Long Island Swimming Officials Association Serving Long Island Swimmers for 60 years!
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Let's see how this goes ...
My intention is to provide updates that I believe will be of use and interest to you. They might range from rules, health and nutrition, personnel, situations, events and activities. Things that I have found in various places. Thank you for your support.
George Fleckenstein, president
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LISOA T-Shirt Design Contest
We’re looking for a logo/design that we can use on t-shirts, long sleeve shirts, collared shirts and hoodies. Turn on your creativity (or ask someone who is creative for help) and submit your suggestions. The LISOA member who submits the design that is chosen, will receive a free shirt.
The Doctor Is In: The Importance of Off Season Conditioning
from NFHS web site January 2015
Connecticut’s Dr. Dan Davis discusses injury prevention and treatment, as well as general health and fitness...my overall recommendation is to do whatever you can in terms of exercise to maintain your physical fitness. Exercise makes you healthier physically and mentally. Your metabolic rate stays up so you are less likely to gain weight, and as you know from reading my earlier columns, extra weight puts a lot of extra stress and pressure on your feet. People who workout all year long tend to keep their weight in line without a lot of fluctuation. Plus, your body enjoys a good workout. Exercising produces endorphins, which are a natural opiate, reducing the aches and pains that come from physical exertion and, as a result, you just plain feel better.
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Things Every Diving Judge Should Know...
... be able to identify the FIVE categories of dives. Forward Dives, Back Dives, Reverse Dives, Inward Dives and Twisting Dives.
… be able to identify the FOUR positions used in diving. They are Tuck position, Pike position, Straight position and Free Position.
...that “Degree of Difficulty” is NOT taken into account when judging a dive. Judges are to score the PERFORMANCE of the dive – not the DIFFICULTY of the dive.
...that you can never stop improving your judging. It takes time; it takes practice and it takes patience.
From springboarddivingblog.com
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Swimming and diving ranks ninth in popularity among girls with 166,747 participants and 10th among boys with 133,470 participants, according to the 2015-16 NFHS Athletics Participation Survey
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Ratings and Reviews
At the first meeting in September, I will give to everyone who officiates in Section XI, their ratings and diving comments from the previous year (2016-2017) as submitted by the coaches of the teams that we officiated. That process is not as formalized in Section VIII and it will be my challenge to improve. When you see your numbers, do you know what that means? What criteria are the coaches using to rate us?
They rate us 1-5 on: They rate us 0-1 on:
1- Judgment 5- Appearance
2- Game Control 6- Attitude
3- Knowledge of the Rules 7- Communication
4- Position and Mechanics 8- Physical Condition
9- Punctuality
Criteria 1-4 are added together for each coach. The lowest evaluated meet for each of us is then dropped. The remaining evaluations are then added together and divided by the number of coach’s evaluations (minus the meet that was dropped). That gives each of us an average score. Criteria 5-9 are then factored in if we are rated 0 on any of those criteria.
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Upon arrival at the host school, the visiting head coach approaches the meet referee and presents a letter from the state association permitting the swimmer to start in the water because of a physical disability. The referee allows the accommodation to be made.
RULING: Correct procedure. (3-3-4 NOTE). However, it is not necessary to have state association approval for an in-water start; the referee may permit this on his/her own authority (8-1-1 NOTE). As a matter of practice, such requests should always be granted by the referee.
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The purpose and goals of the LISOA and its members shall be to:
Officiate all meets in a competent and professional manner.
Have its members actively work to improve interscholastic swimming and diving officiating.
Provide a consistent interpretation and administration of interscholastic swimming and diving rules.
Service and collaborate with the swimming and diving community for the improvement of swimming and diving.
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