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NISCA Coaches E-News
June 2024
NISCA Coaches News June 2024
The school year is coming to a close and the All America Application deadline is looming! Don't be the coach that has to explain to the parents that you forgot to put the app in, or didn't make sure it was complete, and that's why their precious darling didn't make the list. Believe us, it isn't a fun conversation.
Want to talk to other High School coaches? Don't forget to join the NISCA High School Swim Coaches Exchange Group on Facebook!
NISCA All America Information
The All America Portals Close June 15th
You still have time to put in your All America Applications, even if you missed the fall or winter season deadlines (12/31 and 3/31).
The AA DIVING APPLICATION PORTAL CLOSED ON MAY 25TH. APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER BEING ACCEPTED
❗ALL OTHER APPLICATION PORTALS ARE OPEN UNTIL JUNE 15TH.❗
After June 15th, no further AA applications will be accepted.
Remember that you have to put in an application and HAVE IT ACCEPTED in order for your athlete to show up on the list.
Check the APPLICATIONS PROCESSED link on each of the AA Award Pages to make sure that your athlete's application has been accepted. If it does not show up, contact the appropriate AA Chairperson right away to find out what's missing.
All America Swimming Applicant Reminders
1. Please be sure to include the link to the actual meet results, not a general site for the meet. The All America Chairs do not know which meets to select.
2. Please be sure to include the athlete addresses on your applications, not the school address and not the coach address.
3. After submitting an application, please check your emails and reply to the All America chair if they send you a request to help complete the application.
AA Academic Reminders
Please complete your Academic and Scholar Team applications. We have a LOT of incomplete apps.
Step 1: Make sure that your academic application has been accepted here: https://www.be.niscaonline.org/academics/appsreceived.aspx and your Scholar Team application here: https://www.be.niscaonline.org/academics/appsreceived.aspx
If you don't see your app on the list:
Step 2: Upload your documents for Academic here: https://www.be.niscaonline.org/academics/documentUpload.aspx or here for Scholar Team: https://www.be.niscaonline.org/teams/documentUpload.aspx
Step 3: Wait 2-3 days, then check the applications processed link again. If you still don't see your application on the list, send an email to aaacademics@niscaonline.org to find out what the issue is.
DON'T WAIT TO UPLOAD YOUR DOCUMENTS UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. APPLICATIONS WITHOUT THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR THE ALL AMERICA LIST.
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Update your professional résumé today!
Now that the season is over, it's a great time to either update your professional résumé or create on! It's easy to do.
To create a new résumé, click here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFDf4YSLkkOxdMzDIYfa0GzeGp9xT_gWiLVAl0HejAfI6cYw/viewform
Fill out the Google form. Keep in mind that each box has a limit of characters (which includes spaces and carriage returns).
To update your résumé, send an email to webmaster@niscaonline.org with your name, school and state. You will get a link to edit your existing résumé.
We know you don't like to brag about yourself, but if you don't we won't know how awesome you are! Get a résumé in today so we can honor you and all your hard work!
HS Swim Team Data Collection - Special Project
Hello coaches! This is George Triepel. I am trying to build a database of sorts. I truly think the US High School system is being under-utilized and unsung, and because of that USA Swimming is losing a huge number of potential athletes that could benefit from the sport, as we all know it does.
My goal, with your assistance is to use this tool, or any improvement on this idea you feel is better, to gather simple yet specific data, and to use this data as substantial evidence to be used across the country, by all HS Coaches, to support arguments of those who wish to train competitive swimmers.
Click here to fill out the survey:
Sheer numbers can help HS Coaches and Swimmers across the nation with the leverage to raise standards competitively in how we approach the sport of swimming from a training time provided, and funding of equipment.
It is no surprise to swimmers what is needed to compete, but to many administrators/parents etc., there really isn’t any way to explain it easily, or strongly enough to add urgency to the necessity of supporting swimming in a most basic way.
I hope numbers and data that we collect will be of great help in this effort.
Thanks very much,
J. Triepel
NISCA Dual Meet Ranking program
Hello Coaches! Entries for the 2023-2024 Dual Meet Ranking program are due May 31st!
Make your best dual meet lineup and see how you stack up against teams from around the country. The program is broken into 6 different class sizes for boys and girls so you will "compete" against teams of similar size! Click "Here" for entry forms and instructions! Feel free to reach out to Michael McHugh at nisca.powerpoints@gmail.com with any questions! Good Luck!
Hour of Power - Join us!
NISCA Coaches:
I hope your seasons have gone extremely well for you and your athletes!
We are up to 31 high school teams across 7 states that have participated this school year in the Hour of Power benefiting the Ted Mullin Fund and sarcoma research . If you are like us in Texas, we are into our off-season training and beginning to lay the foundation for next year's team. It is not too late to have your team participate before the year ends. Hosting an Hour of Power is a high energy way to attract new athletes to your teams as well as a meaningful way to give!
Here is the link to register your event with the Ted Mullin Fund: Register Here
Once you register, you will be in contact with Rick and Mary (Ted's parents) who manage the Fund. They can set you up with a donation link that you can share with your communities at the time of your event to help raise money for sarcoma research.
Please consider joining the other high schools and let's see if we can check off a few more states! The updated flyer is attached here 👇
Coach Plummer
FINIS Athletes Shine at World Championships
We are thrilled to share some exciting news from the recent world championships: FINIS-sponsored athletes delivered outstanding performances, securing an impressive total of 11 podium finishes while wearing the HydroX™ tech suit! Click here to learn more about the design and development of the HydroX™.
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