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AQUASTAR On-Deck Policy
The following is the AQUASTAR team policy relating to use of
facilities during official team-sanctioned practices.
AQUASTAR recognizes facilities included in its pool rental
agreements and various covenants of its insurance policy in
formulating this policy statement. AQUASTAR’s objective
is to maintain a safe environment for athletes, coaches and
spectators. The policy is written to provide general
guidelines; individual pool layout and local rules may
vary.
1. Coaches and Board members shall have authority
to administer the policy.
2. All athletes, coaches and spectators should
read, understand and adhere to local rules posted at practice
facilities.
3. The coaches on deck have responsibility for
supervising practice and assuring proper use of practice
facilities.
4. The practice facility includes pool, deck
space, restrooms, walkway access, bleacher areas and parking
lots. During the hours of team-sanctioned practices, only
coaches and athletes should utilize on-deck areas. On-deck
areas are defined as those utilized by athletes and coaches during
the normal course of practice that include the pool, pool end deck
space and a buffer along each side necessary for unrestricted
movement of the coaches and athletes.
5. Spectators — defined as anyone in the
pool area other than coaches and athletes participating in the
practice — may utilize deck space and bleacher or other
seating areas provided outside the pool-length buffer at each
practice facility. Spectators should avoid pool-end deck
spaces.
6. Spectators should avoid activities that may be
disruptive to coaches, athletes and other spectators during the
hours of team-sanctioned practices. Parents or guardians
should ask questions of the coaches either before or after
practice, and they should supervise their minor children to assure
proper use of practice facilities and adherence to this
policy.
7. Some practice facility deck spaces include
diving boards and non-swimming equipment such as exercise bikes and
tumbling mats. These are not included in our rental
agreements and as such should not be utilized by AQUA coaches,
athletes or spectators.
8. Other areas of the practice facility such as
equipment lockers and storage rooms are also off limits.
AQUASTAR athletes are expected to come to practice with their own
training equipment, and equipment owned by others and stored at the
practice facility is not included in our rental
agreements.
9. It is the expressed desire of the Board that
each practice facility have a knowledgeable parent or Board member
available to answer questions relating to registration, meet entry,
etc., who should be positioned so as to avoid disruptions to
practice. If individual pool layout requires use of on-deck
space for information displays, these may be provided in areas
accessible to spectators that do not disrupt practice and that are
permitted by the coaches at that facility.
10. We should leave practice facilities clean and free of
debris regardless of their condition when we arrive. AQUASTAR
is a guest at practice facilities, and as a team we should work to
maintain good standing at all times.
It is not the intention of the Board to restrict spectator access
to practice or to the coaches, nor is it the intention of the board
to detract from the AQUASTAR team experience. It is our
obligation, however, to provide a safe practice
environment.
The board endorses this policy and it reminds all who use our
practice facilities to be gracious guests there.
May 14, 2002
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