Balcones Country Club Sharks

Swim practice is held Monday - Friday, from April 29, 2019 to July 12, 2019.

• After school practice April 29, 2019 -  May 24, 2019
• Summer morning practice May 28, 2019 - July 12, 2019.

The BCC Sharks Swim Team has two swimming pools available for practice:

• Spicewood pool (11210 Spicewood Club Drive) 
• Balcones Country Club pool (8600 Balcones Club Drive)

Ability Based Practice Groups :  What Group Am I In?

Both after-school and summer morning practices will be arranged by ability. Your swimmer will be practicing with the group that best suits their swimming ability. (Note: evening summer practices will be semi-mixed ability groups.) Our coaches and board feel that our swimmers will learn and improve faster in their swimming if they are training alongside swimmers with similar skills. Prior to the first day of practice (April 29), you will be notified of the practice group to which your swimmer has been assigned. 

Previous Sharks Swimmers may attend one of the Swim Evaluations in order to be evaluated for a different practice group. If you do not attend an evaluation, you will be placed in a group by the coaches. Please show up on the first day to the practice group listed on your SwimTopia account. Groups will be posted the week prior to the first day of practice.

Swimmers will be evaluated at the Waterloo Swim Center on Saturday, March 2, 2019 and/or Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 3:15pm. 

Swimmers share a tent with and compete with other Sharks swimmers in the same age group at swim meets. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our coaches.  

Watch for Remind, Facebook, Twitter alerts, and web site announcements for times when the practice schedule might vary due to pool conflicts, weather, maintenance and other unforeseen circumstances.

Inclement Weather Practice Cancellation Guidelines

Here are some guidelines Sharks coaches will use when determining whether or not to cancel practice:

• If there is thunder and/or lightning, practice definitely will be cancelled. 
• Practice will not be cancelled due to rain alone; we will swim in the rain unless the amount of rain makes it difficult to see the swimmers in the pool. 

The Sharks use Remind and Twitter to send practice cancellation alerts so be sure to follow us!
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AFTER SCHOOL PRACTICE SCHEDULE

April 29 - May 24

Spicewood Pool

Balcones Pool

SUMMER MORNING PRACTICE SCHEDULE

May 28 - July 12

Spicewood Pool

Balcones Pool

EVENING SUMMER PRACTICE

May 28- July 12

Spicewood Pool

Evening Summer Practices (Spicewood Pool)

Due to the limited number of practice slots, evening summer practices are limited to those families with parents working away from the home. Evening practices are offered Monday-Friday beginning May 28 at the Spicewood Pool.

• Spots in evening practices are limited and will be made available to accommodate families with two working parents, who are UNABLE to get their swimmer to morning summer practice due to work schedules.

• Spots will be assigned on a first-come-first-served basis and once an evening practice time becomes full it will be closed.

• NEW THIS SEASON...morning swimmers may attend an occasional evening practice if their morning session was missed that day IF SPACE PERMITS. This means you may show up to the evening practice (of your same ability level group) but understand that you MAY NOT BE ALLOWED to attend practice if the coaches feel the pool is too full to safely conduct practice. Open space in the pool will be granted on a first come first served basis and all regular evening swimmers will be given pool priority. This is applicable for evening swimmers needing to attend an occasional morning practice as well.