From mark.rauterkus at gmail.com Mon Oct 4 17:04:04 2021 From: mark.rauterkus at gmail.com (Mark Rauterkus) Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2021 17:04:04 -0400 Subject: [CLOH-News] Why join your school swim team - a quiz could use some friendly clicks and feedback Message-ID: Hi, School swimming helps to drive club swimming in many parts. This is an effort to collect reasons why kids should swim. https://blog.swimisca.org/know-your-why-and-grade-the-reasons-why-joining-the-school-swim-team-is-a-good-idea/ A question was asked on the book of faces on this topic in the Swim Coaches Idea Exchange Group -- but -- there have been at least two outages with Facebook, Insta and Whatapp today. So, give the quiz a few clicks. And, Steve Friederang hosted another interview with a gold medal coach from the Olympics. That link is on the blog too -- Ta. Mark Rauterkus Mark at Rauterkus.com Webmaster, International Swim Coaches Association, SwimISCA.org From mark.rauterkus at gmail.com Wed Oct 6 12:50:13 2021 From: mark.rauterkus at gmail.com (Mark Rauterkus) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2021 12:50:13 -0400 Subject: [CLOH-News] Passion area and new pointers on the web to the spring meet info Message-ID: Hi, New topic in the Global Library for ISCA Members on Passion. Login and read it here. https://read.swimisca.org/courses/global-library-for-isca-members/lessons/getting-better-at-getting-better/topic/passion-for-work-and-the-profession/ If any of you have stories to share about your dips in passion and how to exit them, put them into the comments. TIP: If you have new assistant coaches who need more enrichment and swim knowledge, get them into the Global Library as a must-see stop in their educational pathway. * * In other news, ISCA won't be hosting a meet in December. Last year a meet was hosted at the military prep school that had long course and short course sessions. Very clever format. This year the meet was on the schedule, but now removed, for Liberty University. Wondering if the big Christmas meets will be on again this December? Are things still dialed back a bit in your neck of the woods? Our school district is open for permits but only for its own students and no adult programs. * * * The info in PDSs on the spring ISCA Meets is on the web, but the sign-ups are not yet open. Soon. Check out the details and start to figure out how many are going to attend. https://SwimISCA.org/save-the-date/ + + + Why join your school swim team -- with more than 150 reasons is calling for your input. https://blog.swimisca.org/know-your-why-and-grade-the-reasons-why-joining-the-school-swim-team-is-a-good-idea/ -- Ta. Mark Rauterkus Mark at Rauterkus.com Webmaster, International Swim Coaches Association, SwimISCA.org Executive Director of SKWIM USA, a 501(c)(3), SKWIM.us The Pittsburgh Project - swim coach and head lifeguard Coach at The Ellis School for Swimming, T&F and Triathlon Pittsburgh Combined Water Polo Team & Renegades (Masters) CLOH.org & Rauterkus.com & 4Rs.org 412 298 3432 = cell From mark.rauterkus at gmail.com Thu Oct 14 19:31:31 2021 From: mark.rauterkus at gmail.com (Mark Rauterkus) Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 19:31:31 -0400 Subject: [CLOH-News] The ISCA Senior Cup (spring meet) entry pages are live Message-ID: Hi, Some of you bring your teams to the ISCA Meets and here s a first call and notice that the forms for the team reservations for the ISCA Senior Cup Championship are working and ready for early-bird access. https://swimisca.org/save-the-date/isca-international-senior-cup-march-april-2022/ The forms have changed a bit. You'll also see a new offer too. Check the box and be charged an extra $150, rather than $75, and get annual ISCA Memberships for up to 10 people on your staff. Seems like every swim club in our area is looking for assistant coaches. Getting an ISCA Membership for the assistant coaches is a great way to provide them with education and enrichment from the Learning Management System at Read.SwimISCA.org. And, we expect to get the ISCA Elite