I'm curious how much everyone pays to swim on a monthly basis. The team I used to swim with had to stop due to the University of Washington swim team being cut. We were getting both our pool time and coaches from them. However, the pool is still operating, but now under the intramural department. We're trying to regroup and rent the pool from them, but may need to revise the fee structure.
I'll put up a poll in case anyone wishes to remain anonymous, but I'd really like to know how much you pay per month and how many practice sessions per week that amount gives you access to. Also, please mention if there are any one-time or annual fees to be a member of the team, etc. Another useful piece of info would be how much your pool rental is, if you know. Thanks for your help!
The coaches swim with us, but are pretty attentive to technique especially with the less experienced swimmers.
It does seem that this is an arrangement by necessity for some clubs but it is not ideal for safety, actual coaching or team building.
Questionaires, feedback, and actual experience show that the efforts of the coach and namely the coach on deck drives the energy and success of the program.
Get creative and try to keep an enthusiastic coach on deck if at all possible.
You might be right about the energy and success from coaching on deck, but our group is small and probably not going to grow significantly no matter how much horsepower and enthusiasm you put on deck. Such an investment would make no sense for the facility.
I have swam with a few other masters clubs on occasion with deck coaches who were a whole lot less involved than our in-water coaches so I will take our arrangement any day. I don't understand the safety issue because there is a lifeguard on duty.
Kirk, I swam in a really old facility in college (water coming into the pool was often rust colored) and an old hotel pool in high school so I completely understand. Our current underutilized pleasure palace is almost too good to be true for me and close to the house too. Thank you taxpayers!
Tim
The coaches swim with us, but are pretty attentive to technique especially with the less experienced swimmers.
It does seem that this is an arrangement by necessity for some clubs but it is not ideal for safety, actual coaching or team building.
Questionaires, feedback, and actual experience show that the efforts of the coach and namely the coach on deck drives the energy and success of the program.
Get creative and try to keep an enthusiastic coach on deck if at all possible.
You might be right about the energy and success from coaching on deck, but our group is small and probably not going to grow significantly no matter how much horsepower and enthusiasm you put on deck. Such an investment would make no sense for the facility.
I have swam with a few other masters clubs on occasion with deck coaches who were a whole lot less involved than our in-water coaches so I will take our arrangement any day. I don't understand the safety issue because there is a lifeguard on duty.
Kirk, I swam in a really old facility in college (water coming into the pool was often rust colored) and an old hotel pool in high school so I completely understand. Our current underutilized pleasure palace is almost too good to be true for me and close to the house too. Thank you taxpayers!
Tim
