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.
Here in Sarasota, our Tsunami Masters team has quite a few "Snowbird" members who spend the winter months down here. Some of them still maintain membership in their clubs up north, even though they train with us during the winter. We also see a number of vacationers looking for a place to swim for a few days.
We're pretty receptive to visitors and enjoy meeting and getting to know new folks.
Our club is $50/month and has a $7 drop-in fee. Obviously, if someone is going to be here more than seven days in a given month, it's less expensive to just pay the monthly fee.
We normally have three distinct pace groups: A "fitness" group, a middle group that ranges between a 1:40 - 2:00 interval, and a fast group that swims around 1:30 or faster, so we usually have a spot for visitors to hop in and feel comfortable. Our coach is good at knowing how everyone swims and fitting folks in or modifying the workout where appropriate.
We share the pool with our youth team, so during long course season (roughly May through August), we swim long course on Tue, Thu, & Sat and short course on the other days. We also have a separate 4-lane 25 yd teaching pool that some folks prefer as an option to swimming long course.
Here in Sarasota, our Tsunami Masters team has quite a few "Snowbird" members who spend the winter months down here. Some of them still maintain membership in their clubs up north, even though they train with us during the winter. We also see a number of vacationers looking for a place to swim for a few days.
We're pretty receptive to visitors and enjoy meeting and getting to know new folks.
Our club is $50/month and has a $7 drop-in fee. Obviously, if someone is going to be here more than seven days in a given month, it's less expensive to just pay the monthly fee.
We normally have three distinct pace groups: A "fitness" group, a middle group that ranges between a 1:40 - 2:00 interval, and a fast group that swims around 1:30 or faster, so we usually have a spot for visitors to hop in and feel comfortable. Our coach is good at knowing how everyone swims and fitting folks in or modifying the workout where appropriate.
We share the pool with our youth team, so during long course season (roughly May through August), we swim long course on Tue, Thu, & Sat and short course on the other days. We also have a separate 4-lane 25 yd teaching pool that some folks prefer as an option to swimming long course.
