Coaching assistant:

Time commitment:

Training required:

If no one does this:

Managing a lane of swimmers, helping them follow their training set.

Regular attendance at training sessions your swimmer is at.

SE member, DBS, safeguarding, and a blended or face-to-face course.

Training sessions are less effective.

Official:

Time commitment:

Training required:

If no one does this:

Timekeeping, ensuring the rules are followed at competitive galas.

Attending galas and open meets your swimmer is at.

SE member, online theory + poolside experience

Can’t run our own meets, can’t enter some galas, loss of goodwill.

Team manager:

Time commitment:

Training required:

If no one does this:

Liaising with swimmers ahead of galas, assisting the coaches at galas.

Attending galas and open meets your swimmer is at.

SE member, online course, DBS, safeguarding training

Unable to enter galas or open meets as a club.

Committee member:

Time commitment:

Training required:

If no one does this:

Various essential roles.

Various. Most roles can be shared to make them manageable.

On the job training will be provided.

The club will cease to operate.

Club gala helper:

Time commitment:

Training required:

If no one does this:

Various roles involved in the planning of our galas & helping on the day.

Planning meetings & tasks, attending the gala.

On the job training will be provided.

We won’t be able to run our own meets tailored to our swimmers.

Club gala timekeeper:

Time commitment:

Training required:

If no one does this:

Timekeeping at our club galas.

Attending club galas your swimmer is at.

SE member, short online training, poolside experience.

We won’t be able to run internal galas and prepare our swimmers for competition.

Lifeguard:

Time commitment: 

Training required:

If no one does this:

The club needs to provide “first responders” for training at Hengrove.

Attending training sessions your swimmer is at.

SE member, DBS, one day face-to-face training. Need to be confident in the water and a competent swimmer able to bring a body up from the bottom and to the side.

Training sessions at Hengrove may be cancelled.