Showcase meet sign up to come online by mid-week next week. https://swimisca.org/save-the-date/isca-international-senior-cup-march-april-2022/ -- Ta. Mark Rauterkus Mark at Rauterkus.com Webmaster, International Swim Coaches Association, SwimISCA.org Executive Director of SKWIM USA, a 501(c)(3), SKWIM.us The Pittsburgh Project - swim coach and head lifeguard Coach at The Ellis School for Swimming, T&F and Triathlon Pittsburgh Combined Water Polo Team & Renegades (Masters) CLOH.org & Rauterkus.com & 4Rs.org 412 298 3432 = cell From mark.rauterkus at gmail.com Thu Oct 21 09:16:55 2021 From: mark.rauterkus at gmail.com (Mark Rauterkus) Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:16:55 -0400 Subject: [CLOH-News] ISCA Age Group Meet reservation form is now active Message-ID: Hi, The ISCA Age Group Meet -- ISCA's Showcase Elite is accepting reservations now. It concludes on Saturday, the day before Easter. https://swimisca.org/save-the-date/east-elite-showcase-classic-2022/ Figure out how many you expect by age group. Get a copy of your team's logo ready to upload too. As an order bump, $150 extra gets your ISCA membership extended for another year -- and gets your staff memberships too. The shortage of capable assistant coaches can be overcome, in part, with education via the Global Library for ISCA Members. Enrich the volunteers and others in your realm so that they're able to do self-study and get insights from the lessons provided in the ISCA learning management system. If you're not going to the meet, the staff offer: https://swimisca.org/limited-time-offer-join-with-a-friend-and-pull-the-rest-of-the-staff-along-for-150/ -- Ta. Mark Rauterkus Mark at Rauterkus.com Webmaster, International Swim Coaches Association, SwimISCA.org Executive Director of SKWIM USA, a 501(c)(3), SKWIM.us The Pittsburgh Project - swim coach and head lifeguard Coach at The Ellis School for Swimming, T&F and Triathlon Pittsburgh Combined Water Polo Team & Renegades (Masters) CLOH.org & Rauterkus.com & 4Rs.org 412 298 3432 = cell From mark.rauterkus at gmail.com Mon Oct 4 17:04:04 2021 From: mark.rauterkus at gmail.com (Mark Rauterkus) Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2021 17:04:04 -0400 Subject: [CLOH-News] Why join your school swim team - a quiz could use some friendly clicks and feedback Message-ID: Hi, School swimming helps to drive club swimming in many parts. This is an effort to collect reasons why kids should swim. https://blog.swimisca.org/know-your-why-and-grade-the-reasons-why-joining-the-school-swim-team-is-a-good-idea/ A question was asked on the book of faces on this topic in the Swim Coaches Idea Exchange Group -- but -- there have been at least two outages with Facebook, Insta and Whatapp today. So, give the quiz a few clicks. And, Steve Friederang hosted another interview with a gold medal coach from the Olympics. That link is on the blog too -- Ta. Mark Rauterkus Mark at Rauterkus.com Webmaster, International Swim Coaches Association, SwimISCA.org From mark.rauterkus at gmail.com Wed Oct 6 12:50:13 2021 From: mark.rauterkus at gmail.com (Mark Rauterkus) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2021 12:50:13 -0400 Subject: [CLOH-News] Passion area and new pointers on the web to the spring meet info Message-ID: Hi, New topic in the Global Library for ISCA Members on Passion. Login and read it here. https://read.swimisca.org/courses/global-library-for-isca-members/lessons/getting-better-at-getting-better/topic/passion-for-work-and-the-profession/ If any of you have stories to share about your dips in passion and how to exit them, put them into the comments. TIP: If you have new assistant coaches who need more enrichment and swim knowledge, get them into the Global Library as a must-see stop in their educational pathway. * * In other news, ISCA won't be hosting a meet in December. Last year a meet was hosted at the military prep school that had long course and short course sessions. Very clever format. This year the meet was on the schedule, but now removed, for Liberty University. Wondering if