability Workshop (Colorado Springs, CO)‐I want to thank Arlene and the BOD for giving me the opportunity to attend the workshop. I have attached my notes from the conference and Outlines for Swimmers with Disabilities, Training and Conditioning for Swimmers with Disabilities and Coaching Swimmers with Disabilities. I went ahead and gave Samantha Robertson, Disability Chair, a copy of all info presented at the workshop.
ISI Board Retreat (Fishers, IN)‐see attached
USA Swimming Coaches Clinic (Crown Point, IN)‐Clinic went very well Scott Colby did a great job presenting new and old material. Q and A session at the end of day 2 stared a lot of good coaching interaction and idea sharing with each other. The Clinic not only presented new material, but gave some coaches a reassurance that they are doing the things they need to be doing to grow and develop a Championship caliber program. I was unable to attend day 3, prior commitment. Jim Voss, Duneland Head Coach along with Scott Colby, invited me to sit in on Scott’s LEAD presentation with the Duneland Swim Club. I was amazed at some of the knowledge and info that was there. I feel if there is some way we can take what is being done with these meetings and putting them into a clinic, for swimmers not just coaches, I think all teams throughout IN will benefit extremely! Scott’s drill presentation at the Monday portion of the Duneland meeting was really exciting. I want to Thank both Scott and Jim for letting me attend.
Region 2 Non Coach – No Report | Region 2 Coach – No Report
Region 3 Non Coach – Walt Peycha (First Report) | Region 3 Coach – Brad Smith (Second Report) Walt Peycha There have been no Regional specific activities conducted since the last Board meeting. We, as a board, have been working on long term strategic planning. I was able participate in the Strategic Planning team and participated in two well spent days is laying the groundwork for establishing the future of Indiana Swimming. Over the next few months, we will be providing more details about the outcomes from the strategic planning. I will say that there was progress made in determining the role that ISI will play in the successes of our swimmers and the swimming community. This is a published request for information from Region 3 membership about the needs of the individual clubs, swimmers, coaches, and parents. Please contact Walter Peycha 765‐336‐9454, [email protected] 9 | Page CORE VALUES: PERFORMANCE | EDUCATION | GOVERNANCE | COMMUNICATION
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Brad Smith 1) attended Board of Director Retreat 2) worked on Regional Rep job description 3) disseminated info on National tickets to regional contacts 4) created email database for Region 3 contacts 5) worked on National Championships LOC
Region 4 Non Coach – Paul Stauder (report below) | Region 4 Coach ‐ No Report
Most time on task involves sponsorship and promotions committee for World Trials. Funds are not hitting goal – less than $7K with goal of $30K.
Committee added family four pack ticket package to include meet t‐shirt for $250 for three days worth of tickets.
Organized Miss America appearance to sing national anthem at final night of World Trials.
Worked on club for a day and team sponsorship for Carmel Swim Club.
Set up and worked World Trials table at Carmel Divisional and worked table at Age Group State.
Meeting with Matt Farrell of USA Swimming on May 11 to schedule TV ads and discuss other promotion for World Trials.
Region 4 Facebook group getting very little traction and no teams have offered/requested interaction to ISBOD through me to date.
ADMINISTRATIVE VICE‐CHAIRMAN: Scott Ingram – UNAT Awards ‐ Jen Ferguson [email protected] Site Selection ‐ Scott Ingram Personnel ‐ Scott Ingram Site Selection Committee Meeting (March 14, 2009) - The Site Selection Committee met in compliance with a motion that was made and passed at the January BOD Meeting to discuss the hosting of Indiana Swimming Events at the IU Natatorium, to discuss the Nat first policy, and create a strategy for having Indiana Swimming events at the Nat on a regular basis. - 8 members of the committee were in attendance and the following items were voted on and passed: o Potential Hosts utilizing the IU Natatorium bidding on the Long Course Age Group State Meet will continue to get preferential treatment versus competing bids at other facilities. o All Short Course Age Group State Meets are to be held at the IU Natatorium. - The committee discussed what needed to be done to address hosts that have failed to comply with Technical aspects of Indiana Swimming’s’ Meets (Divisional and State). o 4 members of the Site Selection committee will attend the upcoming Championship Coordination to meet with hosts individually to address specific expectations and any previous issues with that host/facility. The 4 members will be Admin Vice Chair, Technical Chair, Official Chair and the Age Group or Senior Chair. o We also drafted an action to deal with recurring issues with a host (see below). Personnel Committee - The Personnel Committee has scheduled a mid–year meeting with Tony and Lynn to go over their mid‐year self evaluation. They have been provided with the same evaluation tool that was used at last year’s evaluation. - Lynn and Tony’s 6 month contract has been renewed.
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AGE GROUP VICE‐CHAIRMAN: Matt Papachronis ‐ SSC Disability Coord – Samanatha Roberston [email protected] Open Water – Charlie Fry Team Indiana – Emily Kowalski Camps – To Be Named Diversity – Emily Kowalski
• Solidified the Age Group Committee for the next year. Communicated with those members, indicating a commitment to a precise agenda and idea‐sharing was required. Along these lines, I gathered information on the past AGS Championship meet from both the committee and other various coaches throughout the state. Mostly brief positive feedback was given, except for a few key areas. a. The new swim suit legislation is still generating a large amount of heated discussion b. A quick and efficient awards schedule needs to be implemented by the host team c. Age Group State Site Selection criteria d. The size of the meet and trends in performance 2009 Age Group Committee: Raz Cuparencu (BBSC) | Ian Murray (CSC) | Tom Johnson (CON) Sam Robertson (CGAC) | Scott Lazoff (SWAC) | John Krick (CPSC) Chris Wheat (LST) | Matt Lee (MSC) | Nick Sears (VST) | Jeff LeBeau (BSC)
• No site has been determined for the Age Group Memorial Camp—this has made staff selection for the camp difficult. • Met with Tony Young and Chad Englehart on April 29th to discuss and strategize goals, objectives, and action plans in relation to the Performance category stressed at the Board Retreat. Among many plans still under formulation, we identified common needs, objective, and obstacles by age and gender in relation to high performance.
Team Indiana – Emily Kowalski, Team Manager
The Coaching staff has been chosen for the 2009 Central Zone Meet: Head Coach‐ Jeff Thompson (THT), 15‐O Assistants Girls ‐ Lindsey Lawson(PA), Boys ‐ Keith Gast (PACE) 13‐14 Assistants Girls – Bill Spilman(NASA), Boys ‐ Rhonda Thomas(NASA) 11‐12 Assistants Girls – Melanie Pulley(GCAT), Boys ‐ Nathan Piwowar(KSC) 10‐U Assistants Girls – Terry Specyal(MSC), Boys – Kyle Smith(PPSC) Local Assistant Brett Findley(FRST) Coaches need to encourage their swimmers to take advantage of the close proximity and join Team Indiana for fun in the sun at Noblesville August 7‐9!
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SENIOR CHAIR: Chad Englehart ‐ SWAC Open Water – Charlie Fry [email protected] Team Indiana – Emily Kowalski Camps – To Be Named
Corresponded with the Senior Committee several times in March regarding the new format for Short Course Senior State‐ its positives and negatives. I will be presenting Jim with legislative proposals based on the Senior Committee feedback.
Currently working with representatives from Purdue and Indiana University to create a 3 year rotational policy for the Summer Senior State meet. The goal would be to award the summer meet 6 years in advance and eliminate the need for a site selection bid process.
Met with Tony Young (sports development director) and Matt Papachronis (age group chair) on Wednesday, April 29 to discuss the performance goals and action plan from the April, ISI Board retreat. This committee’s goal is to provide some concrete input and leadership to the Board of Directors as to how Indiana Swimming can best proceed towards its performance goal of “having more 18‐under qualifiers, semi‐finalist and finalist than every other LSC at the 2012 Olympic Trials”. The three of us are meeting again Wednesday, May 6 and will be meeting with the Senior and Age Group committees after this meeting to further define our efforts.
