This month’s featured webpage … Deck Pass
Deck Pass seems like USA Swimming’s mild attempt at social
media. It automatically awards digital
patches, based on what a swimmer does in the pool, and shares that information
with selected friends. They can see
what’s going on in your swimming world and you can see what’s going on in
theirs. One can earn patches for all
kinds of things, like setting a best time, meeting a goal, swimming in Arizona,
or sillier things like getting a time that ends in 99. The patches can be fun for young swimmers.
While the whole connect and share part of Deck Pass has
limited value (opinion mine), Deck Pass as a whole has real value. Deck Pass contains a swimmer’s entire swimming
history … every time achieved, for every event swum, at every meet attended. Well,
at least sanctioned meets. You won’t
find results from the September DART intra-squad meet in there … it was just a
practice meet.
In addition to the history repository, a swimmer can enter
and track goal times. They can see their
IMX score and see how it ranks against others.
Hmmm, IMX scores … fodder for a future post.
One can create a free Deck Pass account on USA Swimming’s
website with the link below. You will
want to create a separate account for each swimmer, as the creation process
will allow the account to be associated with a particular swimmer's history.
Parents may also create an account, but it has little use
beyond tracking orders from the USA Swimming online store. It doesn’t let you link to your swimmer(s),
like one would think.
Happy Patching!
