Hello and Welcome to the
Vallejo Aquatic Club
,The Coaching Staff enthusiastically welcome you and your family to both our club and the worldof competitive swimming. We would like to take this opportunity to provide you with somebasic information about our team, including our expectations of parents and athletes.The Vallejo Aquatic Club (VJO) was founded in 1956 and has provided the community of Vallejowith a quality competitive swim program for over fifty years. We are a non-profit volunteerorganization, managed by an elected Board of Directors and supported by our parents. VJO is amember of USA Swimming and Pacific Swimming, the “local swim committee” for NorthernCalifornia. We pride ourselves on our commitment to every swimmer we train, regardless of ability level, age, or gender.Our program has four basic training levels: “Hammerheads” (Novice 1), “Makos” (Novice 2), AgeGroup (“Tiger Sharks”), and Seniors (“Great White Sharks”). Each group is designed to achievespecific training goals, based upon age and skill, to prepare the athlete for the next training leveland ultimately the Senior Group. Our overall mission is to create swimmers who achieve thehighest level of performance within their talent and commitment, while instilling a lifelong lovefor the sport. Our training groups are determined solely at our Staff’s discretion; dedication,maturity level, attendance, talent, and age are all factors.We encourage Hammerheads and Makos to attend practice at least 3 times a week; the moreconsistent your attendance the greater improvement you will experience. Age Group and Seniormembers are expected to attend a minimum of 80% and 90% of workouts, respectively. Athletesare instructed to arrive 10-15 minutes before the scheduled start of practice and be preparedto enter the water punctually. Water or sports beverage, goggles, a towel, sunscreen, and shoesare a few recommended items to bring to workouts.The Staff ask that parents are present at the scheduled conclusion of practice and that allswimmers have left the pool no later than fifteen minutes after practice has ended. We also ask that the pool deck is treated as a classroom. The stands are designated for our parents tospectate practices, something we highly encourage; your presence at workouts demonstratesinterest in your child’s activities and often motivates them to perform to a higher level.However, parents on-deck or otherwise communicating with their swimmer(s) is not only alegal liability for the team, but an unfair distraction to both athletes and coaches. We politely ask you to respect this important boundary.VJO competes in an average of one to two meets a month. Our swimmers are encouraged toattend at least one meet a month. Meets are a vital part of the competitive swimming processused to mold skilled swimmers; they provide feedback for what swimmers and coaches need toimprove in practice and are ultimately the venue for recording progress. The Staff are
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John F. Cunningham Aquatic Complex801 Heartwood Ave.Vallejo, CA 94591-5672
PHONE
o. 707.553.7946 (SWIM)c. 707.373.8701
MAIL
P.O. Box 5846Vallejo, CA 94591-5846
WEB
www.vallejaquatics.orgcoaches@vallejoaquatics.orgaaronjon@vallejoaquatics.org
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