Practice Equipment & Team Gear

All swimmers should take a moment to check the state of their gear bag. The following items are needed in your bag at practice:

Kickboard
Fins
Pullbuoy (if under 110 pounds, purchase a junior pullbuoy)
Mesh Bag to carry it in

Seniors and Juniors also need a snorkel and sculling paddles

DO NOT BUY at local retailers. Little known fact the Speedo product sold at retailers like Target and Dicks is recreation quality and not really suitable for swim team.
All items can be purchased here: http://www.swimoutlet.com/bkys - click on 'Practice Gear'

SwimOutlet has a distribution center in West Chester. Most items arrive in two days with regular ground shipping.

If you decide to buy team apparel while visiting swimoutlet.com, please make sure you purchase all team items in team colors. The backpack must be silver/gray, team suit is red, the team sweats are in red/black, etc. No pink, neon green or other color team gear can have our logo or be utilized at swim meets.

The most popular goggles on the market are Speedo Vanquishers. Mirrored or metallic goggles are not necessary for indoor swimming.

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Extra T-Shirts

The Pollock Family has donated about 60 t-shirts sporting the new team logo to our Booster Club. The shirts come in a variety of colors and sizes. Each family will have their chance to pick ONE shirt on Monday or Tuesday at practice. On Wednesday, any shirts remaining will be available to anyone. A donation to the booster club for your shirt is optional. The kids are now receiving their team t-shirts that were made exclusively for kids and coaches. Kast-A-Way has not yet printed our red t-shirts, if you would like to order one I suggest you call today. These shirts are being printed on a light weight t-shirt from Sport Tek.

Coach of the Year

Dear Coach, Hope this email finds you well and enjoying the summer. We are writing today on behalf of the upcoming feature film COACH OF THE YEAR: an independent, kid-friendly sports comedy feature film based on the inspiring true story of a rag tag swim team that tries to win a state championship…without a pool to practice in. Director Dave Stott, who has coached swimming for twenty years, hopes that with this film, we will entertain and inspire kids all over the country to learn to swim. Another goal of this film is to raise awareness about drowning as the leading cause of accidental deaths and to help kids all over the country learn to swim safely. The underdog story has been told before, but not for our sport. This is a movie for swimmers (and would-be swimmers), made by people who know the sport intimately and love it passionately, and we’d love for you to be involved. We wanted to ask you and your team to help spread the word about COACH OF THE YEAR, and get you & you

Communication & Social Media - Follow Us!

We have a few social media platforms that we use regularly to communicate with you. Please make sure you are following us to stay up to date. Our top 3 platforms are: Slack : Slack is our newest platform and is an app that we use to get quick communication to everyone. Full slack instructions will be at the end of this post. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buckeyeswim/ - we use Instagram to recognize our swimmers Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuckeyeSwimming/ - Facebook will automatically post our Instagram posts, plus we will share useful swimming articles. Google Calendars - we recommend you follow our google calendars on your smartphone. We have recently split the calendars into specific group calendars to help you see only the events in your specific groups: Senior, Junior & NPG Scarlet 2 & Gold Scarlet 1 Scarlet 3 Silver Competition Silver Recreation Intro to Swim Team Meets & Events Many of the calendars above have yet to be updated

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