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.
My club has the seasonal "regulars". The triathletes tend to swim with us during the winter, and disappear during spring/summer. Long distance swimmers tend to start showing up in spring. Some other folks go to their local outdoor pools when it opens after memorial day till they close it up. The club has quarterly dues, so it kinda works out for them. And of course you have those that aren't too concerned about the dues, so they pay for the whole year but I only see them once a month. We are in the suburbs, so we don't get much visitors, but when we do, we don't charge them.
My club has the seasonal "regulars". The triathletes tend to swim with us during the winter, and disappear during spring/summer. Long distance swimmers tend to start showing up in spring. Some other folks go to their local outdoor pools when it opens after memorial day till they close it up. The club has quarterly dues, so it kinda works out for them. And of course you have those that aren't too concerned about the dues, so they pay for the whole year but I only see them once a month. We are in the suburbs, so we don't get much visitors, but when we do, we don't charge them.
