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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]About a month before the season started, one of our team reps emailed maybe a dozen or so parents who had kids 10 and younger, and who have been committed to swim team, to ask whether we would consider becoming officials.  The rep clearly let us know that many of our officials had kids who were graduating soon and so we needed to train the next generation of officials.  There are at least six or eight of us who took S&T training this year, and a few others getting trained in starter, referee, etc.  The experienced ones have been fantastic at mentoring us newbies, very welcoming and helpful.

Our team has little drama and generally is a helpful bunch.  We’re mid-level MCSL.  I’m glad to learn S&T and plan to learn how to become a starter/ref once I’ve done this for a few years.  My kids are still young-ish, swim year-round, and I’m a capable adult.  Knowing how much volunteer work it takes to run summer swim, I’m more than glad to do my part.[/quote]

Our pool has also found targeted requests to families whose kid(s) seem really in to the team to work.  FWIW, I think starter is the easiest/best first time job if you are new or don’t have a lot of swim background (though I think anyone could handle S&T).  Starter you only have to worry about DQs for starts.  order of finish can sometimes be hard to see but I have never been called in on a dispute.[/quote]

Don't you have to work up to starter? Our league requires 2 or 3 years of S&T before you can train to become a starter. That is my goal! [/quote]

NVSL does not require Starters to be S&T trained, but recommends it. I did S&T for three years and added Starter this year.

Our team is very lean on officials (and only about half have active swimmers). We really need to step up our recruiting game. [/quote]

DP - MCSL requires two years of S&T experience before training for other official positions.  I don't think "anyone" could handle S&T - it's a ton to keep track of and requires an attention to detail that many people struggle with.  If you're officiating B meets, there's also an executive function component when you get to 8&U breast/fly and the DQ slips are piling up.[/quote]

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