Worked with the camps committee on the details and participation lists for the O.T.C. and Distance Select camps. The OTC camp has seen tremendous growth over the past 6 years. The number of high school age qualifiers for this camp has almost tripled from the first camp in 2005.
Congratulations to: ¾ Kevin Kinel‐ voted top Indiana Senior Coach for the winter season 08‐09 ¾ Kevin Kinel and Duneland ‐ for winning the 2009 Short Course Senior State ¾ Chris Plumb‐ being named Head Coach of the O.T.C. for 2009 ¾ Jim Todd, Charlie Fry and Kevin Kinel‐ being named assistant coaches to the O.T.C. camp ¾ Southeastern Swim Club on becoming the first, and currently only, program with a “level 4” club recognition ranking ¾ Indiana’s Club Excellence Silver Medal Winners: Southeastern Swim Club, Carmel Swim Club, Boilermaker Aquatics and Washington Township Swim Club ¾ Indiana’s Club Excellence Bronze Medal Winners: Munster Swim Club, Northwest Aquatic Club, SWAC Swim Team, Union Township Swim Club, Northridge Area Swimming and Sugar Creek Swim Club ¾ Indiana Swimming tied for 2nd with North Caroline in the overall Club Excellence LSC Standings. We both had 10 clubs receive awards while Southern California was the top LSC with 13 clubs receiving awards.
FINANCE VICE‐CHAIRMAN: Lucy Duncan ‐ UNAT Budget – Lucy Duncan [email protected] Investment – Lucy Duncan
I've been checking with other financial institutions for less fees and higher interest. Still awaiting information from our current bank but may be changing banks to lower fees and increase interest received on savings/money market accounts.
BUDGET TIME is here again ‐‐ attached is a form which you may use or feel free to submit your own request for any budget items. These should include items which you wish to be included in the budgets for 2010, 2011 and 2012. If you previously submitted items for 2010, they will remain as submitted unless you instruct us to remove or change them.
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Attached is the financial report through March 31, 2009, along with comparison of prior year and the current budget.
TECHNICAL CHAIRMAN: Jim Payonk ‐ LCB [email protected]
• Short Course Championship Season concluded in March. Statistics for the Divisionals, Age Group State and Senior State and comparisons to last years statistics will be forthcoming. • Several concerns/issues from the meets were forwarded to me after the meet(s). These items will be discussed at the next Technical Committee Meeting. • The Summer Championship Kick‐Off Meeting with the various host clubs [AGS – FAST, SRST – IU & Open Water – PRO), is scheduled for Wednesday, May 19th at Fishers High School. • I would like to have a brief discussion on Goal tracking from the Strategic Planning Session April 17‐18,
OFFICIALS / RULES: Hal Paul ‐ UNAT [email protected]
Regional Officials Chair positions for Regions 1(NW) and 2 (WC & SW) were up for reelection this year. Due to the fact that both incumbents were unopposed, there were no elections held this year. George Behrens and Dick Duncan will continue to represent their respective Regions for the next two years.
The Officials Committee met this winter prior to the Championship Meet season and made some minor changes to our Policies & Procedures: 1. If there is a position that is up for reelection, and no other candidates have submitted resumes stating intent to run for the position, then no election will be held for that position. Additionally, there will no longer be Write‐in candidates on any ballot. Resumes indicating intent to run for election MUST be submitted to the Officials Chair by January 30th. 2. It is being requested that anyone who is planning on holding a New Officials Clinic, that they contact Lynn at the Indiana Swimming Office and notify her of the date, location, and time. Lynn will then post it to the website. This way individuals who are looking for an opportunity to attend a clinic and contact the group holding the clinic. It has also been requested that upon the completion of a New Officials Clinic that a roster of attendees be forwarded to the office for cross referencing of on‐line test results and applications submitted. Your assistance with this will be greatly appreciated. 3. The subject of Apprentice Sessions was also reviewed. It has been decided that only officials seeking a Stroke & Turn apprentice session will be allowed to apprentice at any of the state level meets. All other positions will not be available for apprentice sessions. 4. The Indiana Official Standards have been revised to state that advancement requirements MUST be met in the sequential order to which they are written: a. Must attend a Clinic – New Officials (Technical) b. Must take and PASS test(s) (new or upgrading to starter/refer) PRIOR to doing any apprentice sessions c. Must obtain recommendations for Referee, and submit to respective Regional Chair (if upgrading to referee) PRIOR to any apprentice sessions. d. May not apprentice until above items are completed.
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These topics have been discussed at each of the Referee Recertification Clinics held during this past Winter’s Championship Meet season. They have also been posted to the website, with the appropriate forms being updated. Swim suit legislation has received much discussion this past season. USA Swimming has published their Policies and Procedures regarding the granting of exceptions. They are posted on the USA Swimming website. Starting May 1, NO swimmer will be allowed to wear a non‐conforming suit without an Exemption Letter from USA Swimming. Please remember that the athlete is the age they are on the first day of the meet. Additionally, only those 12 & Under athletes entered in OPEN events will be allowed to wear a non‐conforming suit.
Congratulations to Lucy Duncan for being appointed to the USA Swimming Officials Committee.
Congratulations also to those Indiana Swimming Officials who were selected to officiate that this summer’s ConocoPhillips National Championships & World Championship Trials. They are: Lucy Duncan – Assistant Administrative Referee Dick Duncan, Win Gerde, and Bill Koss – Stroke & Turn
COACHES REP: Will Bernhardt ‐ IA [email protected]
No Report
ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVES: [email protected] Ross VanAllen (WTSC) G. Daniel Michael (USC) Michael Mohler (ACST) Daniel Proctor (CARD)
No Report
OFFICE Lynn Kinstler Michele DeLuna 317/237‐5780 Membership Services Manager Office & Registration Assistant [email protected] [email protected]
MEMBERSHIP 2009 Statistics (through 03/31/09) 2008 Statistics (03/31/08) 11,253 athletes 9,893 athletes Ended 2008 (8.31.08) with 10,198
SWIMS TIMES RECON All winter times swum in IN meets have been loaded into SWIMS. Any coach/swimmer/parent should be able to run reports from the USA Swimming site to see their swimmer times/rankings.
WEBSITE Kent and I have been discussing some design/format changes for the website to make our information easier to find by our members. While we think our “filing” process makes sense, there are still items that could be clearer. Anticipate a May reveal with better functionality.
STATE MEETS March lived up to previous standards as being the busiest month for me. Proving the meets has been a bit easier, but there are still many many many entry times done at non‐USA Swimming meets. The process of clearing those still continues to be time consuming.
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FINANCIALS I am still on “course” with more timely deposits. Lucy and I have spoken many times in recent weeks about some of our processing in the accounting software. She will be spending time in the offices on Thursday to tweak some of our documentation in the accounting software so that it’s more streamline. We’re both learning new things/ways to document since our non‐profit business is a bit different than retail.
