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BEAT participation in the USA club Excellence program

Club Excellence Program
The USA Swimming Excellence in Club Swimming Program is a voluntary program that identifies and recognizes USA Swimming clubs for their commitment to excellence in operation, performance, and for their support of the sport and USA Swimming. This program strives to meet the following objectives:
  • Promote the development of comprehensive age group and senior swimming programs;
  • Provide ways that USA Swimming can better assist, encourage, and motivate our member clubs to strive for the highest ideals of development and performance; 
  • Encourage USA Swimming’s most successful clubs and professional coaches to become leaders in the sport through involvement in local and/or national governance.

For more information Please click: Club Excellence Program

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Letter from BEAT President

  B.E.A.T Parents and Members

As our organization grows and we continue to expand our programs, we seek to establish or clarify our policies. Our policies help to guide the organization and ensure continued success. One of the first areas to be addressed is parent behavior - specifically, what type of behavior is expected of swimming parents.    

Bays Edge Aquatic Team is fortunate to have highly experienced, professional coaches working to develop our children into better swimmers and more importantly, disciplined people.  As parents, it is absolutely essential that we give our coaching staff the respect and authority they deserve to run our swim team. Our coaches are hired for that purpose.

 B.E.A.T as an organization highly encourages the following parental behavior:

 ·         Open communication between parents, swimmers and coaches emphasizing goal-setting and focusing on the performance expectations of both the swimmer and the parents

·         Meeting with the coaches/swimmers/parents during normal operating hours to discuss issues

·         Positive reinforcement of all swimmers in all situations - team spirit, team loyalty

·         Parental involvement on the Board of Directors and in organizing and running of meets and other team events

 B.E.A.T as an organization will not tolerate the following behavior from parents:

·         Coaching your children at practice or during meets, that is the coach’s job

·         Interrupting or confronting the coaching staff on the pool deck during practice or meets

·         Abusive language towards coaches, swimmers, parents, officials and your own children

·         Any behavior that brings discredit or disruption to our swimmers and our organization

 Enclosed is a Parent Code of Conduct.  The Code was developed as a standard to emphasize our organization’s commitment to making everyone’s involvement with our club a positive experience.

Sincerely, 

John McCoy, BEAT President 

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Parent Code of Conduct

 As a parent of a swimmer and member of Bays Edge Aquatic Team, I will abide by the following guidelines:

 I.    Practice teamwork with all parents, swimmers and coaches by supporting the values of Discipline, Loyalty, Commitment and Hard Work.  

II.   As a parent, I will not coach or instruct the team or any swimmer at a practice or meets (from the stands or any other area) or interfere with coaches on the pool deck. 

III.  Demonstrate good sportsmanship by conducting myself in a manner that earns the respect of my child, other swimmers, parents, officials and the coaches at meets and practices. 

IV.    Maintain self-control at all times.  Know my role.

                   Swimmers = Swim

                    Coaches = Coach   

                    Officials = Officiate

                    Parents = Parent

V.      As a parent, I understand that criticizing, name-calling, use of abusive language or gestures directed toward the coaches, officials, and/or any participating swimmer will not be permitted or tolerated. 

VI.       Enjoy involvement with Bays Edge Aquatic Team by supporting the swimmers, coaches and other parents with positive communication and actions. 

VII.      During competitions, questions or concerns regarding decisions made by meet officials are directed to a member of our coaching staff.  Parents address officials via the coaching staff only. 

Sanctions.  Should I conduct myself in such a way that brings discredit or discord to Bays Edge Aquatic Team, or USA Swimming, I voluntarily subject myself to disciplinary action.  B.E.A.T maintains the right to terminate any membership with/without cause in the interest of our vision, mission and objectives.

 

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 Athlete Name:                                                                           Parent Signature:

Note: Please click this link to print, sign, and send the Code of Conduct  form    to: BEAT P.O. Box 270715. Corpus Christi, TX 78427. Attention Becky Ponce, Treasurer.

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