Lakeview Marlins Swim and Dive Team

By enrolling your children on the team, you have obligated yourself as parents to assist as a volunteer. Remember many hands make light work! Summer swim and dive league is meant to be a family affair so come participate and get the best seat in the house. Meets CANNOT run without the following volunteers. Please see the descriptions below to see how you can help!

Jobs that require NO Experience or Training

Timers and Relay Take-Off Judges – If you can start and stop a stopwatch you can be a timer. Stopwatches are provided at the meet. As a timer, you have one of the best views of the swimmers. Relay Take-Off Judges observe the relay exchanges to determine if the departing swimmer left before the arriving swimmer touched the wall. A 5-minute briefing poolside during the meet will qualify you to judge this portion of the event, and again, you have the best seat in the house – particularly to watch the last swimmer on the team finish! 

Marshals – These individuals wear a cool orange vest and walk around the pool making sure everyone behaves and stays out of restricted areas. They are also responsible for crowd control during starts. 

Runners – These individuals pick-up cards from the clerk of course and deliver them to the timers for each event. After the event, runners pick up and deliver completed cards to the scoring table. Runners must also pick up DQ slips from the stroke/turn judges and deliver them to the scoring table. 

Snack bar workers – These individuals help cook, serve and take money at the snack bar. The Marlin Snack Bar is the primary means of raising funds for swim team trophies and covering the team’s costs. The Health Department continues to enforce the rules they established years ago for the operation of swim and dive team snack bars. Snack Bar shift workers will need to follow specific procedures while working their shifts. We need 4 – 6 people helping with the snack bar at each home "A" or "B" meet. 

Meet Set-up and Take down – These individuals help with arranging chairs, tables, putting up flags, setting up benches for clerk of course area and setting up tables on the Friday before a home Saturday meet or in the afternoon for a Monday night meet. Take down occurs immediately following meets. 

Jobs in which training is not required, but is available through NVSL

Announcer – The announcer must arrive early to set up the broadcast system, become familiar with the schedule and announce activities before the actual start of the meet. There is a script. Home meets only. 

Clerk of Course and Assistant – Check heat and lane assignments for each swimmer and align swimmers for the race. 

Head Timer – This person is charged with leading nine lane timers for a swim meet. The Head Timer shall run two watches for back-up, in case of malfunctioning watches or in the event a timer does not start the watch properly. 

Timers should obtain an accurate recording, checking swimmers name and club on EVERY heat, before recording the time. 

Table Workers (Place Recorders, Data, Verifiers, Awards) – These volunteers determine the order of the finish for an event after all the heats have been swum. This position works closely with the computer personnel in scoring. Awards clerks coordinate sorting and labeling awards for the swimmers. Organization and extra time after the meet are required. 

Jobs that REQUIRE NVSL Training 

Referee – The referee is the chief official for each meet. He/she is responsible for the conduct of the meets and is the final authority on the interpretation and enforcement of all swimming rules. 

Starter – The starter shall begin each event by advising swimmers, judges, and timers of the specific event by name and/or appropriate order of strokes. Announcements may also have to be made about the combining of heats or other changes occurring during the meet. 

Stroke & Turn Judge – These individuals must be certified by the NVSL after attending a stroke & turn clinic. Judges observe strokes, turns, and finishes to determine if the swimmer is in compliance with the NVSL Guidelines. Disqualification slips must be completed correctly and initialed by judges in order to track the infraction(s) and to be a valid disqualification.