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Parents
are expected to work at three dive meets or, if this is not possible, to
volunteer for another responsibility. Parents will have the opportunity
at the parent meeting and during the first practices to sign up for meet
work assignments. If you are unable to work at a meet you have
selected, it is your responsibility to switch with another parent and
let the dive reps know about the change. This year, all judges,
referees and table workers must attend a Montgomery County Dive League
Training Clinic. Training for judges covers: the elements of an
excellent dive, how diving is judged, numbering system for dives,
degrees of difficulty, role of parents and officials, dive meet
etiquette and certification for MCDL judges.
Home
Team Responsibilities-
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Arranges for the
secretary, 2 judges, announcer, referee and 2 assistant secretaries.
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Provides dual
meet results sheets (an original plus 2 copies), announcing
equipment, a point conversion chart, and ribbons.
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Provides home
team diver entry forms and home team judges flash cards.
Away
Team Responsibilities -
Team
Representative –
Jude Lozupone -
Lozupone2000@yahoo.com
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Acts as liaison
between the home team and the Montgomery County Diving League.
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Attends the
organizational meetings.
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Responsible for
arrangements for each dual meet.
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Acts as the
official spokesperson for the team on matters of conduct.
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Must be present
at all diving meets for the duration of the competitive events (or
send a duly authorized representative).
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The home team
representative forwards the original copy of the dual meet results
sheet to the Division Coordinator and/or Records Chairperson
Referee
– (1 Per Meet – MCDL Training Required)
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Instructs the
judges and the coaches (in separate meetings) before the meet,
answering questions in accordance with the rule book.
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Calls for the
display of the judges' scores or authorizes the announcer to do so.
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Makes decisions
relative to the manner of executing the dives (as stated in sections
4 and 5 of the 2000 Handbook & Rules for Competition).
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Assumes the
authority to first warn and then, if necessary, disqualify from the
meet an official, coach or athlete for conduct detrimental to the
meet. (Failure of the disqualified individual to leave the diving
area may, at the referee's discretion, result in forfeiture of a
dual meet.)
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May function as a
judge also, if a shortage of officials dictates.
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With consent of
both teams, may combine events.
Judge
– (5 Per Meet: 3 judges from the visiting team, 2 from the home team–
MCDL Training Required)
Announcer – (1 Per
Meet)
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Announces each
diver, the dive, the position and the degree of difficulty involved.
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Calls for the
judges' scores if authorized by the referee.
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Controls the pace
of the meet.
Secretary – (1 Per
Meet)
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Lists competitors
and dives prior to the beginning of the meet.
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Records the
scores, totals them, and applies the degree of difficulty.
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Determines the
points to be awarded for each diver and his or her team.
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Inspects all
diving forms for accuracy prior to the event.
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Calls to the
attention of the competitor any discrepancies for resolution.
(However, any errors not detected are the responsibility of the
diver.)
Assistant Secretary
– (Table workers - 4 Per Meet– MCDL Training Required)
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Two of these
individuals record the judges scores while others expedite the
listing, computations, awards, etc.
Set Up
– (2 Per Home Meet)
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Set up the table
and the announcing equipment for the competition.
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Block the area by
the table so that people cannot walk through near the judges.
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Arrange the
chairs for the judges.
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Arrange chairs in
the viewing area for the audience.
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Hang signs and
other spirit items available.
Age
Group Representatives
– (4 This Year):
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8 & Under
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9-10
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11-12
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13-18
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Each age group
will have one parent representative who will be responsible for
communication relative to that age group. This includes initiating
the phone tree telephone calls after a team representative
communicates information to be shared by phone (e.g., a dive meet is
postponed due to weather), distributing written communication to
parents of divers in the age group.
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Each age group
rep is also responsible for collecting the diver entry forms from
the divers in the age group on the Friday evening before each meet
(or other day, if the meet is not on a Sunday) and checking them for
appropriateness (e.g., legible, signed by the diver, includes dives
with correct numbers and degrees of difficulty).
Treasurer
Fundraiser
Spirit
Committee Liaison
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Develops ideas to
instill team spirit in the dive team.
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Works with the
Spirit Committee of the Swim Team to plan, coordinate and carry out
Manor Woods Swim and Dive Team spirit activities.
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Provides spirit
items (from the efforts above) for set up at the meets.
Trophies
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Assists the team
rep(s) in arranging for the trophies (e.g., submits order, checks
for accuracy, picks them up, brings them to the banquet, arranges
them at the banquet).
Ice
Cream Social
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Arrange for the
event (e.g., plan, obtain parent volunteers to bring food and other
items, obtain volunteers to serve and clean up).
Photography
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Take photographs
and slides of divers at practices and meets.
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Submit film for
the slide show and other needs.
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Provide pictures
of divers, with parents' signatures on the back, for the web site.
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If feasible, take
videos of the divers for review with the coaches.
Dive
Web Site
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