A Great Way to Get Involved with Your ACE Swimmer - Become a Swim Meet Official!
• Do you enjoy getting involved with youth sports?
• Do you want to make sure ACE kids can have meets?
• Would you like to get to know other swim parents from ACE and other swim clubs in the area?
• Would you like to gain a fuller understanding of swimming and youth sports in general?
If you answered YES to any of these questions, consider becoming an official for ACE and Midwestern Swimming.
Contact
Dan Bralita, MW Officials Chair
Common Questions:
Do you need have been a competitive swimmer? NO. You just need to want to learn more about the sport.
What is required to become a Stroke & Turn Judge?
1 Become a Non-Athlete Apprentice Official Member of USA Swimming. ACE will reimburse all of your expenses to become an Official upon receipt of your certification. Contact the ACE Club Manager to learn more about how ACE supports our Officials.
2 Complete a few required online courses provided by USA Swimming
3 Work as an apprentice with experienced Officials on deck at four sessions of sanctioned competition. This is easy to complete, just schedule with the Meet referee when your child is signed up to swim a meet. This can easily be arranged by contacting Dan Bralita at [email protected]
Do I have to be a Stroke & Turn Official or is there another type of Official needed?
If you are not interested in being a Stroke & Turn Official, there is always a need for Administrative Officials.
Administrative Officials (also known as AO's) are much needed officials. These individuals either run the computer system's meet management software at the timing table, or works along side the computer operator to ensure that all the swimmers' times are correct when results are finalized in order to send onto the USA Swimming SWIMS database as the swimmer's official recorded time.
When will you work?
When you choose to!!!
All MWS Officials are encouraged to work any session of any meet that they might normally be attending anyway.
Does ACE really need Meet Officials? YES!!! We always need parents across all age groups to become officials in order for ACE and Midwestern Swimming to be able to conduct meets for our swimmers. Plus, this is a great way to fulfill your MeeCREW hours while being involved with your child's sport.
Do you need to have been with ACE for a period of time?
NO. Becoming an Official is actually a great way for swim parents to get involved in the club and to learn about competitive swimming.
