Update on Sugarbear Coaching

The RSB Board wanted to give a quick update concerning our coaches for 2008.

Jordan Haley, Allison Pieracci and Marytess Taylor are returning this summer as Sugarbear coaches. Jordan and Allison will be co-head coaches this summer, with each assigned lead responsibility for three of the age groups.

Jordan Haley and Allison Pieracci recently attended a two day coaches clinic in Napa on January 5th-6th. Our Sugarbear Parents Club covered the cost for them to attend the clinic.

In addition, there is an upcoming Northern California Recreational Swim Coaches Clinic scheduled locally for mid-March, which our Sugarbear coaches plan to attend. This clinic is being presented by the City of Roseville and Sanders Consulting Group.

The Goals and Objectives of the Clinic are the following:

• To give coaches the tools to prepare for a successful season.
• Provide insight on how to effectively communicate with parent boards and city representatives.
• Provide knowledge of effective practice drills and stroke instruction.
• Create a place where coaches from Northern California can come together to network and share information.

Keynote Speaker will be Roque Santos "Looking towards the future: The Importance of Recreational Swim Coaches."
Jeff Jungk of Glen Oaks Sealions, "Case Study of a Successful Team".
Brian Botsford of Cordova High School, "Drills and Stroke Instruction"
Dee Duenas of Elk Grove Piranhas, "Making Practice Competitive and FUN".
Kim Berrios of Rollingwood, Topic TBD.

Click here if you would like to view the entire brochure and more details on the clinic.

Jameson Ferris and Stacey Olveda will not be returning this summer as Sugarbear coaches.
We wish them the best!

The City of Roseville currently have the available assistant coaching positions posted on their website.http://www.roseville.ca.us/jobs
If you know of potential candidates, please make them aware of the opportunity.

Our RSB Board plans to have representation during the interview process. Swim parents Steve Lawrence and Mickey Langley are currently who we have recommended for participating. If you are a swim parent with a strong swimming and/or coaching background and interested in being considered for participation, please contact a board member.

Megan Henry plans to have weekly meetings with the Sugarbear coaches this summer and is open to having parent representation at the meetings.

Registration packets for returning Sugarbears are expected to be mailed out by the end of this month. Returning Sugarbears have priority if their registration is received before the priority registration cutoff, which is typically around mid-March. The registration packet will provide the exact date.

For new swimmers wanting to join the Sugarbear team this year, the City of Roseville Tryout Information packet for 2008 is now accessible on our sugarbear website as well as on the City of Roseville Aquatics page.

GO SUGARBEARS!!!