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Steve Hall

Dear Dolphin Swim Families, We are thrilled to share that we have teamed up with “Swim Warrior” and “The Arkansas Booster Board” to elevate our swimmers' experience in the pool. Swim Warrior is a FREE web and mobile application that gamifies the sport of swimming, making it both exciting and rewarding. By incorporating elements from contemporary video games into competitive swimming, Swim Warrior enriches the experience for swimmers, coaches, and parents alike. We understand that each swimmer's journey is unique, and Swim Warrior tailors the experience to fit every individual,...

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How to Be an Awesome Swim Parent BY OLIVIER POIRIER-LEROY The swim parent lifestyle is a soggy, herculean and often thankless one. There are all of the early morning practices, the weekend-long swim meets, the fundraising, helping with the board, chaperoning, the fees, the carpooling, and the food, ohmagod, all the food. And most importantly, there is the most fundamental and irreplaceable role you have as a swim parent: cheerleader and support staff to your little athlete. I get a lot of emails from parents who want the best from...

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Dear Dolphin Swim Parents, We’re excited for our athletes to join the 8-week wellness challenge starting this Monday, September 30th! This is a great opportunity to boost our swimmers' energy, mood, recovery, effort level, and performance through a wellness focus.To participate, athletes need to fill out the “Dolphin Wellness Questionnaire” each day. This will count as them both "signing up" to start, as well as participating in the challenge for the day. The team with the highest percentage of consistent participants will win a prize from SSDL (to be determined)....

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Greetings Dolphin Swim Families, In case you missed out on the exciting 2024 Swim Strong Dryland Kick Off Hype calls, I bring good tidings! Here are the links to the recordings of the Athlete & Parent Kick Off/Hype Calls that took place last night, on Sunday, September 22nd. Parent Kick Off/Hype Call https://youtu.be/opON-8iDlYE Athlete Kick Off/Hype Call https://youtu.be/LPnmH7M2nvU These kickoff calls are designed to maximize excitement and showcase everything SSDL has to offer! Let's make this season the best one yet! SSDL All-Athletes Season Kickoff/Hype Call: - Topic: SSDL All-Athletes...

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Dear Dolphin Swim Parents, We are excited to share with you the link to our USA Swimming membership, which will officially connect your swimmer to our team through USA Swimming. By clicking here on the link, you can register your swimmer for the upcoming season with USA Swimming. It is mandatory for all Dolphins to hold a current USA Swimming membership in order to participate on our team. As a USA Swimming swim team, we are obligated to register all our swimmers with the organization. This membership is essential for...

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2024-2025 Arkansas Dolphins Team Calendar Month Date Host Course Swim Meet/Event Location Traing Group August 23rd - 24th LRAD N/A Senior Retreat 4 Vines Center Graduating Seniors Class of 2025 Sept 9th-12th LRAD N/A Bring A Friend Week All Locations All Training Groups Sept 22nd LRAD N/A Team Day Burns Park All Training Groups Sept 29th Oz Open Water Oz Mile Eureka, Springs Age Group 2 & Seniors Oct 5th LRAD SCY Green & White Duel In The Pool UALR All Training Groups Oct 12th -13th HAK SCY 60th Annual...

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Dear 2024 Fall Registration Participants, We are thrilled to announce that Fall Registration is now open! Please be advised that all active accounts as of August 8th 2024 will be marked as inactive starting Friday, August 9th, 2024. This means you will no longer receive team updates from the Dolphins Swim Team. So, please register for the 2024 Fall Swim on Monday, August 12th to avoid any loss of communication with the team. To secure your spot for the 2024 Dolphin Fall Registration period, which spans from September 1st to...

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SCHOOL YEAR WEATHER POLICY If it is very light rain only, we will swim. If it is raining hard and we can't see the bottom of the pool, we will cancel practice If your school district (Little Rock Public Schools, NLR Public Schools or Cabot Public Schools) are closed due to inclement weather, practice is cancelled. If it is lightning or thundering outside 15 min prior to practice, practice is cancelled. If it is lightning or thundering 15 min prior to practice, practice will be canceled. If it begins lightning...