Hasentree Hammerheads

Goals for parents/swimmers:

• Work as a unified team (swimmers, parents, and coaches) respecting all others, including opponents.
• Provide support through volunteer work and being an active parent or swimmer to the best of your ability.
• We make our short time together effective and productive with goals of improved swimming skills through hard work in a fun environment.

Swimmers:

• Be ready and on time for practice with goggles and swim cap.
• Replace horseplay with hard work giving FULL attention and cooperation to the coaches.
• Exercise basic practice principles -No talking while coach is talking, keep hands to yourself, NO foul language or gestures, ready and listening for coaches’ instructions, follow protocol for practice etiquette – don’t be a bully – no aggressive play.
• Do not complain about difficult practices – just do your best – coaches see hard work.
• Remain in the practice for the entire practice time.
• Report any misconduct by other swimmers to coaches (don’t allow someone else’s misbehavior be your problem – don’t be bullied)
• Report any injuries immediately to coaches.
• Meet protocol – be on time and in place and ready to swim your events, use positive encouraging language to both teams, win gratefully, lose graciously, stay inside the designated pool area for the meet (off playgrounds or other), stay on our team’s designated side, care for our facilities.
• Vandalism will not be tolerated for facilities and team gear. Respond to any directions regarding the care of swim team gear and facilities used.
• Don't take shortcuts in practice, do your personal best in any drill or exercise.
• Theft of any kind will not be tolerated, turn in any ‘found’ items especially goggles!

Parents’ protocol:

• Report any potential issues to a board member.
• No Parent Coaching - Let the coaches do their job and support your swimmer with unconditional encouragement for doing their best.  Good work ethics in practice should lead to improved swimming skills. Have them take some private lessons for individual skills if needed.
• If you have a complaint/problem – try to come up with a suggestion for a solution as well, we are all volunteers!
• Full cooperation with volunteer coordinators, sign up for at least the minimum requirement before the season begins.  Find your own replacement if something unavoidable comes up, then sign up for another position if someone took yours.  Don’t forget your responsibilities to the meets and be on time and in place by 5:30 so we know you are there and ready to work. 
• Report to board member swimmer complaints about another swimmer’s conduct. Discern if it was a minor one-time offense or if it is an ongoing problem that needs to be stopped. Check the rules above for what to look for but also let us know if there are specific behaviors that may not be listed that are offensive to your swimmer during practices.
• Meet etiquette, never approach an official, swimmer or a coach at a meet with a complaint. If a problem arises, find your TSA rep or board member to see if something can be done or wait until the next day if it is a problem that can wait. Meets fast moving and many things are happening all at once. Swimmers miss events at times, weather issues come up, etc... swimmers will have another meet to swim in. It’s summer league so keep your perspective about it all.
• No foul language, foul gestures or alcoholic beverages are allowed at a meet.
• If your swimmer misbehaves at clerk of course, we will bring them to you. They may or may not be able to swim any other events determined by Head Clerk or they may have you escort them to clerk for the remainder of the evening to assist in their behavior issues.
• If your swimmer misbehaves in practice the coach will determine the course of action: either sitting on the pool’s edge until they can safely return to practice correcting their behavior or send them home early.
• Don’t be a ‘NO SHOW’. ‘Accept’ or‘Decline’ your attendance if you are missing a meet before the deadline you will not be added to the heat sheet.

• BE patient with weather related issues especially for swim meets. No one can predict weather precisely and we all have to show up regardless of what’s going on in your area and wait patiently. We follow TSA guidelines for meets, everyone is expected to attend and stay for the duration of the process (you were going to be there anyway!). We practice rain or shine – it’s up to you whether or not you come. We make inside plans for dry land in case of storms.