Florida Gold Coast Swimming

Please review the above link carefully. This is information about how we train and certify going forward.

Be sure you are receiving officials emails from: [email protected]

LSC Officials' Certification Standards - Frequently Asked Questions

2024 is a Recertification Year

Please refer to this Google Form and complete it when you have met the requirements to get recertified. USA Swimming is changing the certification/recertification process in 2024. We are not sure when it will take effect, so the sooner you meet our recert requirements, the better. Please complete your recertification according our FGC LSC Guidelines and notify our LSC Official's Chair by completing the Google Form. You must complete this form or we will not know you completed everything.

REMINDER - 2024 Rule Book may now be purchased through SwimOutlet.

UPDATES FOR ALL OFFICIALS

Information from USA Swimming regarding 12 and Under Tech Suit Requirements.

Learn about high school swimming and how to get involved.

CONCUSSION TRAINING

If you have not completed your Concussion Protocol Training please do so as soon as possible. Follow this link to the USA Swimming website. There you can choose from two training options. Once you have completed the training and receive your certificate, please email it to Dick Cavanah: [email protected], to be put in SWIMS. Once in SWIMS, your Deck Pass will be updated. If you have questions, please review this document.

National Certification

The Officials Committee encourages our Officials to improve their craft. One way to do this is to advance from your FGC certification to the N2 and N3 Level.

Follow this link and see if you are ready for the next level or recertification.

Click here to go to the USA Swimming Web Site Officials Page.

CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR OFFICIAL NAME TAG

Officials Committee

Official's Chair	Steven Goldman	[email protected]
Assistant Chair	Kathy Fish	[email protected]
Broward	Allan Golding	[email protected]
Athlete Representative	Reese Rosenthal
Dade	Deb Gembicki	[email protected]
Dade	Juan Pelaez	[email protected]
Martin	David Katz	[email protected]
Palm Beach	Scott Boggs	[email protected]
Palm Beach	Dee Herfurth	[email protected]
Open Water	Hector Acevedo	[email protected]
At-Large	Felix Gonzalez	[email protected]

Introduction

Welcome to the world of swim officiating! This page contains all the information you need to become an entry level swim official. If you have any questions, or for more information, please contact Steve Goldman.

Why Be An Official?

There are lots of great reasons to become a swim official…

We need you! Maybe it looks to you like we have plenty of folks on deck…but the fact is that at most meets we have about half the number of folks we need to effectively officiate!
Contribute meaningfully to the sport! Sitting in the stands or in a lawn chair on deck is better than not showing up for your children, but becoming an official demonstrates to them the kind of parent you are --- caring and active.
Great view! You are right there at the point of the action.
Hospitality! At most all meets you are ‘fed and watered’ to your hearts content.
Camaraderie! Meet and make friends with lots of other folks from all over your area and the state, and enjoy the energy and spirit of the officials group.
We are NOT little league…in swimming, unlike many sports, we pay for professional coaching, and rely on volunteer officials…that’s the way it should be, not the other way around!

What do ‘Stroke and Turn Judges’ do?

The officials help the coaches and swimmers by maintaining a fair competitive environment. Stroke and Turn Judges (S/T) will observe the swimmers after the start and report any violations of the stroke and turn rules to the Referee. Officials should never incorrectly report a violation of the rules, as it is expected that all reports are based on 100% certainty that what is reported as a disqualification is a violation of the rules. The swimmers ALWAYS get the benefit of the doubt!

Officials—Levels

Swimming officials are divided into several levels, and once you have become a S/T judge, you can choose to progress to additional levels if you wish. There is no level more important than the Stroke and Turn level, but you learn additional skills at each level. The additional levels are:

• Starter

• Deck Referee

• Meet Referee

• Clinical Instructor (someone who teaches clinics)

How To Become An Official

Please click this LINK to learn how to start your swim officiating journey.

Officiating Videos from USA Swimming

Butterfly

Backstroke

Breaststroke

Freestyle

Individual Medley