3 weeks to go! How to work with DCT
With just three weeks until our first training session of 2021 I thought I’d start a series of blog posts about how to work with DCT.
This post focuses on your membership and training options and associated paperwork (although in this online world there actually isn’t any actual paper involved!).
Summary
The graphic above summarises the key components of how anyone can create their own DCT training package.
In a bit more detail…….
Disclaimer
Everyone who wants to swim with DCT must complete a disclaimer before their first swim. Whilst the disclaimer element is important, it is so much more than that. It gives us all the details that we need to work with you, it lets us know about you, what you’re training for, when your swim is and ensures that we have up to date emergency contact details for you. We need your details to add you to our beach signing-in app, so this needs to be done well before your first session with us.
Some swimmers who have already taken out their membership and / or training subscriptions have not yet completed this step. I’ll be sending out regular reminders these swimmers. If you could complete this step it would be appreciated.
Training options
There are three choices for paying for your training:
Pay for the entire season in one go. You will require a membership subscription to take this option. Your account will include a voucher code enabling you to book your swims during the period of your subscription. Night swims or intensive training weeks are not included.
Pay monthly via a subscription. You can then book any swims during your subscription period without additional cost, your account will include a voucher code enabling you to book your swims during the period of your subscription. Night swims or intensive training weeks are not included. You will require a membership subscription take this option. Please note that if you take out your subscription before 1st May, I will move your next payment to 1st June so that you don’t pay for a period of time with no training.
Pay as you go. You can book and pay for your swims on a swim by swim basis. Membership is optional with this method. Those who do take out membership are entitled to a £2 discount on any standard training swims booked (please contact me for your discount code as it doesn’t apply automatically).
Which option you choose is entirely up to you. It becomes progressively cheaper per session the more you train with us.
NB, anyone who selects Friends of DCT membership is also entitled to two free training sessions.
Soloists - your training fee includes your feeds.
Training pods
Any swimmer who opts for one of the subscription options will be placed into one of our training pods. This will mean that you will have a nominated contact point on the beach who will set your training plan each week. That same person will be there to answer your questions after training each weekend (or one of the other pod leaders if they are not available).
We’ll set up WhatsApp groups so that you can stay in touch during the week as well. If you want a zoom call, I can arrange for this, it would be hosted within your pod (not by your pod leader).
You’ll still be part of the larger group as normal, it simply means that we have the best of both worlds - the buzz of a large group and the more individual approach of a small team.
Select Training Subscriptions from the first dropdown. Please remember to cancel your subscription if / when you no longer wish to train with us.
Booking online
QR code for our booking app
All training sessions must be booked online in advance. This is particularly important in our COVID-19 world.
When you book your first session you’ll receive a link to be able to book via an app rather than the website. This is the QR code for app.
Membership
Membership is optional for anyone who chooses to pay as you go for training and is required for anyone who takes out a training subscription.
Your membership includes:
Membership card
SIPE alert card
Wall planner
Free access to the weekly community calls
There is also a ‘Friends of DCT’ membership class which includes an optional DCT calendar instead of the wall planner and two free training sessions during the period of your membership.
Select Membership from the first dropdown. Please remember to cancel your subscription if / when you no longer wish to train with us.
That’s it for now. Please let me know if you have any questions. Expect more information about the upcoming season next week.
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