AWARDS Hasty now farms out some of their awards productions. Our Divisional medals were actually produced in China. Our Open Water medal design is the same medal, different text. The Chinese workers definitely could not read our English and packaged many OW medals in with the DIV medal inventory. All 5 of our DIV hosts counted out their inventory pre‐meet, but until they actually opened up the packaging and unwrapped the neck ribbon (at the meet), did they realize that we had OW medals. Therefore, all 5 of our hosts were short medals. Since Tony was on a Tour de Divisional that weekend, he was able to take some overages we had here in the offices to help supplement their supplies. Many thanks to our patient awards chairs and awards recipients. It ended up that we only needed to receive 10 gold medals to give to our deserving athletes. Our hosts made those missing gold medals to their own club kids so that it would be easier to explain. Unfortunately, I’m still waiting for Hasty to receive the replacement golds from China that they promised me. I have been keeping our hosts up‐to‐date. I know I have anxious champions and I appreciate their understanding. Michele has completed the inventory of the awards that are not even used from Divisionals. There were almost 1,000 consolation ribbons not even used. We only order what the potential is. There are NOT full consol heats and therefore, the leftover ribbons. Additionally, there are many clubs that continue to not pick up their awards at the end of the championship meets. We changed the process to be that the host is not responsible for mailing those out to the clubs. Michele will be documenting in a spreadsheet those teams that did not claim their awards at the meets. I want a season‐to‐season account as I believe there are repeat offenders. If these coaches don’t pick them up at the meets for their kids (mostly consol ribbons), then these kids aren’t getting their awards until those coaches realize it (or if they do). I tend to bring envelopes with these consol ribbons to the House of Delegates meetings in October (6 months after Spring championship meets). Jen Ferguson and I were unable to coordinate our schedules for me to do a complete passing of the baton with regards to Awards Coordinator. However, I did update a very old document from previous awards coordinator files and met briefly with Jen at the Sectional meet. The spring awards (Top 10 from last year, Top Performer, IAR Record Breakers and Rookie Blankets) were all documented and presented at our state meets. While I did not attend the meets to help with the presentations, Jen was able to follow my very detailed information (as was the announcers with the scripts I penned). The only glitch to our ceremonies was the Rookie National blankets. This time, it was neither my fault nor Circle City Swimwear’s on the blankets not being available to present at the March state meets. I had sent CCS the list of blankets needed in early January. CCS placed an order via email with their supplier. Upon my inquiry of their availability for our presentations in late February, CCS learned that the email they sent to the supplier was sent to an employee on maternity leave who did not forward or read her emails. Therefore, the blankets were not distributed to our 25 rookie participants at the meets. We received them 2 weeks ago (before the Board retreat). I am working with Tony to help in hand‐delivering them to coaches or athletes he’ll see at Coach clinics or camps. The only area that I will still oversee is the pulling the raw data from SWIMS for the Top 10 times. Thanks to Gary Haley’s excel macros, the 20+ hours on formatting reports and generating the Top Performer points now takes about 30 minutes! YEAH! Thanks again Gary!! The second aspect of those Top 10 times is the printing of the certificates for the teams to distribute. That takes copier time, and only about 30 minutes of my time to put into team envelopes for distribution at state meets.
LEAP Arlene and I (mostly Arlene) have been working on completing step/level 1 of the LEAP program. Many of the 41 steps were completed by Arlene. THANKS! Some of the other areas are not quite clear and are very time consuming. One area that I was working on was loading our records into our IN Portal site. For those of you that don’t know….the IN Portal is a link on the USA Swimming website where a browser could access all of our meet results, our office information, and LSC records. It’s a separate link/process than simply linking to our LSC website. Sounds a bit redundant, but I see a bit of value in this portal. Back to the records….this is included is a requirement of LEAP, but by having them loaded, it will also give me reports on records broken with a few clicks of the mouse as opposed to me checking Senior State results files or running reports of top times and manually eye‐balling them against our records. While working on those records, I did find out that the IU kids in the past couple of years have been breaking 17‐18 & Open records that I didn’t catch. So, when I update the .pdf version of our records on our IN Swimming website, there will be many revisions. 15 | Page CORE VALUES: PERFORMANCE | EDUCATION | GOVERNANCE | COMMUNICATION
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One of the other items in LEAP that I’ve been working on is a Policies & Procedures document. While this has been on a list of things to do for the BOD & me as staff, it’s just not been put into 1 document. With some help on pirating other’s formats, I have been working on copying/pasting some of our guidelines (registrations, meets, etc) into a Policies & Procedures document that is chapter outlined/formatted. While this document will be an ongoing tweak process (as our Championship meet entry letters seem to be), we’ll get a draft to the board in early May for us to expand upon (and critique/offer suggestions).
OLD MEET FILES The spring championship season proved to be busy again. I did find old meet results files/backups on the old times computer, just need to spend the time/hours to sitting at that computer to renaming and filing on to the server.
Updated the Championships Financial History file folders/spreadsheets. We occasionally get asked to see what the potential is for hosting different levels of our championship meets.
Also, purged old meet results post‐meet paperwork. With more and more teams scanning/emailing me their post‐meet paperwork, I have more actual file room. UPCOMING UNTIL JUNE MEEING • Office location. Not much more to report other than that option 2 is for ISC and of their “foster‐children” to stay in Pan Am, but receive new carpet & wall coverings or even new space all together. No decision or meetings or discussions on what they’ll do. Still very preliminary, but I believe that it might be the best option. Lucy and Arlene are still involved in the meetings and have the budget numbers as our rent would increase. We have the potential to also expand our space a bit if desired. • Work with Lucy on filing some annual property tax applications/forms. • Website re‐design and server file cleanup. • Championship Coordination meeting (5/13) prep work. • More office spring cleaning/purging to get ready for the potential move in January 2011.
OFFICE Tony Young 317/237‐5780 Sports Development Director [email protected]
GENERAL From January 19 to present my focus as Sport Development Director has revolved around such Special Events as the Cullen Jones Diversity Clinic & Make A Splash Partnership program meetings, USA Swimming Regional Coaching Clinics, Color Commentary for High School State Championship meets web casts, Club promotional DVD, ISI Long Range Planning meetings and club visits. Office duties include: blast e‐mails, sanctions and scheduling are all ongoing. Special Projects include my continuing participation with the Indiana High School Hall of Fame Committee, USA Swimming Club Development staff meetings, and Age Group Development Committee meetings via conference call.
SPECIAL EVENTS/PROJECTS
CLINICS Approximately 140 coaches from Indiana, Michigan and Illinois attended the two out of three regional coaching clinics hosted in Indiana on the April 24‐25 weekend. Out of 140 coaches attending 19 were from out of state. The target goal of coaches attending these clinics was 165 Indiana coaches which would surpass the number (164) that attended the ASCA Clinic in 2004.
Tom Avischious, Rick Bishop (Indianapolis) & Scott Colby (Crown Point) were the presenters and offered a great deal of practical information for coaches and clubs. A social each was held on following the Friday night to promote the sharing of ideas and development of relationships amongst the coaching staffs and programs.
Many thanks go to Crown Point Swim Club and Lawrence Swim Team for hosting these clinics.
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A third clinic date has been added Southern Region on May 22‐24 in Georgetown Indiana hosted by Riverside Aquatic Club.
I am also traveling with the USA Swimming staff to visit clubs in the Performance Enhancement Program in the Indianapolis and Southern Region.
CAMPS 7 Camps programs have been created for the Summer 2009 Camps Program. 2 of the camps (OTC Camps and Distance Camp) have been selected by criteria set by the Camps Committee. I serve as Camp Director for 3 of these camps.
Preparations for the OTC Camp June 11‐18 are being finalized. I have meet with the Head Coach, Chris Plumb and staff to finalize camp roster, coordinate staff training, classroom sessions and activities for the athletes at the Senior State and Sectional meets. Due to the lack of rooms available at the OTC we were only able to take 54 out of the 60 athletes who qualified for the camp.
The Catch the Sprit one day camps are nearing capacity and the Senior Regional Training Camp is slow in developing. The Open Water Camp staff and been set but few applications have been received due to the June date. A conference call with staffs to set camp goals and responsibilities has been done or is planned for each camp.
2 Catch the Spirit One Day Camps (May 2 Brownsburg & May 9 Newburgh) Distance Camp (May 2 ‐Carmel) One Day OTC Prep Camp (May 2 ‐Carmel) OTC Training Camp (Colorado Springs – June 11‐18) Open Water Camp (June 19‐20 ‐ Huntington) One Day Senior Regional Training Camps (May 2 –IU Bloomington)
MEETS Attended 5 club meets, all five divisional, Senor State and State Age Group Championships. Promoted all Indiana Swimming Camps, USA Swimming Clinics and Summer National meet information at each meet. I also attended the Speedo Sectional Meet held at the NAT where I set up an Indiana Swimming table to promote these same programs.
RACE ANALYSIS The Race Analysis data team collected data the Senior State and State Age Group Championships meets. The raw data was posted for parents and coaches to view at the meet and posted on the programs page of the Indiana Swimming website.
I have spoken with Alex Nikitin (creator of the Race Analysis program) about the next step of analyzing the data that has been collected for the past 3 years at our state meets.
