Practice
cancellations will be posted on this web site.
SUMMER SEASON
Morning practices will be held at Burdette
Park unless the weather or water conditions seem likely to
interfere with the swimmers ability to perform effectively during
practice. If that is the situation, practice will be held at MVJHS
at the scheduled time.
The coaching staff will make a decision on
practice location prior to 5:30 AM and it will be posted on this
website. If there are current or likely storms or if the water
temperature is under 76 degrees practice will likely be held at
MVJHS.
Contact Coach Zoller at 812-453-2758 if it
is uncertain where AM practice will be held.
WINTER SEASON
Practices, usually will not be canceled
unless there is an early MSDMV school dismissal or it is the most
severe of weather conditions such as blizzards and ice storms.
Common sense has to be used in poor weather situations. If a coach
is willing to be at a practice and families feel safe in getting
their swimmers to practice, practice will be held.
In poor weather conditions the following
policies will be followed:
1. No one would be required to come to a
practice or verbally reprimanded for not attending a practice due
to conditions their parents do not feel comfortable to drive
in.
2. Each family makes their own decision as to the safety and
comfort level they have with driving in unusual weather. We have
parents from all over the USA on the team. A person from the upper
Midwest or New England might have a very different attitude of safe
winter road conditions and levels of driving comfort then a person
from the southern part of the USA might have.
3. Some parents have vehicles/tires that are well suited for
unstable weather conditions. They chose those vehicles/tires so
that they could safely travel the roads in varied conditions.
4. Team members live different distances and have different driving
situations to get to the pool. We have members who live a few
blocks away and can walk to practice. We also have swimmers who
have an hour’s drive. And we have other swimmers who live in
rural areas where roads are maintained poorly. Because of these
varied situations not everyone can be viewed as the same. Some
swimmers have no problem making it to practice while other should
not even consider it.
5. Schools are canceled because of the driving conditions in the
rural roads. Not everyone lives in those types of
areas.
