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Greetings!
This month's feature article by Chad Durieux, the head coach at Rose Bowl Masters, will help you if you are struggling with sluggish growth or are starting a new team. Coach Durieux analyzes the success he has had in taking his team to the next level.
Additionally, check out the several opportunities to obtain your ASCA/USMS Level 1 and 2 Masters coaching certification.
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Club and Coach Services
 Northwest - Lisa Dahl
Ariz., N.M., South Central & Dixie - Susan Ingraham
Midwest & East - Mel Goldstein
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 | Growing and Competing with Your Team
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Team growth starts with the coach
 What are the overall goals or purposes of your Masters team? The answer to this question is, in effect, your mission statement. That declaration, in turn, drives the yearly, seasonal, monthly and daily decisions that you as a coach will have to make for your swimmers and their swimming. Read more...
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| USMS Spring Nationals
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| SwimFest '11
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Don't miss this opportunity
SwimFest '11 will be held in Atlanta at the Steve Lundquist Aquatic Center. SwimFest is our interactive education platform. You receive classroom instruction from mentor Masters coaches and the opportunity to put into practice what you learn in supervised on-deck coaching sessions. Read and watch what one of last years participants had to say here.
We will also have special guest speakers including 2010 SPEEDO/USMS Coach of the Year Bobby Patten. A full list of events can be found on USMS.org.
Friday, May 20 is a coaches-only round table. Saturday, May 21 is focused on pool swimming and Sunday, May 22 is open water swimming at Lake Peachtree. New for SwimFest 2011-- get certified! We will be offering USMS/ASCA Masters Coach Certification Levels I and II. Register Today!
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| ASCA/USMS Coaching Certification Opportunity
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Pacific Masters hosts Level 1 and 2 certification clinic
 For coaches, the clinic begins with optional ASCA Level 1 & 2 Masters Coaches Certification courses on Friday, June 10 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. If you haven't been ASCA certified, this is a terrific opportunity to do so.
For more information visit the Excel Weekend website.
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| As Seen On Facebook
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How does your coach inspire you?
 Everyday on our USMS Facebook Page we post interesting articles and questions to over 9,000 USMS Facebook fans. Recently we posted a touching article about a coach who had passed but was not forgotten. If your not a fan, become one today and pass this along to all of your swimmers. Our goal is to reach 10,000 fans!
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| Deadline Extended for FINA Worlds Coaches
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2012 FINA Masters World Championships - Riccione, Italy
June 3rd - 17th, 2012. The USMS Coaches Committee has created a subcommittee dedicated to International Coaching. USMS sends coaches to The World Championships to provide on-deck support for USMS swimmers in attendance. The swimmers in attendance do not swim for team USA; rather they continue to support their own clubs. However, the coaches are there as USMS representatives and will work to help each and every swimmer who desires it. Coaches should strive to create a sense of unification and a team spirit. Details and application form: (PDF | Word) |
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What Rule is THAT?!
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In-Water Relay Starts
 The Coach Asks: A couple of my swimmers have physical issues that make getting in and out of the water difficult. Neither swimmer can go off the blocks. Can a swimmer in a relay who is not leading off start in the water and stay there until the swim is over? Answer: Yes, a relay swimmer can start from the water and stay in the water holding on to the lane line until the relay is over, and that includes the leadoff swimmer. For example, it is common at nationals to see the members of some relays all holding on to the lane lines after swimming their legs of the relay until all the relays in that heat have finished swimming. The Rule Book Says: A relay team member who wishes to enter the water to start from the water ... shall notify the starter and be careful not to disturb or interfere with another swimmer or the timing system pad when in use (101.7.3D, note), and swimmers who cannot exit the water quickly enough to prevent interference with the automatic officiating equipment may be allowed to hold on to the lane line until all relays have finished, allowing them to exit the pool more slowly or via the ladders at the conclusion of the race (101.7.3E, note). There is one caution, however: When automatic timing is used, a relay leadoff split will not count for an official USMS time (i.e., for USMS Top 10 and records) if the second swimmer starts in the water (105.2.2E). For any questions about rules contact Kathy Casey, USMS rules Chair. |
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Coaching Opportunities
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Looking for a Coach? Looking for a Team?
USMS maintains a discussion forum on usms.org to match up coaches and teams. The Coaching Forum has several current threads posted; check back for frequently for updates. And remember, if you are hired in a position or you hire a coach, please update your posting to save time for others who follow you to this helpful forum.
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About Us
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About U.S. Masters Swimming
 U.S. Masters Swimming, founded in 1970, is
a membership-operated national governing body that promotes adult
health, fitness, wellness and competition through aquatics. It does so
by partnering with more than 1,000 adult swim programs across the
country; promoting information via the bi-monthly member magazine, SWIMMER, monthly e-newsletter, STREAMLINES, and usms.org;
and by sanctioning and promoting pool, open water and virtual
competitions. More than 50,000 adults are registered members of U.S.
Masters Swimming.
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About STREAMLINES for Coaches
U.S. Masters Swimming encourages all U.S. Masters Swimming coaches to subscribe to STREAMLINES for Coaches. However if you would rather not receive this update, please do not click the unsubscribe button, as that will remove you from all other U.S. Masters Swimming National Office mailings. Rather, please click on the "Update Profile/Email Address" link at the bottom of this email. Here you can select to discontinue your STREAMLINES for Coaches service or sign up for the monthly members' newsletter, STREAMLINES, and/or STREAMLINES for Volunteers, a quarterly publication. |
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