Kids' schedule will not permit me to join a team, but I am thinking about checking out the local team during their noon practice, and maybe doing it for a month here or there (they may not let me ). The question I have is, is there a "beginning" of the season where they have new members, or when they have breaks, or otherwise is there a more ideal time to join? There is not a whole lot of info on the local team's page.
I am also wondering how open teams are to folks dropping in for a month at a time. So maybe I'll swim for a month out of every 3 or so. I'd like some coaching, and some help in pushing my limits (hard to do on one's own). But I can't do it throughout the year, as the morning and evening practices offered conflict with my kids' practice.
I know right now, USA Swimming is in between the end of short course, and the beginning of long course. Don't know if USMS has a similar break.
I second checking out a local YMCA. Ours will allow you to go month to month. People start up at any time, but the beginning of the year is when the tri peeps start coming out to prep for their seasons. Give it a shot!
It is one and teh same. The local university basically took over the biggest (age group) team here, and recently took over the YMCA's programs, now, too. Most of the age groupers have been moved to the Y, but hte masters program still only practices at the university. Before all of that happened, the only times the Y offered were in the evenings when my kids had stuff going on. Basically, I'm tied up every morning from 4:30 until 8:30, and then in the afternoon/evenings from 2:30 until about 8:00 on MWF, 6:30 on Tu, and 5:30 on Th. Not a lot of options, so I could potentially swim occasionally at the lunch practice when months are not too, too busy.
I'm really just hoping to not be disruptive if/when I decide to go for a bit, and then if I were to go off and on. I'll still swim most mornings when my kids are at practice, so it isn't like I"ll take breaks from it.
I second checking out a local YMCA. Ours will allow you to go month to month. People start up at any time, but the beginning of the year is when the tri peeps start coming out to prep for their seasons. Give it a shot!
It is one and teh same. The local university basically took over the biggest (age group) team here, and recently took over the YMCA's programs, now, too. Most of the age groupers have been moved to the Y, but hte masters program still only practices at the university. Before all of that happened, the only times the Y offered were in the evenings when my kids had stuff going on. Basically, I'm tied up every morning from 4:30 until 8:30, and then in the afternoon/evenings from 2:30 until about 8:00 on MWF, 6:30 on Tu, and 5:30 on Th. Not a lot of options, so I could potentially swim occasionally at the lunch practice when months are not too, too busy.
I'm really just hoping to not be disruptive if/when I decide to go for a bit, and then if I were to go off and on. I'll still swim most mornings when my kids are at practice, so it isn't like I"ll take breaks from it.
