Expectations & Rules

Swimmer Expectations

• Follow all rules: pool rules, swim team rules, and building rules. The lifeguards and other YMCA staff will enforce these.
• Respect the coaches, your fellow teammates and parents.
• Be at practice on time. Plan car pools so swimmers arrive at the designated time.
• Attendance: swimmers are encouraged to attend all their scheduled practices each week. This is one of the best ways to progress in your skill and endurance.
• Be prepared. Bring your own goggles, caps, towels and a good attitude!
• Stay at practice and in the water until it is time to go or until you are otherwise dismissed.
• Swim whatever workout is posted with an enthusiastic attitude.
• Sign up for meet events by the due date on the meet schedule.
• Be courteous when coaches are helping other swimmers - your turn will come.
• Put forth your best effort during practice and at meets.
• Each swimmer should congratulate other swimmers and those from other teams. Swimmers should stay in the water until everyone in that heat is finished. Remember that everyone is a winner if they put forth their best effort.

Team Rules

• The lifeguard on duty has full authority over the pool.
• Swearing and foul language are not acceptable.
• Please do not hang on lane lines.
• Absolutely no stopping in the middle of the pool unless the set calls for it. Again, this interferes with your teammates' workouts.
• Swimmers will conduct themselves appropriately in the locker rooms as well as everywhere else in the building. Horseplay will not be tolerated anywhere.
• No interfering with another swimmer's workout. We want everyone to excel.
• Use the rest room before and after practice - not during practice.
• Show respect for fellow swimmers. Don't make fun of, or pick on, each other.
• Pay attention and give your full cooperation when the coaches ask the swimmers to be quiet and listen.
• Swim the posted workout.
• If you do not follow team guidelines, the coaches reserve the right to ask you to leave and/or take away meet privileges.
• Swimmers may not use the hot tub during practice times unless they have the coaches permission (Swimmers under 15 not permitted at any time).
• If a swimmer is acting inappropriately, the coaches reserve the right to ask you to leave practice for the day.
• If swimmers would like to socialize, please come early or stay late - during practice is not an appropriate time.
• Coaches have the right to remove any swimmer or family from the team at any point during the season for behavior that is deemed inappropriate and/or harmful to the team or individuals on the team.