I conducted two seminars on Race Analysis content and application to the aquatic majors at Ball State University. I was hoping to get a couple of volunteers for our data team at the state meets.
CLUB / COACH VISITS/ PARENT MEETINGS I have conducted a Strategic Planning session with two LSC clubs in February and March. Other club visits include, athlete motivation presentations, parent educational meetings and nutritional talks.
FACILIITES WORKSHOP 10 participants from 4 clubs attended a workshop conducted by the USA Swimming Facilities and Programming departments at Crown Point on January 28. This is the 3rd facilities workshop that has been offered in Indiana in the past 3 years. I also attended.
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SPONSORSHIPS A $1000 sponsorship has been finalized with John Paloma of Daktronics. Thrifty Car Rental has been instrumental in getting discounted rates and vans for the OTC Camp in June. National Team Coach, Clayton Cagle was secured to attend the May 2 Distance Camp as a guest coach as part of the Speedo LSC contract benefits.
Veolia Water has not renewed their sponsorship for the Operation Water Safety program.
OPERATION WATER SAFETY/CULLEN JONES DIVERSITY CLINIC Cullen Jones & John Cruzat, spoke to a group of 1400 middle school students, teachers, aquatic partners and parents during a morning presentation in the Pike High School auditorium. This presentation lasted a total of one hour complete with photo ops while handing out Make a Splash, swim lesson and Operation Water Safety information. Cullen then spoke to a group 100+ parents and students during a swimming clinic at Pike High School in the early evening for 2 hours complete with autograph signings. John Cruzat and Kim Holmes also spoke to parents in presenting the Make A Splash Program. The media (two TV stations and two local radio stations interviewed Cullen during the day on Friday.
Pictures from these presentations and clinic can be found on Peter Bick’s website http://homepage.mac.com/bick15/JonesClinicGallery/
These clinics were funded by the Aquatic Alliance of Greater Indianapolis, Pike School District and Indiana Swimming. A second clinic at Warren Central High School did not work out due to lack of funding.
The ConocoPhillips National Championships and World Championship Trials Local Organizing Committee invited Mark Schubert to speak to our Aquatic Alliance of Greater Indianapolis partners http://operationwatersafety.homestead.com/AAGI.doc who hosts these Operation Water Safety Programs that target diversity youth to a luncheon sponsored by the ICVA on Thursday January 29. 50 of our local partners came to listen to Coach Schubert’s motivational talk and Kim (Holmes) O’Shea’s presentation to all aquatic partners promoting the Make a Splash partner program.
Kim also traveled to 4 regional sites (Portage, South Bend, Ft. Wayne and Franklin) January 26‐29.to promote the Make A Splash partners program. Only 1 club (SSC) has become a Make A Splash Partner to date in Indiana.
SWIMMING CLINIC WITH DAVE DENNISTON I attended the swimming clinic and motivational talk with Dave Denniston hosted by the Terre Haute Torpedoes and Indiana State University. The former NCAA Champion and National Team member is now a motivational speaker spreading the word of “Mind over Body” AN ATTUTUDE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE This was a very motivating presentation!
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING AND DIVING HALL OF FAME Coordinated and let the Hall of Fame Committee through the next phase of future strategic planning.
HOOSIER AUTHORITY WEBCASTS Hoosier Authority has presented in a proposal for audio and video casts at our State Championship meets...
IHSAA SPORTS WEBCASTS I assisted the IHSAA Sports group with color commentary for the IHSAA Girls and Boys State meets
CLUB PROMOTIONAL DVD Mark Williams of Imagenation llc and his production crew shot general swimming footage at 3 divisional meets, Senior State and SAG meets. I am meeting with Mark on Friday to discuss the vision and plans for the DVD.
Bob Hartley offered advice on the policies and procedures Indiana Swimming could adopt when using athlete images. These procedures will followed while shooting footage at our divisional and state meets.
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Assisting with the LOC Sponsorship Committee to solicit sponsors for this summers meet and assisting with coordinating community programming. Sat in on conference call with USA Swimming staff to discuss Make A Splash and Splash Bash opportunities for the Summer National meet. Met with Arlene and Julie McKenney to visit the NCAA Hall of Champions as a potential site for the Splash Bash.
BOD Attended Indiana Swimming BOD Retreat. Met again with Senior & Age Group Chairs to further identify performance goals, strategies and objectives. Met with Carlton Howard who is a member of the Governor’s Business Diversity Council and a member of the Noblesville Swim Club to discuss a strategy to develop a diversity initiative in Indiana Swimming.
Attended Executive Committee Conference call.
USA SWIMMING/LSC • Attended the PX2 mental skills workshop in Colorado Springs. This mental skills training will be valuable for all coaches, clubs and athletes. I also attended the facilitators workshop to become a PX 2 instructor • Attended the USA Swimming Senior Development Committee meeting in Colorado Springs as the Chair of the USA Swimming Development Committee. • Attend by conference call, monthly meetings with the Club Development Staff that share information on observations and key issues from club visits. • Monthly conference calls with the Age Group Planning committee to continue to develop a mechanism for information sharing and programming to benefit the growth and development of age group swimming. Current topics are: The tech suits and the affect on Age Group Swimming and the IMX National Age Group Meet. • Promote and recruit clubs for the January 28 USA Swimming Facilities Workshop in Crown Point and 3 USA Swimming Regional Coaching Clinics
MEETINGS • Met with Brownsburg Swim Club in an effort to seek a local host site for the IM Extreme Games in Indianapolis • Attended dinner with National Team Director Mark Schubert and LOC Committee members as well as LOC “Evening with Mark Schubert” at IUPUI. • Staff Meetings with Arlene & Lynn • Mid Season review with Arlene • Attended National Federation of Girl’s & Women in Sports Luncheon • Had lunch with Walt Peycha and the Athletic Director of Lebanon High School Phil Levine • Met with Chuck Jones the Athletic Director of North Central High School to offer information on Indiana Swimming, USA Swimming Aquatic, water safety and diversity programming that are potential opportunities for the new North Central High School facility. • Attended the “The Big Splash” Grand Opening of the new North Central High School facility • Meet with Sandy Searcy of the IHSAA on an ongoing basis to discuss USA Swimming rules, legislation, relationships and opportunities that affect high school athletes and coaches. • Had lunch with Rose Snyder to answer BOD Retreat prep questions while in Colorado Springs • Spoke to the IU Coaching of Swimming class in Bloomington on the “Ethics” of Coaching
