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Purpose: Create a coach mentoring program for club coaches in the Florida Gold Coast (FGC). Many successful coaches talk about how they were mentored earlier in their career. This program is intended to create a practical and affordable means to connect inexperienced coaches with a veteran coach to aid in the development and education of the coach. The program may also allow veteran coaches to further expand their knowledge by providing the same means provided to novice coaches. Program Description: The selected coach will have the opportunity to visit registered...
Athlete Protection Training Reminder Don't forget to stay up to date on your Athlete Protection Training (APT) requirements. All new and current adult USA Swimming members, including adult athletes, are responsible for ensuring compliance with USA Swimming membership requirements. APT must be renewed annually in order to maintain compliance. Adult athlete members will not be permitted to participate in USA Swimming-sanctioned competition if this requirement is not met. Click HERE for the full Safe Sport News Letter
The 2021 FGC Zone Team Application has been released! This year's meet will take place from July 27-31, 2021 in Tupelo, Mississippi. All forms must be filled out, e-mailed & RECEIVED BY SUNDAY NIGHT, JUNE 20, 2021. PLEASE send to Coach Liz Kershaw at [email protected] Application
USA Swimming Safe Sport Leadership Conference Recap Thank you to all who attended the USA Swimming Safe Sport Leadership Conference! It was a great event and we hope you learned a lot. Special thank you to our four guest speakers: Dr. Bruce Perry, Dr. Chris Renjilian, Megan Bartlett and Cassandra Walton. If you didn't get a chance to watch the event live, please CLICK HERE for the recordings.
Athletes Reese Branzell - SAS - 50 Free - Wave 1 Aspen Gersper - SAS - 100 Free - Wave 1; 100 Back - Wave 1 Philippe Marcoux - SFTL - 50 Free - Wave 1; 100 Free - Wave 1 Erika Pelaez - EA - 50 Free - Wave 1; 100 Free - Wave 2; 100 Back - Wave 1 Julia Podkoscielny - PCS - 200 Back - Wave 1; 200 IM - Wave 1; 400 IM - Wave 2 Alaina Skellet - MIA - 100 Back - Wave...
Hello Coaches & Officials of the Florida Gold Coast! As we continue to crawl back into pools and competitions here are some updates from our last Board of Directors meeting that will affect our LSC. Click here for the full Coaches Corner. USA Swimming Motivational Times Summer Junior Olympic Qualifiying Standards Summer Senior Championship Qualifying Standards
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month USA Swimming's top priority continues to be creating healthy and positive environments free from abuse for all its members. With April being Child Abuse Prevention Month, USA Swimming Safe Sport staff will continue educating our members on the many free resources available. Click HERE for the latest Safe Sport News Letter
Click HERE to see the latest edition of the Coaches Corner from the FGC Coaches Representative, Gordon Andrews.
It's time for a DEI quarterly update! Click here for the new DEI Newsletter which includes information about upcoming events and resources!
Don't miss out on USA Swimming's latest Safe Sport article discussing the program's growth throughout the last 10 years. "Even though we have completed 10 years of work inside USA Swimming Safe Sport, we are still pushing ourselves each day to be better." Click HERE for the latest Safe Sport News Letter