Officials Training Information
Our sport has a unique approach to hosting swim meets. Unlike other sports, we rely 100% on the incredible efforts of our dedicated PARENT VOLUNTEERS and PARENT OFFICIALS. We do not bring in any outside officials. Instead, it is the commitment of our parents that ensures the smooth and successful execution of every meet. Your invaluable contributions truly make our swim team a shining example of unity and support.
Join our incredible team of parent volunteers and parent officials, and make a meaningful impact on your child's swimming journey. We can't stress enough how vital your involvement is to the success of our swim meets.
To ensure that we always have a strong group of officials on deck, it’s important that we have new volunteers getting certified in these important positions. We warmly invite you to participate in our recertification or certification programs. Don't worry if you're new to officiating; we provide shadow training on deck and share officiating responsibilities during meets, so you won't have to handle the entire event alone.
Please register for the Stroke and Turn Officials Training below if you haven't been certified yet. If you're already a Stroke and Turn Certified official, we encourage you to register for the Ref/Starter Training. Your dedication and support mean the world to our Indian Head Torpedoes Swim Team!
Quick rundown of important dates:
- Stroke and Turn/How to get certified/8 June deadline
- Referee/Starter/, Classes via zoom 19, 22 May 7 PM, need to sign up
- Hy-Tek Team manager training need to sign up 17 May deadline
Let's dive into the details!
From Princemont:
Stroke and Turn Training
We are excited to announce that PMSL will be utilizing the new USA Swimming officials' training course this year for Stroke & Turn. As in the past, this course can be used to become or recertify as a USA-S certified stroke and turn if you are interested. PMSL decided to use the course since we follow USA-S rules and since it provides you the opportunity to complete the course anytime you are available.
Courses must be completed and documentation filed with PMSL by Saturday, June 8th to qualify to work the 1st weekend of PMSL meets. After the first weekend of meets, courses must be completed, and documentation filed by the Wednesday prior to working your first Saturday meet. The courses are completely FREE.
Please note that you will first need to create a logon with USA-S (USA-Swimming). There are TWO courses that must be completed to become Stroke & Turn certified:
1. Foundations of Officiating
2. Stroke & Turn Certification
Please use the attached instructions to access the Stroke & Turn courses and establish your USA-S logon.
As a reminder, if you are an USA Swimming certified official, you need to complete the PMSL Officials Form and upload your "Official member card" AND "official history" using this link: https://forms.gle/
For the official member card, go to your dashboard and click to view My member card. For the official history, go to Officials and choose my official history.
Referee/Starter/CJ Training
The Referee/Starter/CJ course for PMSL will still be taught via Zoom and the test will still be administered separately online. Attendees MUST have worked as a Stroke & Turn official in PMSL for at least one year or be a USA-Swimming certified stroke & turn in good standing before attending.
The course will be held on the following dates:
Sunday, May 19th at 7 p.m. Link: us02web.zoom.us/j/