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GOALS • Coordinate for 2009 Camps Program • Attend and travel to all upcoming camps to serve as Camp Director or offer educational presentations • Attend USA Swimming southern regional coaching clinics • Assist in coordinating community programming associated with the summer national meet • Assist with sponsorships for the summer national meet • Set dates for future regional Think Tank meetings • Club visits • Conduct online coaches interviews on educational topics for the website (working on this one for 3 months) • Attend local and state meets.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, Kent Nelson Kent Nelson, Secretary May 29, 2009
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Indiana Swimming, Inc. MAY BOD REPORT P L with Prev Year Comparison with 2009 Budget
September 2008 through March 2009
ABCDE F G H I J K 1 2 2009 Budget Sep '08 - Mar 09 Sep '07 - Mar 08 3 Ordinary Income/Expense 4 Income 5 Awards 6 Recognition Awards 4,300.00 2,586.75 3,096.25 7 State Meet Awards 5,300.00 0.00 6,840.16 8 Total Awards 9,600.00 2,586.75 9,936.41 9 10 Camp Income 30,140.00 0.00 350.42 11 State Meet Surcharge 2,600.00 1,505.00 1,899.50 12 Speedo Sponsorships 4,000.00 4,000.00 0.00 13 Total Camps 36,740.00 5,505.00 2,249.92
14 Education 15 Diversity/Coaching Clinic 1,200.00 0.00 0.00 16 Swimposium Registrations 0.00 0.00 100.00 17 Total Education 1,200.00 0.00 100.00
18 Meets 19 Entry Fees - 7.5% 100,000.00 69,353.76 61,529.24 20 Mid-States Quad 17,500.00 17,451.00 17,480.00 21 Missed Cuts & Fines 1,600.00 1,378.00 930.00 22 Sanction Fees 3,600.00 2,390.00 2,400.00 23 State Meet Stipends 15,000.00 8,277.50 9,886.25 24 Surcharges 78,000.00 66,665.25 45,671.50 25 Swimforce Meets 2,000.00 2,245.00 26 Travel Fund/Zone Entries 53,000.00 50,436.00 43,878.50 27 Total Meets 270,700.00 215,951.51 184,020.49
28 Membership - ISI 29 ISI Athlete 37,500.00 36,107.50 30,192.50 30 ISI Club 4,000.00 3,267.00 3,730.00 31 Club HOD Fines 0.00 1,600.00 150.00 32 ISI Non-Athlete 1,500.00 1,090.00 1,228.00 33 Total Membership - ISI 43,000.00 42,064.50 35,300.50
34 Miscellaneous 35 Bad Checks & Fines 300.00 40.00 0.00 36 Miscellaneous - Other 0.00 0.00 4,422.00 37 Total Miscellaneous 300.00 40.00 4,422.00
38 Office 39 Postage/Supplies 25.00 105.36 272.21 40 Website 200.00 50.00 0.00 41 Total Office 225.00 155.36 272.21
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September 2008 through March 2009
ABCDE F G H I J K 1 2 2009 Budget Sep '08 - Mar 09 Sep '07 - Mar 08
42 Officials 43 Name Badges 1,500.00 1,463.00 1,269.00 44 Officials-ISI fee 1,700.00 1,650.00 1,541.00 45 Total Officials 3,200.00 3,113.00 2,810.00 46 47 Sponsorships 0.00 2,000.00 0.00 48 49 Team In Staff 2,700.00 3,269.00 2,882.00
50 Total Income 367,665.00 274,685.12 241,993.53
51 Expense 52 Awards Expenses 53 Counsilman Cup-Club Champ 8,700.00 0.00 0.00 54 Recognition Awards - E 3,800.00 752.75 1,091.55 55 State Meet Awards - E 5,000.00 748.55 11,062.65 56 Total Awards Expenses 17,500.00 1,501.30 12,154.20
57 BOD/HOD Expenses 58 Board Retreat/Comm. Mtgs 1,000.00 197.90 731.82 59 BOD/HOD Travel 4,325.00 389.76 0.00 60 Convention 13,000.00 8,389.66 8,508.44 61 Food/Beverages 3,200.00 1,794.15 1,686.14 62 Golden Goggles 8,000.00 15,946.78 1,667.05 63 Miscellaneous 0.00 318.98 0.00 64 Speaker Fees 500.00 81.42 1,485.31 65 USA-S Workshops 0.00 856.10 344.30 66 Total BOD/HOD Expenses 30,025.00 27,974.75 14,423.06
67 Camps - E 68 AGE GROUP ELITE 69 Transportation 0.00 0.00 1,369.00 70 Total AGE GROUP ELITE 0.00 0.00 1,369.00
71 OTC 72 Airfare 0.00 1,070.00 0.00 73 Total OTC 0.00 1,070.00 0.00
74 Total Camps - E 57,410.00 1,070.00 1,369.00
75 Donations 0.00 0.00 0.00 76 77 Age Group Coaching Clinic 4,500.00 0.00 0.00 78 ASCA Incentive 0.00 500.00 0.00 79 Clinic (Make a Splash) 0.00 3,000.00 0.00 80 Counsilman Grant 3,000.00 1,000.00 2,500.00 81 Club Promotional DVD 7,000.00 0.00 0.00 82 Diversification 500.00 0.00 0.00 83 Race Analysis Program 2,320.00 0.00 0.00 84 Senior & AG Comm. Mtgs. 1,800.00 0.00 0.00 85 Video/Town Hall Program 1,500.00 0.00 0.00 86 Misc. Education 0.00 0.00 48.80 87 Total Education - E 20,620.00 4,500.00 2,548.80
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September 2008 through March 2009
ABCDE F G H I J K 1 2 2009 Budget Sep '08 - Mar 09 Sep '07 - Mar 08
88 Meets Expenses 89 Mid-States Quad - E 11,000.00 11,998.58 11,435.67 90 State Meet Stipends 17,500.00 0.00 7,500.00 91 Travel Fund/Zone Entries 59,000.00 4,500.00 32,953.36 92 Total Meets Expenses 87,500.00 16,498.58 51,889.03 93 Miscellaneous - E 94 Bad Checks & Fines - E 0.00 198.00 0.00 95 Bank & Credit Card Fees 800.00 531.92 111.22 96 Miscellaneous - E - Other 0.00 0.00 176.00 97 Total Miscellaneous - E 800.00 729.92 287.22
98 Office - Expense 99 Equipment 2,000.00 1,889.64 1,673.60 100 Insurance 1,600.00 1,511.00 1,498.00 101 Miscellaneous Office 200.00 0.00 8.14 102 Office Supplies - E 1,600.00 2,074.53 977.77 103 Phone & DSL 1,800.00 1,623.71 1,502.78 104 Postage 1,500.00 761.21 1,173.91 105 Professional Fees 0.00 0.00 0.00 106 Property Tax 225.00 0.00 0.00 107 Rent 6,780.00 4,533.84 4,485.46 108 Staff Parking 2,805.00 2,293.45 1,866.00 109 Website/Server Fees 1,550.00 83.59 571.43
110 Total Office - Expense 20,060.00 14,770.97 13,757.09
111 Officials Expenses 112 Name Badges 1,500.00 1,422.90 1,024.50 113 Travel-National, State, Divisional 2,500.00 216.75 0.00 114 Workshops/Other Expenses 1,000.00 0.00 716.96 115 Total Officials Expenses 5,000.00 1,639.65 1,741.46
116 Personnel Expenses 117 Dining 1,000.00 1,032.52 460.25 118 Education/Seminars 500.00 248.65 53.00 119 Phone/DSL 1,650.00 667.20 188.44 120 Travel (Air, Mileage, Hotel) 7,500.00 1,573.19 217.74 121 Payroll Expenses 132,000.00 75,298.97 75,055.64 122 Total Personnel Expenses 142,650.00 78,820.53 75,975.07
123 Public Relations Expense 1,700.00 1,500.00 495.00 124 Swim Force - E 125 2007 National Meets Expense 0.00 0.00 2,783.11 126 Mega Zone Expenses 0.00 0.00 992.44 127 Total Swim Force - E 0.00 0.00 3,775.55
128 Team IN Staff Expenses 129 Quad 130 Hotel 825.92 879.75 131 Outfitting 3,633.00 483.15 132 Stipends/Mileage/Per Diem 1,694.38 1,145.47 133 Total Quad 6,153.30 2,508.37
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September 2008 through March 2009
ABCDE F G H I J K 1 2 2009 Budget Sep '08 - Mar 09 Sep '07 - Mar 08
134 Zone 135 Outfitting 0.00 506.00 136 Stipend/Mileage/Per Diem 0.00 364.35 137 Total Zone 0.00 870.35
138 Total Team IN Staff Expenses 9,800.00 6,153.30 3,378.72
139 Total Expense 393,065.00 155,159.00 181,794.20
140 Net Ordinary Income -25,400.00 119,526.12 60,199.33
141 Other Income/Expense 142 Other Income 143 Interest Income 0.00 152.95 0.00 144 Total Other Income 0.00 152.95 0.00
145 Net Other Income 0.00 152.95 0.00
146 Net Income -25,400.00 119,679.07 60,199.33 147 148 Investment Income to be used for Expenses 149 per June BOD Vote (2009) 150 40% New Programming 12,421.16 151 30% Travel Fund 9,315.87 152 20% 2nd Year Programming 6,210.58 153 10% Sustaining Programming 3,105.29 154 155 FINAL NET INCOME 5,652.90 156 157 158
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Championships & World Championship Trials 2009 Family Sponsorship Submission Form
FAMILY SPONSORSHIP SUBMISSION FORM
Contact Name: ______
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Please select the 3 days you’d like to attend:
___July 7 ___July 8 ___July 9 ___July 10 ___July 11
Please select the sizes and quantity for your 4 T-shirts.
