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POOL RULES MORNING SESSIONS

  • SWIMMERS SHOULD ARRIVE ON POOLSIDE BEFORE THE START OF THE SESSION

  • SWIMMERS WHO ARRIVE ON POOLSIDE AFTER SESSION START TIME WILL NOT THE ALLOWED TO SWIM IN THAT SESSION (FROM THE 2nd OCCURRENCE)
    – THIS WILL BE ADHERED TO

  • ALL SWIMMERS IN A LANE MUST START THE WARM UP TOGETHER

  • SWIMMERS SHOULD SWIM IN SPEED ORDER BASED ON THEIR PB FOR A PARTICULAR STROKE EXCEPT WHERE EXPRESSLY TOLD TO CHANGE)

  • LANE ALLOCATION FOR ALL SWIMMERS MAY VARY AND IS DETERMINED BY THE COACHES. IN GENERAL HOWEVER SWIMMERS WILL SWIM IN THE SAME LANE EVERY SESSION

  • NO TOILET BREAKS OR OTHER BREAKS DURING MAIN SETS

  • NO STOPPING DURING SWIMS EXCEPT AT THE ALLOCATED BREAKS

  • NO CHANGING STROKE DURING SWIM UNLESS EXPLICITLY TOLD TO DO SO

  • HANDS MUST BE KEPT ON THE BOARD DURING KICK DRILLS EXCEPT FOR ONE STROKE INTO THE TURN

  • ALL SWIMMERS MUST COMPLETE THE FORM SHOWING THE TIME EACH MORNING THAT THEY MUST LEAVE THE SESSION. IF UNDER 16 YRS THIS SHOULD SIGNED BY A PARENT AND SWIMMER

  • SWIMMERS SHOULD ATTEND ALL THEIR ALLOCATED SESSIONS UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED WITH HEAD COACH

  • SWIMMERS SHOULD BRING OWN FLOATS, PADDLES, PULL BUOYS ETC. TO EVERY SESSION (DUCKS ARE OPTIONAL BUT DESIRABLE)

  • SWIMMERS ARE REMINDED THAT PART OF THE CONDITIONS OF CONTINUED ALLOCATION TO SESSIONS IS THAT THEY AGREE TO REPRESENT THE CLUB IN THE STATED GALAS ETC. – EXCEPT WHERE AGREED WITH ORGANISER AND/OR COACH

  • ALL SWIMMERS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW ALL OF THESE RULES AT ALL SESSIONS

POOL RULES EVENING SESSIONS
  • ALL GENERAL MORNING RULES APPLY

  • THE ARRIVAL TIME AT EVENING SESSIONS WILL BE FLEXIBLE BUT SWIMMERS MUST BE CONSISTENT

  • SWIMMERS WHO REGULARLY DO NOT ATTEND A PARTICULAR SESSION WILL BE REPLACED GOING FORWARD FOR THAT SESSION

  • THE DURATION OF EVENING SESSIONS MAY VARY DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF WORK UNDERTAKEN