Parent Responsibilities

The OYSTER RIVER OTTERS SWIM TEAM is a competitive swim team that runs on volunteer parent power.

When you sign your swimmer up to become a part of the OTTER team, you, as parents, also become members.

All families are asked to participate in various team activities as well as the general running of the team.

Parents are asked to become involved in the running of any swim meets in which their child is involved. Your responsibility to your child’s participation does not end when you sign up. Come on in and join the fun, the more you participate the more you will understand and enjoy.

The team makes every effort to meet schedule obligations that you may have. Please ask if you have any questions. If any unusual circumstances arise which prevents you from fulfilling commitments to the team during the season, it is your responsibility to speak to the coaches as soon as possible. 

After you have been with the OTTERS 3 seasons, we expect that at least one member of your family will attend a training and complete the apprenticeship to become a certified Stroke & Turn Official. As you gain more experience, you will be trained to be a starter and then a referee. This helps distribute the workload and meets the requirements within the leagues.

Index

Practice Groups

Practice Guidelines

Individual Goals

Swimmer Responsibilities

Team Leaders

Team Communication