___Youth Large (if available) ___Adult Small ___Adult Medium ___Adult Large ___Adult X-Large
Enclose check for the Amount of $250: Checks should be made payable to Indiana Swimming and sent along with this form to:
2009 Nationals & World Trials c/o Indiana Swimming Inc. 201 S. Capitol Ave Suite 410 Indianapolis, IN 46225
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2009 Nationals & World Trials c/o Indiana Swimming Inc. 201 S. Capitol Ave Suite 410 Indianapolis, IN 46225
PLEASE NOTE: Logos must be submitted to Matt Reiswerg at [email protected] by JUNE 1 ST in order to be included on the sponsor board and signage.
*All company sponsorships are subject to approval by USA Swimming
For office use only: Date Received:______Received By:______Amount:______Check #:______ConocoPhillips National Swimming Championships & World Championship Trials 2009 Team Sponsorship Submission Form
TEAM SPONSORSHIP SUBMISSION FORM
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For what day (July 7 – 11) do you want your 15 tickets?______
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Check Enclosed for the Amount of: ______($250 for Team Sponsorship plus $15 for every two additional tickets purchased)
Checks should be made payable to Indiana Swimming and sent along with this form to:
2009 Nationals & World Trials c/o Indiana Swimming Inc. 201 S. Capitol Ave Suite 410 Indianapolis, IN 46225
PLEASE NOTE: Logos must be submitted to Matt Reiswerg at [email protected] by JUNE 1ST in order to be included on the sponsor board and signage.
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The IU Natatorium, Indiana Swimming, and Southeastern Swim Club are proud to co-host this meet. As a Family Sponsor you will receive:
Recognition Name recognition on scoreboard throughout the meet and on sponsor sign boards in aggregate with other local sponsors
Event Tickets Four (4) Daily General Admission tickets for three days of your choice (includes preliminary and finals sessions)
Apparel Four (4) exclusive meet T-shirts (These are the same shirts the swimmers will receive and will not be on sale to the public.)
Total Investment $250
ConocoPhillips National Swimming Championships & World Championship Trials 2009 Friends of Indiana Swimming Sponsor
The IU Natatorium, Indiana Swimming, and Southeastern Swim Club are proud to co-host this meet. As a Friends of Indiana Swimming Sponsor you will receive:
• Public Address Recognition 1. Name recognition on scoreboard and in public address announcements throughout the meet in aggregate with other local sponsors
• Event Tickets 1. Opportunity to purchase two tickets for the price of one up to a maximum of 30 tickets (one time offer of purchase)
Total Investment $100
* All company sponsorships are subject to approval by USA Swimming
LSC Disability Swimming Workshop April 2009
Outline
• Welcome! • Mission of the Disability Swimming Committee • Opportunities for swimmers with disabilities – Inclusion in USA Swimming – Paralympic swimming – Deaflympics swimming – Special Olympics swimming • Resources/web sites • Ask our panel of experts
Mission
The mission of the Disability Swimming Committee is the full inclusion of swimmers with a disability in USA Swimming programs
1 Inclusion in USA-S
• What is inclusion? • How does USA-S work toward inclusion? – USA-S headquarters staff – Disability Swimming Committee – Other USA-S committees – Zone and LSC disability coordinators • How can swimmers with disabilities get involved?
Paralympic Swimming Julie O’Neill, US Paralympics
• Eligibility/classification – Physical disability • 10 classes for free/back/brst/IM • 9 classes for brst • Sum-of-classes approach for relays –Blind • 3 classes based on severity of vision loss • Sum-of-classes approach for relays – Intellectual disability • Currently not included in Paralympic swimming
Paralympic Swimming Julie O’Neill, US Paralympics
• Competitions – Quadrennial Summer Paralympic Games – World Paralympic Swimming Championships – CAN-AM Paralympic Swimming Meets – Other competitions • Governance – International Paralympic Committee – US Paralympics/US Olympic Committee • How can swimmers with disabilities get involved?
2 Deaflympics Swimming Joanne Weeden
• Eligibility/classification – Hearing loss of at least 55 decibels (dB) in the better ear as measured by a 3-tone frequency average at 500, 1000, and 2000 Hertz, ISO 1964 Standard • Competitions – Quadrennial Summer Deaflympics – Quadrennial World Deaf Swimming Championships
Deaflympics Swimming Joanne Weeden
• Governance –CISS – USA Deaf Sports Federation/US Deaf Swimming • How can swimmers with who are Deaf get involved?
Special Olympics Swimming Gail Dummer
• Competitions – Quadrennial World Summer Games – USA National Games (first ever in 2006) – State, area, and local competitions • Eligibility/classification – Intellectual disability, cognitive delay, or developmental disability – Age 8 years or older – 10% divisioning principle
3 Special Olympics Swimming Gail Dummer
• Governance – Special Olympics International – Special Olympics USA – State and area offices • Other organizations – International Sports Federation for People with an Intellectual Disability (INAS-FID) – Down Syndrome International Swimming Association (DSISA)
Special Olympics Swimming Gail Dummer
• How can swimmers with disabilities get involved?
Resources/Web Sites
4 Resources: Paralympic Swimming
International Paralympic Cmte www.paralympic.org
U.S. Paralympics www.usoc.org then click on “Paralympic Team”
Resources for swimmers who are: Blind and Visually Impaired
U.S. Association of Blind Athletes www.usaba.org
Resources for swimmers with: Physical Disabilities
Wheelchair Sports USA Dwarf Athletic Assn www.wsusa.org www.daaa.org
Disabled Sports USA (amputees) Blaze Sports www.dsusa.org (physical & vision disabilities) www.blazesports.org
5 Resources for swimmers who are: Deaf
Deaflympics www.deaflympics.org
USA Deaf Sports Federation www.usdeafsports.org
US Deaf Swimming www.unitedstatesdeafswimming.org/
Resources for swimmers with: Cognitive Disabilities
Special Olympics www.specialolympics.org
International Sports Federation for Persons with an Intellectual Disability http://www.inas-fid.org/index.html
Down Syndrome International Swimming Organization www.dsiso.org
Ask Our Panel of Experts
6 Coaching Swimmers with Disabilities: Stroke Technique
Gail M. Dummer Donald H. Watkinds Michigan State University Peninsula Aquatics San Diego [email protected] [email protected]
Outline
Adapting stroke technique: disabilities At the end of the Adapting stroke technique: presentation, we principles invite you to share Teaching starts your expertise Using training equipment Ensuring swimmer safety
Introduction
Focus on instruction and coaching of advanced swimmers with disabilities
1 Adapting Stroke Technique
Disability-specific adaptations Hearing loss Vision loss Cognitive disabilities Dwarfism Amputations & limb deficiencies Spinal & lower limb conditions Cerebral palsy, stroke & head injury General principles Minimize drag Increase propulsion Improve physical fitness
Adapting Stroke Technique: Hearing Loss
Disability = usually no physical reason for stroke technique problems Stroke = inability to hear or understand coach instructions Hints = use written instructions, gestures, demonstrations, and sign language in addition to verbal directions
Adapting Stroke Technique: Vision Loss
Disability = poor/no vision + reluctance to move hands and arms away from torso Stroke Poor horizontal alignment (head too high/low) Poor lateral alignment (head not returned to neutral position after breathing) Inefficient stroke technique with tendency to have a short pull Stroke tends to deteriorate as swimmer approaches wall because swimmer fears collision
2 Adapting Stroke Technique: Vision Loss
Hints Move swimmer’s head and body through correct actions Teach movements on swim bench Use resistance training to help swimmer feel and experiment Use rich verbal descriptions Teach swimmer to count strokes + use tappers, sprinklers hanging from backstroke flags, etc. + use padding in swim cap
Adapting Stroke Technique: Cognitive Disabilities
Disability = usually no physical reason for stroke technique problems Multiple disability? Most with Down syndrome have short stature and hyperflexibility Stroke = poor understanding or memory of coach instructions
Adapting Stroke Technique: Cognitive Disabilities
Hints Simple 1 & 2 part directions Gradual introduction of new skills Frequent review of instruction ROUTINE! Repetition
3 Adapting Stroke Technique: Cognitive Disabilities
Kendall Bailey 2008 Paralympian SB9 100m brst American record SB9 100m brst 1:15.81
Kendall Bailey Class S10, SB9, SM10 Peninsula Aquatics San Diego
Adapting Stroke Technique: Dwarfism
Disability = short stature, short arms, short legs, spinal stenosis, possible hip contractures Stroke Form drag (especially legs) Limited ability to streamline Poor distance per stroke Poor body roll + short catch + wide pull + short finish + wide recovery Limited hip ROM Legs “go numb”
Adapting Stroke Technique: Dwarfism
Hints Improve streamline as much as possible (arms may not reach overhead) Increase stroke rate Maximize distance per pull with sculling movements Increase core strength to improve body roll Improve flexibility, especially of hip extensors
4 Adapting Stroke Technique: Dwarfism
Casey Johnson 2004 Paralympian bronze medal 4 x 50 free relay 2008 Paralympian 6th S6 50m butterfly 42.35 8th S6 100m freestyle 1:26.42 American record Casey Johnson S6 100m butterfly 1:50.14 Class S6, SB6, SM6 Irvine Novaquatics
Adapting Stroke Technique: Dwarfism
Adapting Stroke Technique: Amputations and Limb Deficiencies
Disability – loss of all or part of arm(s) or leg(s) Stroke (depends on site of amputation) Asymmetrical, unbalanced stroke Compromised body roll in long-axis strokes Possible difficulty streamlining Limited propulsion/sculling with arm amputation Limited propulsion from kick with leg amputation Excessive drag with double-leg amputation
5 Adapting Stroke Technique: Amputations and Limb Deficiencies
Hints Increase core strength to help body roll Swim against stretch cords to identify asymmetries and gaps in propulsion Single-leg amputees - Center kick behind body instead of same-side hip. Experiment with kicking patterns. Double-leg amputees - Experiment with ways to kick with stumps. Experiment with effect of head position on body position. Arm amputees - Use paddle-wheel motions, stressing arm pressure against water + use faster stroke rate.
