Volunteer assignments
Stroke and Turn Judge
- Observe swimmers for proper stroke, legal turns, and finishing
- Determine if swimmers need to be disqualified (DQ)
- REQUIREMENTS: GASL Training prior to season (training sessions offered)
- PRIOR TO TRAINING, PLEASE WATCH THESE VIDEOS: https://www.usaswimming.org/officials/officials-training-videos
- Keeps the events moving along consistently
- Announce events, calls swimmers up for events
- Operates “Start System” to begin each heat
- Judges false starts
- REQUIREMENTS: GASL Training prior to season (training sessions offered)
- Three timers at the start/finish of each lane time the swimmers with stopwatches
- One of the three timers also records the swimmers times
- REQUIREMENTS: None
- Keeps a “master” time on a stopwatch in case a Timer’s watch malfunctions
- Assigns Timers in each lane to ensure proper number and combination exists
- Checking visually to make sure all Timers are ready for next event
- REQUIREMENTS: None
- Use meet program to assemble swimmers in order for every event
- Manages Lane Organizers
- REQUIREMENTS: patience
- Line up swimmers on benches and walk to starting end of pool
- Work with Kid Finder to locate swimmers that have not checked in
- REQUIREMENTS: patience
- Works with Lane Organizer to locate swimmers if they have not checked in
- REQUIREMENTS: None
- Collects the recorded swim times from the Timers and delivers them to the IT/Computer table
- REQUIREMENTS: None
- Assist in reading times to scorekeeper for data entry (Away meets)
- Cross check entered data against actual Timer sheets
- Assemble clipboards with event sheets for Timers (Home meets)
- Ensure enough programs are assembled and distributed for all coaches and essential positions (Home meets)
- REQUIREMENTS: None
- Adhere printed labels onto appropriate ribbons
- File completed ribbons into file box by age group for coach to hand out at Monday practice
- Assist scorekeeper with various duties
- REQUIREMENTS: None
- Watches each heat to determine winner of heat
- Hand out “Heat Winner” ribbons to the swimmer that won the heat
- REQUIREMENTS: None
- Assist in Concessions with selling and distribution of all food items
- Replenish food items during meet, work with grillers
- Provide water cups for Relief Worker to distribute during meet
- Set up and clean up of concessions items and area
- Possibly sell and work a snow cone machine
- Grill burgers, hot dogs for duration of meet
- Fully set up pool according to directions prior to meet
- Saturday meets – set up takes place the night before (shortly before 8PM)
- Any weeknight meets – set up takes place the afternoon of the meet between 3-4pm
- Take down takes place immediately following meet until all items are put away and everything is back in place
- REQUIREMENTS: None – directions for set up will be provided