Stroke Judge Guidelines
- Stroke judges must attend the annual stroke judge clinic prior to the start of the season.
- New starters and coaches are highly encouraged to attend the stoke clinic prior to the first meet of the season.
- Stroke judges will judge lanes throughout the meet,
except during freestyle relays.
- Away team judges lanes 1 and 2
- Home team judges lanes 3 and 4
- Judges should give equal amount of attention to both lanes in their jurisdiction
- Judges should call only what they see, not what they
expect to see
- Must observe the swimmer making an infraction
- Do not assume the swimmer made an infraction if the judge did not see all of the event
IE: Non-simultaneous touch- judge must see the swimmer touch the wall with one hand, then the other; not assume the swimmer touched with one hand if the judge only saw one hand leave the wall - In cases of one hand or non-simultaneous touches, note on the DQ report which hand touched or which hand touched first
- Judges may not rely on the comments of a coach, parent, or swimmer in order to call an infraction; no judging by committee
- Judges must be in position to make an infraction call IE: Judge cannot make a call from the opposite end of the pool
- Judges must judge both the relay take-offs and the strokes in their designated lane during the Medley Relay
- Judges will judge all four lanes at one end of the pool
for relay take-offs during the Freestyle Relay
- Away team judges all four lanes at the start end of the pool
- Home team judges all four lanes at the turn or far end of the pool
- In the event of an infraction, the stroke judge should raise the DQ report overhead in order for the runner to see it and pick it up
- In the event of a disputed infraction call, the dispute will be referred to the team Parents in charge of each team
- THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT GOES TO THE SWIMMER! IF YOU ARE UNSURE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DO NOT MAKE THE CALL!
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