St. Lucia Hosts Successful FINA Swimming Officials Clinic
FINA TSC Chairman Carol Zaleski (USA) and FINA TSC Honorary Secretary Søren Korbo (DEN) were the lecturers of the FINA Swimming Officials School successfully hosted by the St. Lucia Amateur Swimming Association at the Bay Garden Hotel in Gros Islet (LCA). The School had a total 72 participants, 61 local and 11 coming from neighbouring islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Cayman Islands, Guyana, Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago.
St. Lucia is one of the small federations within the FINA Family. With a total population of almost 180,000, the Swimming Federation consists of seven clubs, which have about 250 licensed members.
In 2017, St. Lucia will be host to the Commonwealth Youth Games. A new 50m pool will be constructed for the occasion and will be the first 50m pool on the island.
Young swimmers from the local clubs
The participants were very active in both the theory and pool session, which was held at the Rodney Heights Aquatics Centre, an outdoor 25m pool with eight lanes. Girls and boys from the local St. Lucian clubs took part in the pool practice, which included 50m and 100m events as well as a 4x50m medley mixed relay.
(courtesy of FINA TSC Honorary Secretary Søren Korbo)
HIGH POWERED OFFICIALS CLINIC
Regional officials benefitted from a successful high powered two day Officials Clinic organized by the St Lucia Amateur Swimming Association and sponsored by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) over the weekend 5th and 6th April 2014 at The Bay Gardens Hotel
Conducted by the two most senior Technical officials in FINA, the clinic was well attended by 61 St Lucians and 11 persons from the region.
Conducted by Carol Zaleski , Chairman of the FINA Technical Swimming Committee (TSC) and Søren Korbo, FINA TSC Honorary Secretary, the regional officials were lectured by the very FINA Technical officials who advise the international federation on technical matters.
The programme ran from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day, in the Conference Room at the Bay Gardens Hotel and all participants will have an opportunity to put their new-found skills into immediate use, as the RHAC Invitational Swim Meet will be held on 10th to 13th April.
Senior Officials of SLASA, President Lance Arnold and Secretary Joyce Huxley voiced their strongest satisfaction with the clinic being awarded to St Lucia and the ability of St Lucia to successfully execute the clinic
The Course content was
Competition Management:
ýý Local Standards
ýý FINA Standards
Timekeeping:
ýý Electronic Timing
ýý Using Stopwatches
The Competitive Strokes:
ýý Butterfly
ýý Backstroke
ýý Breaststroke
ýý Freestyle
ýý Medley Swimming
Relays
Officials’ Decision Making
The Race:
ýý Disqualifications
ýý The 5 Toughest Calls in Swimming
ýý FINA Swimming Rule Quick Reference Card
ýý Protests
Seeding of Heats, Semi-Finals and Finals
The Start
- Video
Duties and Power of the Officials:
ýý Referee
ýý Starter
ýý Control Room Supervisor
ýý Desk Control (other than for Olympic Games and World Championships)
ýý Clerk of Course (Last Call Room)
ýý Chief Inspector of Turns
ýý Inspectors of Turns
ýý Judges of Stroke
ýý Chief Timekeeper
ýý Timekeepers
ýý Chief Finish Judge
ýý Finish Judges
ýý Reserves
World Records:
ýý Long Course
ýý Short Course
FINA Swimming Officials Lists
ýý Criteria
Selection of Officials for World Championships and Olympic Games
ýý Criteria
FINA Points Time Table
The Professional Official
Pool Practice
Examination
Evaluation
