CVST REMINDER: MAAPP Requirements for CVST Team Members and Parents In Effect as of June 23, 2019 Beginning This Monday (6/24), Any Swimmer Who Does Not Have a MAAPP Acknowledgement Form On File With CVST Will Not Be Allowed To Participate in Practice of Meets Until the Form is Turned In. Dear CVST Parent's, USA Swimming’s and CVS   T's top priority continues to be keeping our athletes safe. No form of abuse, including child sexual abuse, has a place in our sport. As a part of our continued commitment to safeguarding...

It's Time to Get Your #GogglesOn The USA Swimming Foundation is excited to officially kick-off the #GogglesOn Campaign! It’s an easy way to get involved and support the mission of the USA Swimming Foundation -- without even getting in the water. The USA Swimming Foundation wants to see the creative places you can put your #GogglesOn to show your support for the Foundation and our mission to save children's lives through swim lessons. Invite your friends, co-workers, and other swim lovers to join in on the fun with a photo...

Athletes Remember Life Lessons And Experiences More Than They Do Winning Athletes don't tend to remember whether they won or lost a particular game, but instead, they remember the friendships, the positive role models, and the life lessons that they learned through their experiences.   Watch the 1:00 video:

MAAPP Requirements for CVST Team Members and Parents In Effect as of June 23, 2019 Dear CVST Parent's, USA Swimming’s and CVS  T's top priority continues to be keeping our athletes safe. No form of abuse, including child sexual abuse, has a place in our sport. As a part of our continued commitment to safeguarding our athletes, USA Swimming and all Member Clubs, like CVST, have enacted enhancements to our Safe Sport policy and education requirements. The U.S. Center for SafeSport (“the Center”), the separate, independent, organization that oversees all sexual...

Week #3 of the CVST Summer Nutrition Challenge is Underway We are now into Week #3 of the 2019 CVST Summer Nutrition Challenge, and it's not too late to get started if you haven't done so yet!  This week's Challenge is to eat a veggie at dinner each night. This is an easy one so why not get started today! Remember there are weekly certificates if yoiu make it and a bigger prize to those who complete the whole challenge;. Click Here   to go to the Challenge Page for...

CORRECTION: CVST New Officials Clinic - Thursday, June 20 Now is your chance to look into becoming a swimming official. CVST badly needs some new officials and now is a great time to get started or at least see what it is all about.  Doc Sheridan will be hosting a clinic from 8:00-9:00 am, Thursday, June 20, at the pool. If you are interested, all you need to do is come by at 8:00 am.  We hope to see you there.

Clean Sport - United States Anti- Doping Agency (USADA) Resources:   Coaches: Understanding, complying with, and positively accepting antidoping rules are key to a level playing field. Coach's Advantage is an online tutorial that can help https://www.usada.org/resources/coach/   Athletes: Are you new to the testing pool or competing in a USADA tested event for the first time? Our antidoping 101 covers the basics of what you'll need to know! https://www.usada.org/athletes/antidoping101/   Why does USADA hand out 90 ML stickers at antidoping education presentations? Because that's how much urine an athlete must provide during...

How to Hydrate Your Athlete if They Don't Like Water If you have a picky athlete who doesn’t love the taste of water, or just one who’s constantly on the go and bad at remembering to regularly sip from a water bottle, it can be tricky to make sure that he or she is staying consistently and properly hydrated. Brianna Elliott, MS, RD, LD, shares a few tips for getting young athletes to consume more water throughout the day—even if they claim to ‘hate’ water. Visit Website

Dietary Supplements Tied to Health Problems in Young Adults Supplements claim to boost energy or build muscle, but they may compromise your health, according to a study published in The Journal of Adolescent Health. Roughly 1,000 people under the age of 25 reported medical issues linked to supplement use between 2005 and 2015. Food and Drug Administration records revealed that 40 percent of these patients experienced severe health events, such as hospital visits or disability, Time reported. What's more, 166 hospitalizations and 22 deaths were linked to supplements.  Read More

Youth Sports Parenting As a leading expert in youth sports, Fox News recently asked PCA to be featured in a segment focused on youth sports parenting and the effects it has on a child's youth sports experience. This was part of a three-piece segment on youth sports focusing on the rise of injuries, increasing costs, and "out of control" parents and coaches. PCA President Tina Syer appeared in the third segment about parent and coach behavior in youth sports.   View this clip (that reached 1.4 million viewers) featuring Tina...