Swim Team fee analysis. After

2. Changes in WAVE since June 2012
Stable coaching staff, reduced “subs” rate.
No cancelled practices for holidays or social activities.
Held practices during Christmas Break.
Held Clinics during August (break).
Reduced volunteer hours to 20 per family (from 25).
Did not collect unfulfilled volunteer hours for 2012.

3. Modified tally of volunteer hours to accommodate swim meet
schedule (Sep-Aug).
Did not host meet for 2 years.
HC volunteered in committee at PacSwim Zone 1 South to
compensate for lack of hosted meets.
Increased roster from 86 to 145 swimmers.
New Varsity group to meet community need.
Changes in WAVE since June 2012

4. WAVE vs. our neighbors
How WAVE hours and fees compare to other teams in the
area.
Different team structure (Institution Own)
What WAVE needs to do in order to fulfill the swimmers and
City needs.
Modified Dry-land from 3 to 5 days a week, increasing 30
minutes total in a week.
No annual fees (most teams from $60 to $200).
No attendance requirements.

5. How WAVE hours and fees
compare to other teams
in the area?

6. Methodology
• Teams in a 10 mile radius
• Sample 3 groups representing 3 different age groups,
times and fees.
• Sample equivalent groups in other teams
• Record hours and fees
• Obtain hourly rate per team
• Compare and graph results

7. Teams in a 10 miles radius

8. Club Group Hrs/Wk $/ Month $/Hr
DACA
Yellow 4 107 26.75
Blue 6 172 28.67
Senior 12 230 19.17
Tempo
White 3.45 125 36.23
Green 6 125 20.83
Blue 11.5 145 12.61
Gold 3.45 80 23.19
Swim South Bay JV Plus 5 100 20.00
Varsity 9.5 120 12.63
Instructional 1 3 110 36.67
Los Gatos PB Developmental 1 7.5 125 16.67
Pre Senior 13.5 160 11.85
Bronze 3.45 85 24.64
Osprey Golde 6 103 17.17
Senior 2 12.5 125 10.00
Members 3.45 125 36.23
Los Gatos S&R No-Members 12 166 13.83
Begineers 3.45 108 31.30
Milpitas Intermediate 6 118 19.67
Advance 11.5 128 11.13
Santa Clara SC PreComp 3.45 100 28.99
White Bell 5 100 20.00
Gray 3.45 72 20.87
Wave Pre Junior 6 72 12.00
Senior 11.5 77 6.70

9. NOTES
Used Wave’s No Resident fees; it represents the majority
majority of our team.
Used 3 out of 7 groups as representative of the team.
Tempo has no details of hours, used Wave hours.
Los Gatos S&R has only 2 fees, Members and No-Members.
Milpitas is out of town but is City-Owned, as Wave.
Peak is out of the analysis due to extremely high fees (more
than 12 ex-Wave swimmers transferred to Peak)

10. 0.00
5.00
10.00
15.00
20.00
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35.00
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DACA Yellow Tempo White SSB Gold LGPB Instruct
1
Osprey
Bronze
LGSR
Members
MTW
Begineers
SCSC
PreComp
Wave Gray

11. 0.00
5.00
10.00
15.00
20.00
25.00
30.00
35.00
DACA Blue Tempo Green SSB JV Plus LGPB Develop
1
Osprey Gold MTW
Intermediate
SCSC White
Bell
Wave Pre
Junior

12. 0.00
5.00
10.00
15.00
20.00
25.00
DACA Senior Tempo Blue SSB Varsity Pre Senior Osprey Senior
2
LGSR No-
Members
MTW Advance Wave Senior

13. Our goal
To provide affordable quality
swimming instruction to our
community while achieving
financial sustainability

14. -Extremely low fees
-No changes in fee structure in more than 2
years
-Disparity in hour/week/ fee structure
-Team sustainability is in jeopardy

15. Groups Hrs/ Wk/Water Hrs/ Wk/Dry Total Hrs/Wk Actual Fees New Fees
Senior 12 2.5 14.5 77 115
Junior 10 2.5 12.5 72 99
Varsity 5 3.75 8.75 72 90
Pre-junior 6 N/A 6 72 85
Black 3.75 N/A 3.74 72 77
Gray 3.75 N/A 3.75 72 77
White 2.25 N/A 2.25 57 60
Pre-Comp 1.5 N/A 1.5 50 53

16. Solutions
Increase fees across all different groups taking in
consideration amount of hours of swimming per week
(while being more affordable than our neighbors)
Increase family participation to support fundraising
efforts
In conjunction with families find out new fundraising
opportunities to delay fee increases (Swimathlon,
raffles, clothing sales, etc)

17. Open to Discussion

18. Thank you!