CRESCENT CITY SWIM CLUB 

Est. 1990

Parent Resources

CCSC is dedicated to keeping our parents informed. Here you will find links to articles and other resources so you can fill up on your swimming knoweledge.

Tip of the Month: Why Should I volunteer?

The low down on supplements

USA Swimming's 10 Commandments for Parents to follow

Getting involved with CCSC

Attending Swim Meets

 

 

Visit USA Swimmings website for more parent resource information:

 http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=6&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en

 

 

 

 

 

Why Should Your Child Swim? 
  1. Swimming is an OUTSTANDING ACTIVITY for young people.
  2. Swimming PROMOTES FITNESS and teaches a child to strive for physical achievement. Many super-stars in other sports started out as swimmers and gained strength and coordination that helped them to excel.
  3. Swimming is an exciting INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM SPORT
  4. Swimmingis a TECHNICAL AND SPECIALIZED activity involving extensive skill development.
  5. Swimming is a healthy LIFETIME ACTIVITY Participants may be 1 or 101 years old.
  6. Swimming is relatively INJURY FREE in comparison to other youth sports.
  7. Swimming TEACHES the life lessons of sport and sportsmanship which include learning to deal with winning and losing, as well as working with officials, teammates and coaches.
  8. Swimming MOTIVATES participants to strive for self improvement and teaches goal orientation.  
  9. Swimming CULTIVATES a positive mental attitude and high self-esteem.
  10. Swimming can PREVENT DROWNING