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Nebraska Aquatics Team
By-Laws
Philosophy and
Mission
Welcome to the
Nebraska Aquatics Family!! Congratulations on choosing one of
the finest United States Swimming Clubs in the capitol city!
Here at NA we are all about working hard and having fun. We
pride ourselves on our close nit “NA Family”
environment. In the following paragraphs, we will go over our
team philosophy and how we strive to benefit your athlete at every
level of competition.
Our NA
Philosophy is as follows; “Nebraska Aquatics strives to
create a positive environment, while fostering success at every
level of competition from beginner to elite. Regardless of
ones age or ability, our professional coaches make every effort for
one to reach their full potential while becoming an exceptional
student athlete.”
Here at NA,
our staff is comprised of one full time professional Head Coach and
four assistant coaches. Between our coaching team, we have a
multiple NCAA All-American, three former NCAA Division I athletes,
the Northeast High School Head Coach, and multiple Zone and All
Star Head Coaches. We pride ourselves on staying up to
date on the latest training styles and techniques while staying
true to our team philosophy. Our coaching staff attends
regular staff meetings and communicates regularly on how we can
make NA better! After all, we are also a
team!
As an NA
parent, your full support is the best way to improve your
child’s experience. We have many team parents available
at any time to answer any questions you may have as a new
parent. We have also included a “Parent’s”
section to this handbook and there is soon to be one posted to our
team website: www.nebraskaaquatics.com. As a swim parent, your time is very valuable
to our program. Each family is encouraged to volunteer their
time and energy at our NA swim meets, out of town meets, or at our
NA team functions.
Although you
are new to the experience, you will find out almost immediately
that we are a close nit group!! Many NA families carpool to
save on gas, and there are many friendships that have developed
with in our team. We encourage families to attend all of our
NA team functions and to ask any questions you may have.
After all, everyone on this team was a “new swim
family” at some point!
Lastly, we
would like to include some of the wonderful benefits to joining a
United States Swimming Team. The United States Swimming (USS)
age group swimming program is America’s largest program of
guided fitness activity for children. Age group swimming builds a
strong foundation for a lifetime of good health, by teaching
healthy fitness habits.
Swimming is
considered the ideal activity for developing muscular and skeletal
growth by many physicians and pediatricians. Why do doctors
like it so much?
· Swimming
develops high quality aerobic endurance, the most important key to
physical fitness. In other sports an hour of practice may yield as
little as 10 minutes of meaningful exercise. Age group
swimming teams use every precious minute of practice time
developing fitness and teaching skills.
· Swimming
does a better job in proportional muscular development by using all
the body’s major muscle groups. No other sport does this as
well.
· Swimming
enhances children’s natural flexibility (at a time when they
ordinarily begin to lose it) by exercising all of their major
joints through a full range of motion.
· Swimming
helps develop superior coordination because it requires
combinations of complex movements of all parts of the body,
enhancing harmonious muscle function, grace, and fluidity of
movement.
· Swimming
is the most injury-free of all children’s
sports.
· Swimming
is a sport that will bring kids fitness and enjoyment for
life. Participants in Master’s Swimming programs are
still training and racing well into their
80’s.
In addition to
physical development, children can develop greater intellectual
competence by participating in a guided program of physical
activity. Learning and using swimming skills engages the thinking
processes. As they learn new techniques, children must develop and
plan movement sequences. They improve by exploring new ideas. They
learn that greater progress results from using their creative
talents. Self-expression can be just as much physical as
intellectual. Finally their accomplishments in learning and using
new skills contribute to a stronger self image.
So, in closing
welcome to Nebraska Aquatics!!! We look forward to developing
your swimmer through our exciting program. Please let us know
if you have any questions during your transition into the world of
competitive swimming.
Congratulations and Good Luck!!
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