the big Christmas meets will be on again this December? Are things still dialed back a bit in your neck of the woods? Our school district is open for permits but only for its own students and no adult programs. * * * The info in PDSs on the spring ISCA Meets is on the web, but the sign-ups are not yet open. Soon. Check out the details and start to figure out how many are going to attend. https://SwimISCA.org/save-the-date/ + + + Why join your school swim team -- with more than 150 reasons is calling for your input. https://blog.swimisca.org/know-your-why-and-grade-the-reasons-why-joining-the-school-swim-team-is-a-good-idea/ -- Ta. Mark Rauterkus Mark at Rauterkus.com Webmaster, International Swim Coaches Association, SwimISCA.org Executive Director of SKWIM USA, a 501(c)(3), SKWIM.us The Pittsburgh Project - swim coach and head lifeguard Coach at The Ellis School for Swimming, T&F and Triathlon Pittsburgh Combined Water Polo Team & Renegades (Masters) CLOH.org & Rauterkus.com & 4Rs.org 412 298 3432 = cell From mark.rauterkus at gmail.com Thu Oct 14 19:31:31 2021 From: mark.rauterkus at gmail.com (Mark Rauterkus) Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 19:31:31 -0400 Subject: [CLOH-News] The ISCA Senior Cup (spring meet) entry pages are live Message-ID: Hi, Some of you bring your teams to the ISCA Meets and here s a first call and notice that the forms for the team reservations for the ISCA Senior Cup Championship are working and ready for early-bird access. https://swimisca.org/save-the-date/isca-international-senior-cup-march-april-2022/ The forms have changed a bit. You'll also see a new offer too. Check the box and be charged an extra $150, rather than $75, and get annual ISCA Memberships for up to 10 people on your staff. Seems like every swim club in our area is looking for assistant coaches. Getting an ISCA Membership for the assistant coaches is a great way to provide them with education and enrichment from the Learning Management System at Read.SwimISCA.org. And, we expect to get the ISCA Elite Showcase meet sign up to come online by mid-week next week. https://swimisca.org/save-the-date/isca-international-senior-cup-march-april-2022/ -- Ta. Mark Rauterkus Mark at Rauterkus.com Webmaster, International Swim Coaches Association, SwimISCA.org Executive Director of SKWIM USA, a 501(c)(3), SKWIM.us The Pittsburgh Project - swim coach and head lifeguard Coach at The Ellis School for Swimming, T&F and Triathlon Pittsburgh Combined Water Polo Team & Renegades (Masters) CLOH.org & Rauterkus.com & 4Rs.org 412 298 3432 = cell From mark.rauterkus at gmail.com Thu Oct 21 09:16:55 2021 From: mark.rauterkus at gmail.com (Mark Rauterkus) Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:16:55 -0400 Subject: [CLOH-News] ISCA Age Group Meet reservation form is now active Message-ID: Hi, The ISCA Age Group Meet -- ISCA's Showcase Elite is accepting reservations now. It concludes on Saturday, the day before Easter. https://swimisca.org/save-the-date/east-elite-showcase-classic-2022/ Figure out how many you expect by age group. Get a copy of your team's logo ready to upload too. As an order bump, $150 extra gets your ISCA membership extended for another year -- and gets your staff memberships too. The shortage of capable assistant coaches can be overcome, in part, with education via the Global Library for ISCA Members. Enrich the volunteers and others in your realm so that they're able to do self-study and get insights from the lessons provided in the ISCA learning management system. If you're not going to the meet, the staff offer: https://swimisca.org/limited-time-offer-join-with-a-friend-and-pull-the-rest-of-the-staff-along-for-150/ -- Ta. Mark Rauterkus Mark at Rauterkus.com Webmaster, International Swim Coaches Association, SwimISCA.org Executive Director of SKWIM USA, a 501(c)(3), SKWIM.us The Pittsburgh Project - swim coach and head lifeguard Coach at The Ellis School for Swimming, T&F and Triathlon Pittsburgh Combined Water Polo Team & Renegades (Masters) CLOH.org & Rauterkus.com & 4Rs.org 412 298 3432 = cell