Adapting Stroke Technique: Amputations and Limb Deficiencies
Roy Perkins 2008 Paralympian 1st 50m fly 35.95 3rd 100m free 1:15.31 4th 50m free 34.61 4th 200m free 2:46.68 5th 200m IM 3:23.63 Roy Perkins World records Class S5, SM5 S5 50m fly 35.95 Peninsula Aquatics San Diego S5 100m fly 1:27.11 American records Free * Back * Brst * Fly 15 long course records
Adapting Stroke Technique: Spinal & Lower Limb Conditions
Disability – paraplegia Limited leg function and mobility Hip, knee, and ankle contractures Possible asymmetries in muscle tone because of wheelchair use (propulsion muscles stronger) Disability – quadriplegia Paraplegia limitations plus … Limited hand function Limited arm and trunk strength and mobility Other disabilities – muscular dystrophies, ataxias, osteogenesis imperfecta, arthrogryposis, polio, etc.
6 Adapting Stroke Technique: Spinal & Lower Limb Conditions
Stroke –problems depend upon level of SCI Poor hand shape/pitch Poor feel for the water Poor streamline Hips/legs drag + little or no propulsion from kick Poor body roll + short catch + wide pull + short finish + wide recovery + early breathing
Adapting Stroke Technique: Spinal & Lower Limb Conditions
Hints Strengthen affected muscles if possible – core strength helps hold hips/legs near surface and facilitate body roll Emphasize the best possible body and limb positions (e.g., forearm pulling when hands are weak) Emphasize sculling movements for DPS Breathe at end of same side pull Encourage kicking if possible Use ROM, relaxation, and PT exercises to minimize contractures when possible
Adapting Stroke Technique: Cerebral Palsy, Stroke, & Head Injury
Disability – spastic CP, stroke & head injury Poor coordination Adduction and inward rotation in affected limbs + flexion in arms + extension in legs Hemiplegia affects ½ (right/left side) of body Diplegia affects legs more than arms/trunk Contractures + range of motion limitations Persistent postural reflexes Disability – athetosis Poor coordination Unwanted, purposeless movements Range of motion limitations
7 Adapting Stroke Technique: Cerebral Palsy, Stroke, & Head Injury
Stroke Poor hand shape/pitch Poor feel for the water Poor streamline Hips/legs drag + little or no propulsion from kick Poor body roll + short catch + wide pull + short finish + wide recovery + early breathing
Adapting Stroke Technique: Cerebral Palsy, Stroke, & Head Injury
Hints Use resistance training in and out of water (hand paddles, fins, stretch cords, etc.) Use extensive repetition Use range of motion exercises, relaxation, imagery, and physical therapy interventions to minimize contractures and unwanted muscle tone If action causes more drag than propulsion, consider not using that body part(s) Increase core strength to hold hips/legs at surface Encourage kicking if possible Try different head positions to improve body position
Adapting Stroke Technique: Cerebral Palsy, Stroke, & Head Injury
Michael DeMarco (back) 2004 Paralympian 3rd 50m brst 1:03.20 2008 Paralympian 7th 50m freestyle 1:00.69 7th 100m freestyle 2:07.72 8th 50m backstroke 1:03.03 American records 13 long course records
Michael DeMarco, Class S3, SB2, SM3 Peninsula Aquatics San Diego
8 Adapting Stroke Technique: Cerebral Palsy, Stroke, & Head Injury
Nate Tauzer (back * brst * fly) Best times 50m free 33.41 100m free 1:13.52 400m free 6:20.50 100m back 1:25.44
Nate Tauzer, Class S9, SB8, SM9 Peninsula Aquatics San Diego
Adapting Stroke Technique: Principle #1: Minimize Drag
Drag refers to water forces that cause the swimmer to slow down
D = drag Cd = coefficient of drag A = cross-sectional area V = velocity The swimmer has the most control over A and V
Cd expresses the relationship between the swimmer’s body shape and the flow/viscosity of the water
Adapting Stroke Technique: Principle #1: Minimize Drag
Minimize drag Good streamline Good horizontal alignment Good lateral alignment Good shoulder roll
Also Tight-fitting swim suits and swim caps Shave uncovered body parts Swim in “fast” uncrowded pools
9 Adapting Stroke Technique: Principle #2: Increase Propulsion
Maximize propulsive surface Arms/hands and legs/feet in optimal positions Many books and videos describe effective stroke techniques Scull Press against water with hands and forearms Hand pitch/angle of attack of about 40o Downward, upward, outward, inward Steady pressure on the water
Adapting Stroke Technique: Principle #3: Improve Physical Fitness
Strength & Helps create propulsion – also core endurance strength helps body roll, ability to transfer forces from one side of body to the other, maintain good horizontal/lateral alignment Range of motion Flexibility helps the swimmer to execute stroke techniques Body composition Excessive body size increases drag Cardiorespiratory Helps swimmer to maintain stroke fitness technique over desired distance
Teaching Starts: Teaching Forward Starts
At least one foot at front of platform, toes over edge Fingers pull on platform to initiate dive Push-off forcefully with both legs Reach forward Entry – hands then head, shoulder, hips, and legs Level-off and start swimming
10 Teaching Starts: Teaching Forward Starts
Teaching Starts: Teaching Backstroke Starts
Start with feet submerged and at least one hand on wall Push-off Swing arms back and sideways Chin down on blocks, chin up during flight Push with legs, arch back to lift hips Streamline at water entry, then kick, then swim
Teaching Starts: Teaching Backstroke Starts
11 Teaching Starts: Teaching Assisted Starts
Hold hand if swimmer is capable of some push-off with feet Otherwise hold feet to wall
Teaching Starts: Disability Modifications
Swimming rules permit a variety of starting positions for the forward start (e.g., standing, kneeling, sitting) on the starting block, on the deck, or in the water
Teaching Starts: Disability Modifications
Hold hand if swimmer is capable of some push-off with feet. Otherwise hold feet to wall.
