Practice 2011

Hello Wahoos and Welcome new Wahoos!!! We are so glad to have you joining us!

Practices start on Monday - can you believe it! We look forward to seeing you there - as a reminder before school gets out practices are as follows:

4:00-5:00 Intermediates/Seniors
5:00-5:30 Mites
5:30-6:30 Midgets/Juniors

Its also training clinic time for the upcoming summer season. Attendance of training (or USS Certification) is required to fill the certain positions during the swim meet. For most positions this training must be taken annually, the only exceptions are announcer and starter.
If you are USS Certified for any of these positions please let me know so that I can record it in my records. If you aren't please mark your calendars and be sure you attend one of the following sessions and let me know you are attending.

All of the classes are 1 hour or less - so it is not a major commitment, but your attendance is absolutely necessary to ensure the success of the season. Here's the schedule:

JRAC Officials Clinics 2011
Location & Date Strokes & Turns Referee Clerk of Course Announcer Starter Head Timer Head Table
Sunday, May 15th 6:15 - 7:15 7:20 - 8:00 6:00 - 7:00 5:00 - 5:30 5:30 - 6:00 6:30 - 7:00 6:00 - 7:00
Westwood Tommy Terrell Tommy Terrell Kirby Pierce Doug Stell Doug Stell Doug Stell Kathy Watson
Tuesday, May 17th 6:15 - 7:15 7:20 - 8:00 6:00 - 7:00 6:00 - 7:00 7:00 - 7:30 6:00 - 7:00
CCV Bev Harris Bev Harris Kirby Pierce Doug Stell Doug Stell Kathy Watson
Tuesday, May 24th 6:15 - 7:15 7:20 - 8:00 6:00 - 7:00 6:00 - 7:00 7:00 - 7:30 6:00 - 7:00
Walton Park Bev Harris Bev Harris Janet Ferrell Doug Stell Doug Stell Kathy Watson
Required: Annually Annually Annually Every 2 Years Every 2 Years Annually Annually

For those of you who have been with the program or involved with summer swimming for more than one season, I highly encourage you to select one of the positions above and get trained. The more folks we get trained to perform these roles the fewer times any one person has to fulfill the role during the summer. So get trained and help spread the wealth!

To help you decide where you would like to focus your training time, here are descriptions of each of the positions as well as the number of individuals we need to fill that position for each away meet and each home meet.

Position Description # at Away Meet # at Home Meet Notes
Referee Referee holds a meeting with the coaches 15 minutes before a dual meet at which time he shall review the Rules of the league and answer any questions pertaining to the meet. The referee coordinates the strokes and turns staff and also answers any questions during the course of the meet and provides support to the strokes and turns staff. Training required annually or USS certified. - 1
Strokes & Turns Two turns judges and two strokes judges are required for each meet. They ensure the swimmers are completing the strokes and turns legally. They are responsible for disqualifying swimmers when they complete a stroke or turn illegally. Training required annually or USS certified.

4
(2 per half)


4
(2 per half)


Our biggest need
Clerk of Course Organizes the swimmers into heats for each event. Training required annually.

2
(1 per half)


2
(1 per half)


Our next biggest need
Announcer The announcer along with the clerk of the course maintains the pace of the meet. The timing of the warm-ups, calls to the clerk of the course, and events on the block are announced. Results of evenuts are announced as soon as available. Announcer also plays the national anthem before each home meet. Training required every 2 years.

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1

Starter All heats go off the blocks after the starter's count and sounding of the buzzer. Must be USS certified or attended training within the past 24 months.

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1

Head Timer Head timer coordinates the timers during the meet and mans extra stop watches in case of timer error. Training is required annually.

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1

Head Table

Head Table worker coordinates the Table Workers who accumulate and enter the results of each heat swum during the meeting into the Meet Manager Software. The Head Table work takes any questions necessary to the Referee. Training is required annually.


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1


Thanks for doing your part to help the summer go smoothly!

See you at the pool!