ASA Week 2 Newsletter and Week 3 Referees

June 9, 2023

Teams,

Another week in the books, hopefully you are back into the swing of things and now remember how a stopwatch works. We had another terrific set of meets, many of which were decided by a handful of points and we even had a tie in one meet. It is an official swim season, as we had some shaky weather on Tuesday. A reminder to teams, plan ahead if rain is in the forecast and have the conversation about your options in the event of bad weather several days in advance of the meet so you can manage your team’s expectations on how long you will wait out the weather. Remember, priority one is get everyone to safety, priority two figure out how to proceed from there to either delay or call the meet, work together cooperatively in the process. The full playbook on how to deal with that situation is in the rule book on pages 15-16.

If you are looking for an opportunity for your team to give back to the community I encourage you to consider Swim Across America. Their program benefits Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s AFLCA Children’s Cancer Research Program; as well as countless other programs aimed at ending childhood cancer. For more information about their program and how to contribute visit Swim Across America

Please keep providing feedback from your meets. I will pass it along to everyone, we all learn from mistakes and successes as we go. Your feedback is important and will allow the league to better the way it run its meets. So far, I think we have already been able to help several teams, thanks to this invaluable communication. Thanks to everyone for phoning or e-mailing your scores in a timely fashion. If you see that the score of your meet has not been reported, please e mail or phone it in ASAP.

Please communicate in advance of your meet with the other team about important details on your meet. The home team should reach out to the visiting team several days before the meet and iron out times for lineup exchange, expected arrival and warmup times at the pool, team seating location and specifics about how much shade their might be, concession information and possible restrictions, number of lanes of the pool, exhibition lanes in 5 lane pools, pool depth and starting requirements and availability of blocks, a full plan for what to do in case of inclement weather, a game plan for how long teams want to wait in the case of a weather delay, and possible makeup date and/or times, as well as any other pertinent info that will lead to a smooth meet.

Please click on Week 2 Newsletter to view this week's full rundown and meet scores.

Please click on Week 3 Referee Schedule

Good Luck This Season,

Franke Marsden

ASA