2017-2018 Winter Season

Early Sign Up Special!

The first 125 swimmers to register online will receive a stocking cap and a t-shirt. Once we are out of stocking caps we are out! Sign up early! These are limited edition and will not be available through the spirit store.

Join NCST Online

Practice Schedule

Practices begin November 13^th and ending mid-February at the conference championships.

Practice schedule is similar to previous seasons – generally 4 days a week. This is meant to accommodate the busy family. Multiple days are offered with the expectation that your swimmer will be able to attend at least 3 practices a week (on average – we’re all busy families.)

NEW Practice Times for this season:

• Gold Group – 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
• Silver Group – 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM
• Bronze Group – 6:15 PM – 7:00 PM

1. In order to participate in the NCST your swimmer must be able to compete in the distances for his or her age group:
   1. Swimmers competing 8 & under – swim 25 yards unassisted
   2. Swimmers competing 9 & up – swim at least 50 yards unassisted
2. It’s possible coaches may change your swimmers group either up or down to adjust to your athlete’s ability.
3. NCST is a competitive swim team.
4. Your swimmer is expected to compete in swim meets. This is a personal challenge to improve your own times throughout the season.
5. NCST is not swim lessons.

Note: Every season we have to balance the training groups depending on who signs up. It’s possible you trained with a different group last season and will be moved up or down this season. We won’t know until everyone has registered, but please be flexible. We want to keep similar ability and ages together.

New Events For This Season

1. Because High School Girls can compete in the entire NCST season, the league will officially have events for girls 15 and over.
2. For 8 and under relays, we’ll now have events for boys, girls and mixed relays to have more options for our athletes to compete.

Bronze Group (Novice)

The Bronze Group focuses on the fundamentals of competitive swimming. Swimmers are introduced to proper kick, streamline and correct stroke technique.

• Recommended for ages 10 and under, first and second year swimmers.
• Practices 6:15 – 7:00 PM (New times this season!)

Silver Group (Intermediate)

The Silver Group focuses on advancing stroke technique and aerobic conditioning. Swimmers prepare for swim competitions and develop racing skills and experience.

• Recommended for advanced swimmers ages 10 and under and swimmers ages 11 to 12
• Practices 6:00 – 7:15 PM (New times this season!)

Gold Group (Advanced)

The Gold Group focuses on aerobic conditioning and race preparation. Swimmers are introduced to aerobic and anaerobic training, race strategy techniques and advanced strength and conditioning skills.

• Recommended for advanced swimmers ages 12 and under, middle school and high school athletes.
• Practices 7:00 – 8:30 PM

New Swimmer Evaluation

First time swimmers must attend a New Swimmer Evaluation.

We will have New Swimmer Evaluations on the following nights.

• Monday, November 6 from 6:00-7:15
• Tuesday November 7 from 6:00-7:15

Your swimmer must be able to compete in the distances for his or her age group:

1. Swimmers competing 8 & under – swim 25 yards unassisted
2. Swimmers competing 9 & up – swim at least 50 yards unassisted

Coaches will determine which practice level is appropriate for your athlete.

Pricing Information

Notice we have pricing for in-district and out-of-district athletes. There is also a discount for swimmers who compete on the Northview High School or Crossroads Middle School Boys swim teams since this forces a shortened season.

New for this season: Due to scheduling, Northview HS or Crossroads Girls Swim Team Members are able to participate in NCST’s entire season and therefore do not have a discounted registration this season.

1ST SWIMMER

Northview Public Schools: $150
Northview HS or Crossroads Boys Swim Team Member: $100 (shortened season)
Out of District: $200

ADDITIONAL SWIMMERS IN SAME HOUSEHOLD

Northview Public Schools: $125
Northview HS or Crossroads Boys Swim Team Member: $100 (shortened season)
Out of district: $175

Sign Ups

We’d love to have you join our team. Please register your swimmers online at http://ncst-swim.com/join/.

Early Sign Up Special!

The first 125 swimmers to register online will receive a stocking cap and a t-shirt. Once we are out of stocking caps we are out! Sign up early! These are limited edition and will not be available through the spirit store.

Team T-Shirts Deadline – 12/1/2017

Your swimmers must be registered before December 1^st to receive a team t-shirt. Please double check the size you select for your athletes. We will not be able to reorder shirts or order additional shirts after December 1^st.

The whole sign up process can be completed online, including credit card payment.

Sign Up For NCST Online

Sign Up Nights

Don’t want to sign up online. Please attend one of our Registration Nights.

We currently have 2 scheduled:

• Monday, November 6 from 6:00-7:15
• Tuesday November 7 from 6:00-7:15

These are the same times as New Swimmer Evaluations.

Ribbons

For Invitationals the hosting school provides ribbons and sometimes the medals. What they award varies.

For regular season meets, we will have ribbons for first through fifth place finishes. We will also have time improvement ribbons for when swimmers beat their own personal times in events (until we run out).

Invitationals, Meets & Conference Championships*

We won’t know the actual meet schedule until early October.

TBD – Invitationals

Note: Invitationals are optional meets and entry costs are not included with your NCST registration.

TBD – Meets

TBD – Conference Championships

What’s the difference between invitationals, meets and conference championships? Read about it on our First Time Swimmers page.

* Schedules subject to change.

Reminders

• WMSL A and B Meet Qualifying Times (Updated 5/15/2016)
• Your swimmer will compete in only one Championship meet – A or B.
• If your swimmer is 13 or over, he or she will attend the A meet.
• If you swimmer is 12 or under and not on the list of A meet qualifiers, he or she will attend the B meet.