The Blue Dolphins' Team Store
2011 Team Wear
Every year we have a team "uniform" for our swimmers to help build team spirit and unity and help the coaches find them on the starting blocks. The basic item in this is our team suit; we also have a team racing cap and team t-shirt available every year
Our Online Registration system will allow you to order all of these items online, either when
registering or upon returning to your family account after you've registered your swimmer.
There are links at the bottom of this page to take you straight to the Online Team Wear order process
or to download paper order forms.
Team Suits
Last year, after polling our members and speaking with two suppliers, we made our decision to switch to a solid color suit with our team logo printed on it and using that suit every year. We believe that was a wise choice and that our team looked really sharp last year.
Accordingly, we will be using the same solid color suit in sapphire blue (roughly the shade in these pictures but a little "brighter") with our logo silk screened onto the suit in Green and White. These suits provide each gender with two optional styles. The girls' can get either a "Flyback" suit with narrow shoulder straps (shown at right) or a "SuperPro" Back suit with wider shoulder straps. The boys can get either a "jammer" style suit (shown at left) or a "brief" style suit that does not have any "legs".
The girls' suits have the logo on their chest in the area indicated in the drawings at left (“Your Logo”) while the boys' suits have the logo either on the right leg for a jammer style suit or centered on the back of the suit just below the waist for a brief style suit.
We have a Suit Sizing Chart that you can refer to in determining the size you need to order.
Because each suit has to have the logo printed to it, the suits must be ordered about a ten days to two weeks before they will be needed. We have added them to the items you can order online for those of you that know what size you will need so we can get them to you ASAP. We anticipate sending in our first order immediately after the team outfitting (on Thursday, May 5th during practices) and then every other week for the balance of May and into early June. We also have a few suits left over from last year that we can deliver immediately.
Racing Caps
Almost all our girls and several of our boys wear racing caps to practice and compete in. While we
encourage you to use inexpensive caps for practice (usually $4 - $6), we do have a very nice silicone
cap with our team logo on it. This cap is more expensive ($10 - $12.50) so we encourage you to use
them in meets only to make sure they last the season.
We plan to order these caps with swimmers' names on them again this season or you can get them with just the team logo (we have about 12 caps in stock from last year without names). Once we place this order in mid-May, you will only be able to get the caps without names as we will order a small stock of these to get us through the season.
New Vendor
After trying a new local vendor for our team wear in 2010, we have decided to go back to our previous vendor, Total Team Ware out of Orlando. They are a major supplier of competitive swim wear, accessories and equipment to most of the major teams throughout the southeast.
They will be at our Thursday, May 5th practices to allow you to try on and order team suits and to purchase other items like practice suits and caps, goggles, etc.
They will also leave us a "fitting kit" to use to determine the proper suit size for those that are unable to make it that night. You can also go to their web site (we have a link on our "Links" page) and order the "non-team" items like practice suits, goggles, etc.
Ordering Your Team Wear
While we will accept paper orders at the fitting and practice for these items, the best way to order and receive your team wear will be through the Online Registration system as mentioned above. If you have already established your Family Online Account, you can go there to place your order for all these items - just click on the button below once we are accepting orders (beginning April 1st).
If you haven't registered online yet, you will have the option to order the suits, caps and t-shirts when you register each child. Use the Online Registration Link at the left of this page to go to that part of our web site.