No parent on deck policy/ volunteering

I'm receiving a few emails about the No parent on deck policy. This is not a new policy. We are simply reminding parents of the policy. The new part of the policy is the fact we are allowing parents of Tier 1A children to remain in the stands until Christmas, and stressing to parents not to approach coaches on deck while coaching. The Junior Dolphin program is in the shallow pool which is right beside the viewing area, so parents would not be sitting in the stands to watch their child, because the viewing area is closer. The Summerside Dolphins is s competitive swim club and the coaches want your child's undivided attention while they are in the pool. My apologies to anyone that felt we were putting a new policy in place because of parents interfering with coaches. This is not the case. Our policy is not unlike many other organizations. A child learning how to skate can not have the parent on the ice with them. Parents can not watch a child taking Tae Kwon Do lessons. Dance lessons do not allow parents in the room, etc. We have qualified coaches/lifeguards on deck. We are not asking parents to leave the pool entirely. They simply have to watch from the viewing area which is 30 feet or so further than the stands. Not everything the Executive does is popular with every parent, but we are trying to be fair to the needs of the coaches, parents and swimmers. The Executive are all volunteers and are all Dolphin parents as well. We are doing the best we can. We welcome more help. We have positions open if you would like to contribute.

For swim meets, by all means, sit in the stands and encourage your children while they are competing......but even better than that, volunteer for local meets. Timekeep...take a stroke and turn course. I've put up several courses, but have not received any response. We can not run a swim meet without volunteers and it becomes increasingly difficult to ask the same parents to volunteer meet after meet. The more help the better.