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"AQUATUDE = A strong MIND, BODY, and SPIRIT"
Meet Schedule
2010 LONG COURSE MEET SCHEDULE
Western Carolina Swim Association(for all CVAC Swimmers)
Warm-ups at 5:30 pm
June 8 - WCSA Dual TBA
June15 - WCSA Dual TBA
June 23 - WCSA Dual TBA
July 30-31 - WCSA Champs Shelby
Invitational Meets
May 1-2 A-May-zing Meet Huntersville
June 11-13 Pratt Invite Hickory, NC
ALL Pre-Senior and SR swim the Mile on
Friday (Mandatory)
June 25-27 - Team travel Trip or
Senior Trip Indianapolis, IN
July 9-11 - Shelby Invite Shelby, NC
(formally the qualifier)
July 15-18 - NCS 14-UNDER Champs
Charlotte, NC
July 23-26 - NCS SENIOR Champs
Cary, NC
****This schedule is subject to change at the last minute.
Western Carolina Swim Association(for all CVAC Swimmers)
Warm-ups at 5:30 pm
June 8 - WCSA Dual TBA
June15 - WCSA Dual TBA
June 23 - WCSA Dual TBA
July 30-31 - WCSA Champs Shelby
Invitational Meets
May 1-2 A-May-zing Meet Huntersville
June 11-13 Pratt Invite Hickory, NC
ALL Pre-Senior and SR swim the Mile on
Friday (Mandatory)
June 25-27 - Team travel Trip or
Senior Trip Indianapolis, IN
July 9-11 - Shelby Invite Shelby, NC
(formally the qualifier)
July 15-18 - NCS 14-UNDER Champs
Charlotte, NC
July 23-26 - NCS SENIOR Champs
Cary, NC
****This schedule is subject to change at the last minute.
Contact Info
Catawba Valley Aquatic Club
Main Phone: 828-256-6600
Cell: 828-310-3924
Fax: 828-256-4116
4608 33rd St. Dr. NE
Hickory, NC 28601
coachpaul@cvacswimming.org
Main Phone: 828-256-6600
Cell: 828-310-3924
Fax: 828-256-4116
4608 33rd St. Dr. NE
Hickory, NC 28601
coachpaul@cvacswimming.org
About Us
CVAC is a year round competitive and teaching swim program. It is coach directed and coach operated for a more efficient and consistent structure for swimmers desiring to improve their swimming skills. The primary goals of CVAC are to have fun and develop a positive self-concept. We stress personal improvement rather than winning at all costs. Every child in our program is a winner.
"AQUATUDE = A strong MIND, BODY, and SPIRIT" is a statement to define our desire to work with every aspect of the development of children. Children DO NOT have to be gifted, accomplished swimmers. The purpose of our program is to teach and develop these skills, after all, every Olympian was a non-swimmer at one time.
CVAC Mission Statement
Catawba Valley Aquatic Club is dedicated to upholding its motto of "Sharing the Dreams of Children." Our mission is to help young athletes to achieve excellence in swimming and life. Not every youngster can be first, but all of them may succeed by performing their best. The booster club is responsible for providing the support for the swim program through fund raising and volunteer manpower. We would like for Hickory to help us to "Share the Dreams of our Children."
"Sharing the dreams of Children" is the statement that drives and motivates the CVAC program. Our desire is to see every child be successful in their swimming career.
We Strive to teach children the necessary skills for performing well in the sport of swimming. Many of these skills can also be applied to family, school, and church.
Swimming should be FUN for all of our athletes. Today's youth are becoming very sedentary. Physical fitness test scores are becoming worse and worse. Studies show higher and higher percentages of the American population is obese. Cardiovascular diseases are rampant among all ages of our population. Swimming provides the necessary exercise for your child during the cold winter months to prevent these diseases.
Parental involvement is also critical. Swimming in our program is very much a family affair. Our parent booster club is instrumental in the success of the program for our children. Financial assistance as well as support group manpower is essential to our success. This assistance will keep swimmer fees down and allow for all youngsters to be able to participate in the sport of swimming. This activity should not be cost prohibitive for anyone.
Team Structure
CVAC is structured to meet the needs of every participant in the program. Pool space is a premium and groups are established according to ability, attendance, work habits, attitude, and commitment. Swimmers will be moved at the coach’s discretion when the swimmer shows the need and desire to attain a higher level of training. Desire to attain a higher level of swimming is determined by positive training standards.
