Meet Standardization | 2025 (Work in Progress)
MEET SET UP:
- Pre-Designated TEAM AREAS with signage if possible
- Meet Management: Home team provides tents, if not inside
- Power is a must .
- Each team bring power strips/extension cords.
- Home team should education visiting team is something is different than most pools.
- Home Team provides WiFi or hotspot and tables for both teams data set up.
- Pre-Meet Email to Visiting Team by Thursday evening at 6:00pm
- Parking info, Warnings (ex: GG – don’t park within 30′ of intersection in front of pool, don’t park in neighboards, etc)
- Food offerings (Food truck, in-house concessions, etc)
- WiFi/Power for data management
- Team Area for swimmers
- Breaks: (Ex: After freestyle, first half/second half – volunteer switch)
- If 4 or 5 lanes available, remind visiting team for seeding purposes
- Data Entry and Meet Merge
- To be discussed at meeting, lots of options
- Options
- Home team: Enter Girls, Visiting team: Enter Boys
- Enter your own, Merge by 11:00pm
- Flip Charts: Use it…it’s a requirement – helps timers/scribes
MEET DIRECTOR:
- Ultimately, in charge of meet flow. Should ONLY be the MD, no other jobs, except Head SJ.
- Should have a map of pool layout, including SJ positions
- Check in at Score Table/Data Entry & Awards, periodically
- Can’t be Head Coach, per Bylaws.
- Reminds SJs to watch “fingers and toes” (takeoffs).
- MD should consider wearing a bright colors – hang out in the same place (ex: by Announcer/Starter)
- Reiterate at TIMERS meetings – get over edge of pool to stop clocks
- Provide feedback to Starter (too fast, too slow). Watch build up at Ready Bench
- Rotate SJs at the end of each event.
- Current Clinic Attendance is required.
STROKE JUDGES:
- Supply clipboards, DQ sheets & pens/pencils for BOTH TEAMS
- Supply flags: SJs including Relay SJ’s.
- Call for MD if Coach is out of control (or parents)
- Rotate after each stroke
- Watch ½ pool, turns, takeoffs – NOT STARTS (that’s the Starter’s job)
- Relay Take Offs: Thumbs up, thumbs down. No discussion.
- Current Clinic Attendance is required.
STARTER:
- Start from START END OF POOL
- Know where extra watches are
- In charge of flow, work with announcer and Ready Bench.
READY BENCH:
- Home Team provides HEAD READY BENCH
- No Coaches in RB area, Tent Parents/Helpers allowed
- Only Home RB person releases swimmers to edge of Pool
- Work with Starter
- Ready Benches at both ends of pool if possible
- Fill lanes on Ready Bench
TIMERS:
- PreAssigned by each team, assign lanes
- Lanes 1-3-5 (Home). 2 Visitor Timers, 1 Home Timer
- Lanes 1-4-6 (Visitor). 2 Home Timers, 1 Visitor Timer
- Scribes – Assign according to DIVISION vote