4033 W. Maple RdBloomfield Hills, MI
Parent Handbook
The definitive guide to being part of our swim team.
Established in 1967, the Sharks have helped thousands of children of any skill level develop into confident and skilled swimmers. Summer swim is a sport like no other. Your child will have memories and friendships that will last them a lifetime. We offer various programs where any child of any age and any skill can participate and have a blast! We are looking forward to a fun and exciting swim season. Please use this handbook as a helpful resource throughout the summer. It provides information about dual meets, big buddies, MICSA finals, and many interesting topics.
Calendar Sync To Apple, Android, Web
The BAC Sharks calendar supports syncing (creating & updating) events to your mobile phone, tablet, Gmail, Outlook, and more. This is done by way of providing an “iCal” feed of calendar events thru a URL, which can be added to various calendar software that supports it.
Our calendar also supports categories — which let’s us publish calendar events that are most relevant to you. For example, if you only care about syncing calendar events for meets, you can choose to only add our “Meets & Events” calendar to your phone. Or you can also include our “Practice Group – Tigersharks” calendar as well to your phone.
Apple / iCal
Open your iCal calendar app on your phone. Scroll to the bottom and select “Calendars”. A drop down will appear select “Add Subscription Calendar”. Copy and paste the desired group calendar URL (that are below) into the subscription URL box. Click “Add”. If you are interested in more detailed instructions (along with screenshots), please visit our Apple Calendar Guide.
NOTE: if you don’t use Apple iCal and prefer Gmail, you can follow the instructions below for Android.
Android / Gmail
To setup our various calendars on your Android device (or Gmail), login to Google Calendar -> Click + and select “Other Calendars” -> Click + to “Add Calendar” or “Add Friends Calendar” > From URL > Paste the URLs below into the Google URL field > Click [Add Calendar]
Time Delay
Google and Apple will usually only refresh an iCal feed every 3-24 hours on your device. If an event is updated or added, please expect about a 24 hour delay before its reflected on your calendar. For time critical updates, the swim team will send an email out to our mailing list since the calendar updates may not have hit your device yet.
Available Calendars
Swim Meets & Events: https://bacsharks.com/ical/meets-and-events.ics
Group – Fins (Mon/Wed/Fri 10am): https://bacsharks.com/ical/fins-3.ics
Group – Fins (Mon/Wed/Fri 11am): https://bacsharks.com/ical/fins-1.ics
Group – Fins (Tue/Thu/Sat 10am): https://bacsharks.com/ical/fins-4.ics
Group – Fins (Tue/Thu/Sat 11am): https://bacsharks.com/ical/fins-2.ics
Group – Tigersharks: https://bacsharks.com/ical/tigersharks.ics
Group – Hammerheads: https://bacsharks.com/ical/hammerheads.ics
Group – Jaws: https://bacsharks.com/ical/jaws.ics
Meet Mobile App
There is a mobile app called Meet Mobile for Android and iOS which will provide meet results in near real-time for most dual meets, MICSA finals, and invitational meets.
Meet Mobile transforms the swim meet experience for fans, swimmers, coaches and meet hosts alike. From the largest national qualifying trials in the country to the smallest swim meets, get access to meet programs from all over the world, including heat sheets, psych sheets and real-time results. Download Meet Mobile now to follow your favorite swimmers and swim meets.