DEVELOPMENTAL (Swim School)
These groups are the entry levels for our children. We will try to use four years old as a benchmark for accepting children into the program. This group is the first exposure to swimming for many swimmers. Basic skills will be introduced: face in the water, floating, kicking, swimming on the back, etc. These groups will be individually oriented with a 1:3 teacher/pupil ratio for teaching these skills. Practices will be one-half hour in length. Sessions will be conducted on Saturdays year around, and in the evenings during the spring, and morning and evening options in the summer. Coaches will supervise the teacher-pupil groupings to insure proper technique, etc.
MIGHTY MITES AND RAYS
This group is the introductory group for competitive swimming. It is an easy transition from the above into competition. This group will work on gaining strength and endurance as well as developing skills for competition. Swimmers will be developed slowly so as not to create a negative experience. This group will work primarily on building the swimmer’s self-confidence.
SENIOR DEVELOPMENT II
The Age Group will step up the level of training to include developing an endurance background, race strategy, use of the pace clock, and continued perfection of skills. More emphasis will be placed on attendance for each swimmer in order to attain the above goals. Practice will increase in time and intensity. Meets will become more important and the variety of events offered will be increased. Swimmers will be asked to compete in all strokes and distances for their age group. These swimmers will be asked to attain the goal of achieving the National Age Group Time Standards for their age.
SENIOR DEVELOPMENT II
This group will continue the above and begin to experience the challenge of senior swimming. Practice attendance and intensity will be stressed to a greater extent. The swimmers in this group will be striving to attain a high level of commitment to swimming. Their goals should be for a higher level of competition, stressing personal improvement and accomplishment.
SENIOR
The Senior Group will be the top level of our program. Swimmers will be training at a high level for competition at the state/regional/national level. Seasonal habits will be stressed along with skill improvement. These swimmers will be the leaders of the program. Commitment will be highly stressed and expected. The willingness to sacrifice for their swimming will also be expected. The majority of these swimmers will have many years experience in the sport. Expectations will include double work-outs as seasonally appropriate. They should be role models for our younger athletes. This placement is not guaranteed, and may be changed if the swimmer fails to meet training standards.
Practice Schedules
All groups will assigned practice times throughout the year. Adjustments may be made on a need basis for scheduling conflicts.
SENIOR GROUP - MON-FRI 5:00 TO 7:00 PM
SAT 7:30 - 9:30 AM
SR DEVELOPMENT I - TUE, & THUR 7:00 - 8:30 PM
FRI 5:00 - 7:00 PM SAT 7:30 - 9:30 AM
SR DEVELOPMENT II - TUE, THUR, & FRI 7:00 - 8:30 PM
SAT 9:30 - 11:00 AM
RAYS AND MIGHTY MITES - MON, WED, & FRI
7:00 - 8:30 PM
SAT 10:30 - 11:00 AM
SENIOR GROUP - MON-FRI 5:00 TO 7:00 PM
SAT 7:30 - 9:30 AM
SR DEVELOPMENT I - TUE, & THUR 7:00 - 8:30 PM
FRI 5:00 - 7:00 PM SAT 7:30 - 9:30 AM
SR DEVELOPMENT II - TUE, THUR, & FRI 7:00 - 8:30 PM
SAT 9:30 - 11:00 AM
RAYS AND MIGHTY MITES - MON, WED, & FRI
7:00 - 8:30 PM
SAT 10:30 - 11:00 AM
Coach Bios
Head coach and director Paul Schiffel has been coaching for 35 years, thirty-two of those in Hickory, NC.
The following are a few of Coach Schiffel's accomplishments:
Director of Intercollegiate Swimming at Lenoir^Rhyne University
Represented the USA in Africa conducting clinics
K-6 Physical Education Teacher in Catawba Co.
Master's Degree in Education
President of N.C. Swimming
President of N.C. Coaches Association
President of the Blue Ridge Swim League
Coached four Olympic Trials Qualifiers
Coached N.C. State Championship Team
Coached numerous NCAA All-America
Coached numerous High School All-America
Coached numberous State Record Holders
Coached twenty Western Carolina Swim Association Team Champions
Coached High School Conference Team Champions
Seasonal Fees
CATAWBA VALLEY AQUATIC CLUB FEE STRUCTURE
There will be one plan offered to CVAC families for paying swimmer dues.There will be a payment plan for all families that divides the year (September 1 to August 31) into three (3) equal payment periods. Each payment will be due on the following dates – Sept. 1, Jan. 1, and May 1.
