SWIMMERS’ RULES

1. Be on time for practice. If your coach has a dry land workout, he/she may request that you be at practice early. Please communicate with your coach. Swimmers are to arrive no earlier than 10 minutes prior to practice time. Following practice, swimmers are to be picked up within 10 minutes of the finish. Do not leave swimmers at the pool location unless a coach is present. If an emergency arises and a coach cannot make it to practice there are no alternate arrangements. Swimmers being dropped off early or picked up late because of carpool arrangements are to be supervised by that carpool driver.

2. Every single practice begins with a warm-up and ends with a warm-down. It is extremely important that each swimmer is in the water at the beginning of practice and completes the entire warm-up set. This not only mentally gears the swimmer up for the practice, but also more importantly, raises the athlete’s core temperature, which in turn loosens tendons, ligaments, and musculature for the demands that lay ahead. Warm-down reduces heart rate and breaks up lactic acid and other waste accumulated from the workload. This not only helps at the end of the workout, but also has an effect on recovery period for the following workout the next day. Most importantly, it is crucial in terms of injury reduction.

3. Attend practice regularly.

4. Bring your equipment and be ready, on deck, for workout: suits, caps, goggles, fins, buoys, paddles, etc.

5. NO PARENTS are allowed on the pool deck during practice. You may sit in the stands to observe practice.

6. The coach is in charge of discipline. He/she has the final word.

7. No talking when the coach is talking. Listen, learn, and collect as much knowledge as you can.

8. Treat all facilities and equipment with care and pride.

9. There is NO running anywhere on the pool center premises. There is no horseplay, climbing, or playing around the fences.

10. All food, candy, soda, and chewing gum are not to go beyond the pool lobby. None of these items are to be taken into the dressing rooms. All trash is to be put in trashcans.

11. Be neat and orderly with clothes in the locker rooms. Do not tamper with others’ belongings. Leave valuables at home.

12. Swimmers will obey all directions from the pool staff, coaching staff, and membership parents and do as they are told in a respectful manner.

13. Swimmers are NOT to engage in any language or action against another team member under any circumstances. This includes fighting, hazing, or other forms of inappropriate behavior.

14. Head lice should be treated as it is at school—a “nit-free policy.” The swimmer should stay away from workout until appropriate treatments are finished and all lice are gone. The coach should be informed of any instance of head lice.