Swim Training Policy

The Mul­laloo Surf Life Sav­ing Club pro­vides a swim­ming pro­gram for all club mem­bers from U/11 through to Seniors and Mas­ters. The pro­gram is pro­vided to improved the swim­ming skills of the club mem­bers. Whist the pro­gram is focussed at com­pet­i­tive swim­ming styles, it is not restricted to com­peti­tors only. As with any pro­gram, there are some rules required for all par­tic­i­pants so that we can max­imise the value for all members.

  1. Par­tic­i­pants are expected to have a min­i­mum swim­ming capa­bil­ity. They should be able to swim a min­i­mum dis­tance as described by the coaches. This is so all par­tic­i­pants are able to com­plete the activ­i­ties as set by the coach.
  2. The swim­ming pro­gram will not pro­vide “Learn to Swim” activ­i­ties. The pro­gram will how­ever pro­vide swim­ming train­ing to improve swim­ming capability.
  3. Par­tic­i­pants are expected to wear appro­pri­ate swim­ming cos­tumes for this type of activ­ity. This includes:
    A) Junior Male – Speedo type bathers (brief or pant but not jam­mer)
    B) Junior Female — One or two piece bather
    C) Senior Male– Speedo type bathers (brief or pant or jam­mer)
    D) Senior Female — One or two piece bather (not bikini)
    (note: club bathers are not chlo­rine resis­tant and should be avoided)
  4. Par­tic­i­pants are expected to be punc­tual for the start of the ses­sion. Should a par­tic­i­pant be late, it will be up to the coach to deter­mine if they can par­tic­i­pate in that session.
  5. Par­tic­i­pants should be ready to com­mence the train­ing ses­sion at the start time. All par­tic­i­pants should be ready to enter the water as soon as the ses­sion starts. If a par­tic­i­pant does not start when requested, it will be up to the coach to deter­mine if they can par­tic­i­pate in that session.
  6. Par­tic­i­pants should attempt to per­form the pro­grams set out for the train­ing ses­sion to the best of their abil­ity, so as to not dis­rupt the other swim­mers. Should a par­tic­i­pant dis­rupt the train­ing ses­sion the coach may request the swim­mer to exit the pool and not take any fur­ther par­tic­i­pa­tion in the session.
  7. If a par­tic­i­pant con­tin­ues to dis­rupt swim­ming train­ing ses­sions, the Swim­ming coor­di­na­tor may ask that per­son to not to attend any fur­ther sessions.
  8. All par­tic­i­pants should lis­ten to the coaches and not dis­rupt their training.
  9. Par­ents should not inter­rupt train­ing ses­sions to talk to the coaches. If par­ents need to talk to the coaches, they should do it before or after the session.

The club pro­vides swim­ming train­ing as an addi­tional ser­vice to it’s mem­bers to enable them to improve their swim­ming skills, stay fit and sup­port life sav­ing and com­pe­ti­tion require­ments.
Par­tic­i­pat­ing mem­bers are asked to con­tribute to the costs of run­ning this ser­vice by pay­ing a small fee at each ses­sion.
Thanks
Swim­ming Co-ordinator