12 Teaching Starts: Disability Modifications
Teaching Starts: Exiting the Water
Assist swimmers as needed when they exit the pool
Using Training Equipment
13 Using Training Equipment
Ensuring Swimmer Safety: Common Causes of Injuries
The three most common causes of injury in competitive swimming are: Unsupervised horseplay Training injuries, e.g.,
Collisions with other swimmers, lane lines, etc.
Overuse injuries Slippery surfaces
Ensuring Swimmer Safety: Seizures
Out of the Water In the Water Protect from injury Support in water Cushion the head Face above water surface with airway open Nothing in mouth Remove person from water Do not restrain ASAP (backboard?) Place in recovery position Stay with person Call EMS if lengthy or repeated seizures
14 Ensuring Swimmer Safety: Atlantoaxial Instability (AAI)
What is AAI? Excess space between 1st and 2nd cervical vertebrae Spinal cord may be injured if person forcefully flexes or extends the neck Who has AAI? About 15% of persons with Down syndrome Assessed by X-ray Special Olympics policy No butterfly No diving © Fotosearch.com
Ensuring Swimmer Safety: Other Disability-Related Concerns
Lack of sensation – wear swim shoes/protective clothing Poor balance or poor vision – keep pool decks dry and uncluttered Diabetes – allow water and snacks Shunts – avoid diving, swimming underwater, and blows to the head Hypothermia – limit time in cold water or use wet suit/vest during practice + after swimming use towels, blankets, and warm showers to help swimmer get warm Sun sensitivity – wear rash shirts and use sunscreen Other concerns?
Ensuring Swimmer Safety: Emergency Action Plan
Prevent accidents Know the emergency Keep deck clean and dry action plan for every Lifeguard on duty swimming pool that Lock doors when pool is closed you use! Evacuation plan Injuries or accidents Fire or weather emergencies Accommodate disabilities Chain of command Who calls EMS? Phone number? Who helps the injured person? Who supervises other swimmers?
15 Ensuring Swimmer Safety: Teacher/Coach Responsibilities
Check pool for hazards Supervise swimmers for safety – even if a lifeguard is present Teach swimmers to be safe Know your swimmers Motivation Health problems Equipment needs Train your assistants Maintain CPR & FA certifications
Conclusion
Important attributes for teaching and coaching swimmers with a disability Be willing to try Accept and respect swimmer Collaborate with swimmer Maintain high standards Be creative Use problem-solving skills
Conclusion
Remember to treat swimmers with disabilities as the athletes and skilled swimmers that they are!
Jessica Long Erin Popovich Sullivan & ESPY Women’s Sports Foundation & Award Winner ESPY Award Winner
16 Thank You!
Paper presented at the 37th National Adapted Physical Education Conference, Promoting Physical Activity for All, California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. San Diego, CA.
17 Training and Conditioning for Swimmers with Disabilities
Gail M. Dummer Donald H. Watkinds Michigan State University Peninsula Aquatics San Diego [email protected] [email protected]
Outline
Training for fitness Training the At the end of the neuromuscular system presentation, we Mental training invite you to share Sportsmanship your expertise Season planning
Training for Fitness: Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Improve fitness by increasing Intensity (Ï speed/effort, Ï distance per repetition, Ð rest) Duration (Ï number of sets, Ï distance/practice, Ï duration of practice) Frequency (Ï practices/week, Ï weeks/year)
1 Training for Fitness: Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Vary training as needed Sprint Focus on duration rather Middle distance than distance when training Distance different energy systems Open water
Training for Fitness: Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Discussion
Natalie DuToit at 2008 FINA World Championships
Training for Fitness: Muscular Strength/Endurance
In-the-water training Paddles, fins, stretch cords, etc. Dry-land training Body weight exercises Resistance equipment Be creative and collaborate with the swimmer to solve challenges
2 Training for Fitness: Muscular Strength/Endurance
Give attention to core strength and stability – the muscles that attach to spinal column or hip bones Core strength/stability helps Maintain streamline Transfer force from one body part to another Initiate body roll Wheelchair transfers Core muscles also Minimize lordosis and numb legs for those with include the erector spinae and multifidus spinal stenosis
Training for Fitness: Muscular Strength/Endurance
Discussion
Training for Fitness: Flexibility/Joint Range of Motion
Flexibility/ROM helps the swimmer to place limbs in optimal positions to: Maximize force production Minimize drag Maximize distance per stroke Prevent injury
3 Training for Fitness: Flexibility/Joint Range of Motion
Causes of ROM limitations Habitual inactivity Contractures (tight muscles, tendons, ligaments, or skin) Skeletal abnormalities Solutions Flexibility/ROM exercises help caused by habitual inactivity, but usually not This athlete has contractures or skeletal abnormalities contractures of the Botox and other drugs provide some shoulders, elbows, hips, and knees relief for contractures but usually are on the WADA controlled substance list
Training for Fitness: Flexibility/Range of Motion
Swimmers with Down syndrome often have exceptional flexibility Discussion
Training for Fitness: Body Composition
Under-nourished swimmers will not have the energy to perform well Over-fat swimmers will experience undesirable drag when swimming Discussion
4 Training for Fitness: Overtraining and Overuse Injuries
Overtraining = the volume and intensity of training exceeds recovery capacity Overuse injuries = tissue damage due to repetitive use Swimmers who use mobility equipment Consider work associated with use of wheelchairs, etc., in addition to swim training Overuse injuries impact activities of daily living Difficult recovery because total rest is impractical
Training the Neuromuscular System
Repetition of correct technique Swimmers should understand need for repetition Swimmers should be taught to self-assess their performances Look for … It should feel like … Listen for …
Training the Neuromuscular System
Specificity of training Practice at different speeds, in different pools, and using different training methods Discussion
5 Mental Training
Skills Attentional control Goal setting Imagery Positive self-talk Relaxation
Mental Training
Swimmers with cognitive disabilities may struggle with focus/attention Swimmers may need help with goal setting because of limited experience in achievement domains and simply not knowing about possibilities such as the Paralympic Games Imagery can be visual, auditory, kinesthetic, etc. Positive self-talk can combat doubt and lack of confidence Relaxation can be especially helpful to swimmers with high muscle tone
Mental Training
Discussion
6 Teach Good Sportsmanship
Teach Expectations Team rules Codes of conduct
Provide positive reinforcement for compliance or significant progress
Expect Good Sportsmanship
Be a role model (of what?) Teach swimmers to be role models
Expect Good Sportsmanship
7 Expect Good Sportsmanship
Discussion
Season Planning
1. Determine components of training, e.g., fitness, technique, mental training, sportsmanship 2. Establish SMART goals for each component
Season Planning
3. Allocate % time to 100% each component for 90% 80% each phase of the 70% season 60% 4. Write practices that 50% 40% correspond to the 30% season plan 20% 5. Implement your 10% 0% philosophy of Early-season Mid-season Taper
coaching and Fitness Technique Mental Training Sportsmanship incorporate best practices
8 Workout Planning
Warm-up Easy activity to ↑ HR, BP, and muscle temperature Workout Technique instruction Be consistent with Training and conditioning your SMART goals and the % time Mental training allocations in your Sportsmanship season plan Cool-down Easy activity to ↓ HR, BP, and muscle temperature
Disability Accommodations
Definitions Accessibility – can get in door and use service Accommodations – services are user-friendly Examples of accommodations Modified expectations (e.g., max HR limitations for swimmers with Down syndrome and quadriplegia) Modified equipment Alternate communication/teaching methods Hint – collaborate with the swimmer and parents to determine potential adaptations and solutions
Season/Workout Planning + Disability Accommodations
Discussion
9 Conclusion
Most suggestions for training and conditioning work for ALL swimmers Differences are common- sense disability accommodations Know what is possible for swimmers with disabilities, and then help them set and attain challenging goals
Thank You!
Paper presented at the 37th National Adapted Physical Education Conference, Promoting Physical Activity for All, California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. San Diego, CA.
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