There will be a monthly fee offered to new members of CVAC for the first payment period they are swimming. This fee will be $45.00 per month payable on the first. Old members may request this payment plan from the coach if the need arises.
ENTRY FEES - Swimmers are required to pay entry fees into meets when they are submitted to the coach. Entry fees will be doubled if entries are submitted late or without appropriate fees. Relay entry fees will be billed after the entry deadline.
RECRUITING INCENTIVE - CVAC will credit your account one-month swimmer dues of $45 for each new swimmer family that our members are directly responsible for bringing to CVAC as new members. These families must join CVAC and meet their financial obligations for the credit to occur. New members may not be recruited from our swim school.
FEE SCHEDULE(each payment) -First swimmer $180.00 Second swimmer $160.00 Third (or more) swimmers $110.00.
PLEASE NOTE - Fees are due the first of each month. After the fifteenth of each month, swimmers will be asked to not return to practice until arrangements have been made for payment in full. NO partial refunds will be given for swimmers dropping off the team. Swimmers returning to the team after short breaks will be expected to meet fee obligations during the breaks.
UNITED STATES SWIMMING REGISTRATION/CVAC PARENT BOOSTERS - This fee will be due by October 1st of each year for the next year. The fee will be $60.00 per swimmer per year. All swimmers must be registered with USS. Please make this payment with a separate check.
FUND RAISING - All family members of CVAC will need to be very active to support the needs of the program. Each family should try to meet a goal of $300 by participating in fundraising activities. CVAC offers three major chances to do this; one is the annual Swim-A-Thon held in January, one is the coupon book sale in August, and the other is the Ad sale for our meets held each year. If you do not chose to participate in these fundraising activities, please be prepared to meet your responsibility to the team by making equivalent donations during the fundraising efforts. These commitments will barely help to meet the needs of the team to pay pool rental fees. After the first year of participation, a $300 charge will be applied to the invoice.
There will be one plan offered to CVAC families for paying swimmer dues.There will be a payment plan for all families that divides the year (September 1 to August 31) into three (3) equal payment periods. Each payment will be due on the following dates – Sept. 1, Jan. 1, and May 1.
There will be a monthly fee offered to new members of CVAC for the first payment period they are swimming. This fee will be $45.00 per month payable on the first. Old members may request this payment plan from the coach if the need arises.
ENTRY FEES - Swimmers are required to pay entry fees into meets when they are submitted to the coach. Entry fees will be doubled if entries are submitted late or without appropriate fees. Relay entry fees will be billed after the entry deadline.
RECRUITING INCENTIVE - CVAC will credit your account one-month swimmer dues of $45 for each new swimmer family that our members are directly responsible for bringing to CVAC as new members. These families must join CVAC and meet their financial obligations for the credit to occur. New members may not be recruited from our swim school.
FEE SCHEDULE(each payment) -First swimmer $180.00 Second swimmer $160.00 Third (or more) swimmers $110.00.
PLEASE NOTE - Fees are due the first of each month. After the fifteenth of each month, swimmers will be asked to not return to practice until arrangements have been made for payment in full. NO partial refunds will be given for swimmers dropping off the team. Swimmers returning to the team after short breaks will be expected to meet fee obligations during the breaks.
UNITED STATES SWIMMING REGISTRATION/CVAC PARENT BOOSTERS - This fee will be due by October 1st of each year for the next year. The fee will be $60.00 per swimmer per year. All swimmers must be registered with USS. Please make this payment with a separate check.
FUND RAISING - All family members of CVAC will need to be very active to support the needs of the program. Each family should try to meet a goal of $300 by participating in fundraising activities. CVAC offers three major chances to do this; one is the annual Swim-A-Thon held in January, one is the coupon book sale in August, and the other is the Ad sale for our meets held each year. If you do not chose to participate in these fundraising activities, please be prepared to meet your responsibility to the team by making equivalent donations during the fundraising efforts. These commitments will barely help to meet the needs of the team to pay pool rental fees. After the first year of participation, a $300 charge will be applied to the invoice.
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