Hi. New USMS coach.
I am starting up a new team in conjuction with a triathlon coaching service and race team. We have junior racers on the team. These are kids 13-18 that are NOT affiliated with USA Swimming (small town politics). These are kids that want to get better at Tri/OWS racing.
My questions are:
Can the kids register for USMS membership so that the liability insurance remains intact?
Can the kids workout with a USMS group (and not be registered) and maintain liability coverage?
Can the kids be in a separate lane but still have the USMS coach at same time as USMS swim group?
Thanks.
Hello everyone,
We have information on the requirements for workouts to be covered by our insurance on this page:
www.usms.org/.../insuranceinfo
A workout that consists of both kids and adults (USA Swimming members and USMS members) is covered by insurance provided that the following conditions are met:
Pool or Open Water Workouts (USMS-USAS combined)
All participants must be:
--USMS registered members, or
--Guest members in their 30-day tryout period, or
--Foreign Guest members, or
--USA Swimming Athlete members
and
There must be a person on deck directly supervising the workout who is:
--A USMS registered member AND a USA Swimming certified coach
To answer gobears' question, if USA Swimming members are in the water you would have to be both a USA Swimming coach as well as a member of USMS. This is because USA Swimming requires that all of their coaches to go through their Safe Sport training if they are coaching kids under the age of 18.
Hello everyone,
We have information on the requirements for workouts to be covered by our insurance on this page:
www.usms.org/.../insuranceinfo
A workout that consists of both kids and adults (USA Swimming members and USMS members) is covered by insurance provided that the following conditions are met:
Pool or Open Water Workouts (USMS-USAS combined)
All participants must be:
--USMS registered members, or
--Guest members in their 30-day tryout period, or
--Foreign Guest members, or
--USA Swimming Athlete members
and
There must be a person on deck directly supervising the workout who is:
--A USMS registered member AND a USA Swimming certified coach
To answer gobears' question, if USA Swimming members are in the water you would have to be both a USA Swimming coach as well as a member of USMS. This is because USA Swimming requires that all of their coaches to go through their Safe Sport training if they are coaching kids under the age of 18.
