The Coaches shall:

1. Understand and accept the philosophy of the Gators.

2. Understand the Bylaws and policies of the Swim Parents’ Association.

3. Respond to parent concerns in a timely manner. Utilize the advice and counsel of the Swim Pro.

4. Provide active supervision of all practices, meets and swimming events.

5. Maintain an atmosphere at practice conducive to a good instructional program.

6. Familiarize themselves with the swimmers and their abilities. Assist each swimmer to develop individual goals for the swim season.

7. Provide instruction in all aspects of competitive swimming: i.e., starts, turns, touches and stroke improvement. Individual lessons and swim fundamentals shall be taught outside of team practice.

8. Cooperate with other club personnel.

9. Comply with the rules of the Northern California Swim League.

10. Prepare, deliver and post all league and non-league meet sheets. These sheets shall reflect the coach’s determination of consistent times, legal strokes and cooperative attitudes. The sheet shall be posted prior to each meet and remain unchanged unless the posted swimmer is unavailable. If a change is made, the coach shall notify the replacement swimmer, who should be the swimmer with the next fastest time.

11. Every eligible swimmer (except 6 & under) who attends practice regularly as required by the coach should swim a minimum of two individual events each week in either a league or non-league meet. The coach may establish minimum attendance standards for participation in meets.

12. The first time trial will be used as a guide in establishing a ranking for all swimmers. The coaches retain discretion in seeding meets according to the need of the team.

13. Subsequent rankings, updated from each meet, shall be determined by consistent times and legal strokes. First, second and third swimmers in each stroke will swim first, second and third at each league meet. League rules limit swimmer participation in league meets to three individual events and two relay events. The coaches retain discretion in seeding meets according to the need of the team.

14. A second time trial may be used to help prepare rankings for Championships. All swimmers meeting the criteria set forth in the League Bylaws will swim at Championships.

15. The coach shall post the last date for qualification for Championships.

16. All home non-league meets shall run according to United States Swimming (USS) rules governing disqualifying strokes, touches, turns, and starts.

17. Relays are a team event. The relay teams for dual meets and Championships are based on best times or coaches’ discretion.