Attendance: 75 were in attendance for
the largest turnout in our
history. The meeting was held at Westminster Schools in Robinson
Hall. We spent thirty
minutes scheduling and socializing.
New Coaches: Since there are so many new
coaches, they introduced
themselves.
Harvey Humphries: Harvey Humphries of
the University of Georgia
was the highlight of the meeting. He spoke on establishing a
coaching philosophy; gave us
some good drills; emphasized the importance of coaching the
whole person, not just the
swimmer; and encouraged us to develop low maintenance swimmers.
He gave us a very
emotional, educational, insightful, meaningful, and challenging
presentation. It is not
difficult to understand why his women=s team at the
University of Georgia are the National Champions. They indeed are a
happy group.
Treasurer=s Report: Kristina Nesbitt gave our financial report. We are solvent.
Membership applications and dues were received at the meeting.
If you have not yet joined
the GHSSCA, please contact Kristina at 917 Fairfield Drive,
Marietta, Georgia 30068, or by
phone at: (678) 560-9984, or by Email at: nesbitt@mindspring.com. .
President Terry Blish: Terry Blish
(Mairst) announced all of the
schools that had not picked up their All-State Certificates from
last year. The GHSSCA
Coaches Handbook, developed by Monica Erwin (Pope), were made
available to new coaches who
requested them.
Training Director: Pete Higgins
(Westminster) asked for updated
invitational meet information sheets and added information on
new meets for our web site
updating. He highlighted important information for our new state
meet structure in 2000,
and he reviewed the 1999 state meet stats. Congratulations were
extended to the 41 girls
and 17 boys who were named to the 1999 NISCA All-American teams.
Jeff Rosen (Wheeler)
suggested that we hold one of the state=s Rules Clinics in
conjunction with our fall GHSSCA meeting in 2000. This idea
was heartily endorsed by everyone and will be presented to the
GHSA for consideration. The
question of having commercial vendors attend our meetings was
brought up since a vendor
has asked permission to attend. It was decided after brief
discussion that the officers
will bring a proposal to our membership at our 2000 spring
meeting to be voted upon. If
you have ideas on this subject, let=s hear them. We need
your input. Since there are so many new coaches, the
contents of our GHSSCA web site were highlighted. Everyone is
urged to use the submit
forms on the web site for submitting dual meet scores, Top 10
times, and to update our
coaching directory. A plea was made for any suggestions or
comments that can help improve
our web site. This is your site, let us know what you need on
the site to help you become
a better coach and to make your coaching job easier. Please pass
on any suggestions for
discussion/program topics for our 2000 Spring meeting.
2000 Spring Meeting: The spring GHSSCA
meeting will be held at
Wheeler High School in Cobb County on February 26, 2000 at
10:00am. Proposed possible
agenda topics for the Spring meeting are discussion of
qualifying times for state meet;
having a member of the GHSA staff attend our GHSSCA meetings;
and a general review of the
divided state meets. Put this date on your calander.
