Group 2 Parent Meeting

Parents - We will have our Group 2 Parent Meeting on Tuesday September 6th from 5:00 - 6:00 pm. Each swimmer should have a parent representative at the meeting. The meeting will be held in the "wet classroom" (where the registration papers were turned in during evaluations) at the pool. Hand outs will be available at the meeting. Please make every attempt to attend.  See you at the pool, Jason Wedlick RICE Aquatics Head Coach www.riceaquatics.com http://rice-aquatics.blogspot.com

Group 1 Parent Meeting

Parents - We will have our Group 1 Parent Meeting on Thursday September 8th from 5:00 - 6:00 pm. Each swimmer should have a parent representative at the meeting. The meeting will be held in the "wet classroom" (where the registration papers were turned in during evaluations) at the pool. Hand outs will be available at the meeting. Please make every attempt to attend.  See you at the pool, Jason Wedlick RICE Aquatics Head Coach www.riceaquatics.com http://rice-aquatics.blogspot.com

Reminders

Parents - Just a few reminders.

• Recreation Center Usage - The Rec Center and Recreation Pool (Small One) is only for use by Rec Center members. If you are interested in gaining membership you can talk to the front operations desk on your way to the pool. (There is a wait list for community memberships).
• Drop Off/ Pick Up - There is no permanent parking or stopping (flashers included) on the inner loop in front of the recreation center. Drivers must pull all the way down toward the pool. If you child is not ready you must then continue to loop around the innner loop. If you are wanting to walk your child out of the pool or wait for them at the curb you must park either in the hourly pay parking or purchase a parking pass. I have attached information below on attaining a parkign pass. RUPD will be monitoring the area in front of the Recreation center and issuing tickets. This is the main area for the RICE Bus system to stop and pick up, the bus can not be blocked along the street. Anyone can ride the bus labelled " inner loop" to get to the West Lot 3 faster.
• Parking for RICE Aquatics 
  Parking on the Rice campus is at a premium.  You can pay as you go in the central parking garage across the street from the recreation center for $2 per 35 minutes or at the north visitor lot at entrance 20 off Rice Blvd. or at the west lot #1 in front of the Alice Pratt Brown Building.  Parking at these spots is $1 per 35 minutes. 
  A better option is to buy an early bird/evening bird parking permit for $65 per semester or $115 for a year.  Parking permits are available in the central garage offices across the street from the recreation center.  Your name goes to the parking services as well and you may also present your Rice ID.  There is a $25 proxy card purchase at the time of registration for a parking pass. Click here for a map of campus parking. Cash or Check only.

See you at the pool
Coach Jason

Post Work Out Drink

I found this recipe on the web and have tried it at home myself. So far my kids and I have loved it and find it to be "desert" like. You can change it up and add things in as well.

2 Chopped Frozen Bananas ( Have the kids chop and freeze them the night before)
1 Cup of Milk. (Taste Great with Skim - Whole)
2 Tbs. of Peanut Butter
1/2 Cup Chocolate Chips
2 Tsp. Vanilla extract.

Blend on low then med and serve!

I have substituted an edge white chocolate protein powder for the chocolate chips found it to be a slightly healthier version with more protein in each cup. My choice of protein powder is Jay Robb's Egg White Chocolate Protein Powder; which can be found online but also in HEB and most health stores.

1st Day of Practice

Parents and Swimmers,

Welcome to RICE Aquatics and the 2011-2012 season. I wanted to thank all of you personally for being apart of our team for the 2011-2012 year. Your swimmers and families commitment to the program means a great deal to myself and the entire coaching staff. We welcome the opportunity to get to know each and every one of your swimmers over the next few months and hopefully years.

Most of the teams communication will be through email, our website, facebook page and blog. We will supplement this with handouts, our announcement board in the lounge area and announcements to the swimmers. Over the next couple months there will be many emails coming your way regarding the swim team and your swimmers groups. Please take the time to read these if they pertain to your swimmer. I will try to minimize the quantity of emails I send. Many basic swim questions will be answered in our upcoming parent meetings for each group. These dates will be emailed out no later than Wednesday of this week. Please make every attempt to attend these meetings.

With today being most of our swimmers first day of practice please read the following points to make sure everything goes as seamless as possible:

• All swimmers must have their ID visible to gain access to the pool area, if you missed the hand out we will have a parent located in the building to the side of the gates passing out ID's. Swimmers should put these on a necklace or lanyard for the easiest access into the building each day.
• If you are wanting to walk your swimmer into the building please park in the Norh Annex lot, West Lot 1 or Parking Garage. Do not park along the street as you will be ticketed by RUPD.
• Once your swimmer is on the pool deck have them sit under the covered area nearest the starting blocks. They can find their lead coach to find out where they will be practicing. Lead coaches are as follows:
  • Group 1 - Coach May
  • Group 2 - Coach Paul
  • Group 3 - Coach Jason
  • Group 4 Navy - Coach Kyle
  • Group 4 White - Coach Jason
  • Senior 1 - Coach Kyle
  • Senior 2 - Coach Jason
• Swimmers should have their name on their equipment in several places. I will have a sharpie on hand to help tag their gear so its not lost.
• We will be doing some intros and instructions out of the water today to start off but make sure your swimmer is suited up for practice prior to the start time.
• Its HOT outside so water bottles should be lining the pool deck and the coaches will be encouraging the swimmers use them through out practice.
• In addition to the heat the sun is nice and bright so if you need to apply sunscreen have them do so prior to practice so we can ensure it stays on when the hop in the water.

Again please look for additional emails this week and as always check our facebook page and blog as well. Thank you again for being apart of the RICE.

See you at the pool,

Coach Jason

Seniors and Age Group Practice

Age Group and Senior practice starts Monday!!!!!

Masters Online Registration for Fall 2011

Masters Swimmers - I first wanted to thank all of you for participating in the Summer 2011 session of RICE Aquatics Masters Swimming. This summer has been a hot one and it is great to see the masses still showing up to the pool for work outs. RICE Aquatics is now accepting online registration for the 2011 Fall Session which starts September 1st. Our registration has been tweaked slightly from our past "commit to event" registrations. The new process should make it a little easier for you to set up your account online and pay instantly for the Fall Session.

1. Go to www.riceaquatics.com
2. On the bottom left hand side of the page you will see a link that says Masters Fall 2011 Registration. Next to this is a button that read Register Online. Click this.
3. You will then be brought to a page that welcomes you to the registration process and lets you choose to register or to check your registration. Click which one applies to you.
4. From here use your email that you log into RICE Aquatics with and follow the step provided.
5. You will need to say Yes to a couple release waivers for the team. Any field with a Red * next to it must be filled out prior to moving forward in the process. 
6. When you get to Roster groups click the select button and choose the group you fall into. 
7. To pay and complete registration please submit CC for payment. If paying by check please select this option.
8. Within 24 bussiness hours your Name will be sent to the Rec Center to ensure your name is on the ID list to remain an active member. 
9. All current members not registered online by August 31st at noon will have their accouns listed as InActive. To return to Active status you will have to complete the online registration. 
10. If paying by check please print out the final success notification in the process and bring this into the Rec Center to pay for your session. This will be allowed for one time admitance into the REc Center to pay your fees. You will then be able to attend your first practice 24bussiness hours after your check has been submitted.

The Registration is currently active. Please register in a timely matter as it helps ensure from an administrative end that we are able to mantain access for all active swimmers.

If you are currently on recuring billing you will still need to log in and register through this system. Recuring charges will not be charged to CC this month as they have in the past.

Swim Fast, Be Nice, 

Coach Jason and The RICE Aquatics Masters Coaching Staff.