News & Team Information: Why Should My Swimmer Attend Meet Warm-Up? This is a common questions among many parents who are new to USA Swimming, have never had this explained to them, do not want to get their swimmer to a meet hours before their race or just don't see the point. 1) TEAM Warm-Up: This is something that FCST requires at every level or our program; Developmental, Age Group and Senior. This is a chance for all the kids to warm-up with their coach and make sure they are...

News & Team Information: Why Should My Swimmer Attend Meet Warm-Up? This is a common questions among many parents who are new to USA Swimming, have never had this explained to them, do not want to get their swimmer to a meet hours before their race or just don't see the point. 1) TEAM Warm-Up: This is something that FCST requires at every level or our program; Developmental, Age Group and Senior. This is a chance for all the kids to warm-up with their coach and make sure they are doing...

News & Team Information:   FCST Families, how excited are you about the possibility of FREE FCST MEMBERSHIP for a year?! How about a $500 Meet Credit to your account? FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS! More information is on the way... stay tuned! ​ Verifying your Cell Number to receive Text Alerts Please consider verifying your number for FCST to use all of its resources to their maximum potential o Simply go to the team website and log in o In the left column choose My Account o From the drop down...

News & Team Information: Coaches' Corner:  What is the importance of coming to practice regurlaly? When committing to competitive team, meets and tournaments are an exciting and fun part of the experience, however, a very important part of being on a competitive team is attending practices. As a coach who has seen the impact great practice ethic has on swimmers, I've put together a couple of reasons why attending practice is so important! Attending practice is the only way to improve. Swimmers who attend 90-100% of the practice tend to improve...

News & Team Information: Coaches' Corner: What is the importance of coming to practice regurlaly? When committing to competitive team, meets and tournaments are an exciting and fun part of the experience, however, a very important part of being on a competitive team is attending practices. As a coach who has seen the impact great practice ethic has on swimmers, I've put together a couple of reasons why attending practice is so important! Attending practice is the only way to improve. Swimmers who attend 90-100% of the practice tend to...

News & Team Information: Coaches' Corner: USA Swimming Official Bonnie Finnigan Why do swim Officials disqualify (dq) kids? Why don't they just let them swim? This is a frequent question by parents when their swimmers experience disqualifications at meets. The role of an official is two-fold. First, officials are tasked with providing a safe and fair competitive environment. The second role is in educating swimmer  both those learning the strokes and those who may have become complacent in practice. For both of these reasons, consistent enforcement of the rules is important.   However, what...

News & Team Information: Coaches' Corner: USA Swimming Official Bonnie Finnigan Why do swim Officials disqualify (dq) kids? Why don't they just let them swim?  This is a frequent question by parents when their swimmers experience disqualifications at meets.  The role of an official is two-fold.  First, officials are tasked with providing a safe and fair competitive environment.  The second role is in educating swimmers – both those learning the strokes and those who may have become complacent in practice.  For both of these reasons, consistent enforcement of the rules...

News & Team Information: FCST Coach Corner: Trusting the Coach's Plan on Swim Events: Here at First Colony Swim Team we create opportunity for swimmers by merging passion and commitment with expertise resulting in the highest level of personal performance. Those opportunities also include competing in a variety of swim events depending on the time of the swim season. With a season plan a Coach understands when their swimmers are prepared and ready to compete in swim events that are new, events that will not be done at a Championship meet,...

News & Team Information:   Equipment Lists for ALL FCST swim groups: Remember to purchase all of your swim equipment needs at D&J Sports. They just opened up a new store in Katy, TX.   CLICK HERE for the list.   Opt-in-forms for swim meets: Please take the time to fill out this form for your respective group. This helps everyone plan in the short and long-term. Red, White, and Blue Swim Meet entries are due shortly after Sept 12th.  Developmental Opt-in Form Blue 2 Opt-in Form Age-Group Opt-in Form Senior Opt-in Form​...

News & Team Information: Welcome to the 2017 - 2018 Short Course season! Please take some time to review the information and dates given in this newsletter. As always if you have any questions please contact your Coach for your specific swim group or contact the office for general questions. All contact info is located at the bottom of this newsletter. Also, links to all the group pages are also located at the bottom of this newsletter. The better you are informed the better off the the team will be. Familiarize yourself...