This course is designed to certify administrative (dry deck) swim officials for the YMCA of the USA’s Competitive Swimming Program.  The course focuses on the specific duties and responsibilities of the Administrative Swim Official prior to, during and after a meet.  The course also briefly reviews for the participants the facilities and staffing requirements for a meet, including matters relating to eligibility to participate in and entry into the meet.  Following the course, the participants must complete an on-line test and attain a score of 80% or higher

• PREREQUISITES:
• New candidates for certification as a YMCA Administrative Swim Official must be at least 21 years old and be associated with a local YMCA sponsored swim team.
• To register and pay for the course:

1.  Register for the course on the National YMCA (see below)
2. Pay for the course on this site (Greater Scranton YMCA)

 To Register on YUSA Site:  https://lcdc.yexchange.org/s/c77b64r

Click on this link :  https://services.ymca.net/login.aspx   to log in.

If you are a new user, you will need to create a user name & password After you have the password, return to the website & log in.

After you’re logged in, come back to this  and click on this link which will take you directly to the class registration page:  https://lcdc.yexchange.org/s/c77b64r

USA-S Certified Administrative Swim Officials who meet the age and association requirements may take an abbreviated course and test to become a YMCA Certified Administrative Swim Official

This Level 2 Swim Official course is designed to certify or recertify participants to be Swim Officials for YMCA Competitive Swimming in the areas of Referee, Starter and Chief Judge. The course focuses on the specific duties and responsibilities of the above officials prior to, during and after a swim meet. The course also reviews the facilities and staffing requirements for a meet, rules for swimming various strokes, matters relating to eligibility and other key roles of the official. Successful completion of a written examination is required to pass the course.

Course participants desiring initial Level 2 certification must have been a fully certified YMCA Level I or USA-S official for at least one year.  In addition, they must provide a copy of their YMCA Level I Certification or USA-S Official designation and documentation that they have served a minimum of 8 sessions as a fully certified YMCA and/or USA-S Swim Official.

Course participants intending to use this program to recertify as YMCA Level II officials must provide documentation that they have served a minimum of 12 sessions over the prior three-year certification period.

• PREREQUISITES:
• New candidates for certification as a YMCA Level 2 Swim Official must be at least 21 years old and be associated with a local YMCA sponsored swim team in addition to the above requirements
• To register and pay for the course:

1.  Register for the course on the National YMCA (see below)
2. Pay for the course on this site (Greater Scranton YMCA)

 To Register on YUSA Site:

Click on this link :  https://services.ymca.net/login.aspx   to log in.

If you are a new user, you will need to create a user name & password After you have the password, return to the website & log in.

After you’re logged in, come back to this  and click on this link which will take you directly to the class registration page:  https://lcdc.yexchange.org/s/c80c03g

This course is designed to certify officials for the YMCA of the USA’s Competitive Swimming Program in the areas of Stroke & Turn Judge, Relay Take-off Judge, Place Judge and Timer.  The course focuses on the specific duties and responsibilities of the above officials prior to, during and after a meet.  The course also familiarizes the participants with the facilities requirements for the meet, matters relating to eligibility to participate in and entry into the meet, and the roles of the Chief Judge, Starter and Referee.  Following the course, the participants must complete an on-line test and attain a score of 80% or higher.

PREREQUISITES:  New candidates for certification as YMCA Level I Official must be at least 21 years old and be associated with a local YMCA sponsored swim team.

• To register and pay for the course there are 2 separate steps:

1.  Register for the course on the National YMCA (see below)
2. Pay for the course on this site (Greater Scranton YMCA)

 To Register on YUSA Site:  https://lcdc.yexchange.org/s/c77b64r

• If you are a new user, you will need to create a user name & password After you have the password, return to the website & log in.

Click on this link :  https://services.ymca.net/login.aspx   to log in.

After you’re logged in, come back to this  and click on the link below which will take you directly to the class registration page for the course you want to sign up for.:

• June 2 & 4th Course: https://lcdc.yexchange.org/s/c93b52n  OR
• June 10 & 12th Course:  https://lcdc.yexchange.org/s/c57j75t

USA-S Certified Officials who meet age and participation requirements for Level II may go directly into Level II without first becoming a Level I Certified Official.

Candidates for re-certification must have worked at least 12 sessions as a YMCA certified official over the prior three-year certification period and present a completed Record of Meet Experience form evidencing such sessions worked.  For dual YMCA/USA-S certified officials, up to six of the required sessions may be from USA-S meets.

Parent Orientation meeting:  Monday, May 5, at 6:30 p.m.

Practice will begin the week of May 12, 2025 .  Our season concludes after our final meet of the season…Normally the last weekend of July or the first week of August.

All Swim Team Members must be current Greater Scranton YMCA members.

BLUE PRACTICE:  This practice focuses on teaching the four competitive strokes, starts & turns & improving technique for those new to competitive swimming or our younger swimmers with 1-2 years of competitive team experience.

• Monday, Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday:  6:30-7:30 pm  & Saturdays 7:30 – 8:30 am

WHITE PRACTICE:  For the more dedicated swimmer who is proficient in all four competitive strokes, starts & turns.  Swimmers should have a minimum of 3-4 years of competitive experience.  Our coaches will determine which swimmers are ready for the longer practice sessions.

• Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday:  6:30-8:00 pm & Saturday 7:30-9:00 am

***any week that we have a Summer League swim meet on a Wednesday night, there will not be practice on that Wednesday.  If there is a Saturday meet, then there will not be practice on that Saturday.

Fees:  The season fees are shown below.  The fees can be paid in full OR automatic drafts can be set up as shown below:

• Blue Practice Payment in Full (due when registering):  $240
• Blue Practice Automatic Monthly Drafts (3 payments):  $80
• White Practice Payment in Full (due when registering):  $294
• White Practice Automatic Monthly Drafts (3 payments):  $98
• Draft Dates for Automatic Payments from the account of your choice:
  • 1st Draft:  When Registering
  • 2nd Draft:  June 1, 2025
  • 3rd Draft:  July 1, 2025

There is a $25 Summer Booster fee for each family.  This should be paid when registering your swimmer(s).  This is used to cover coaches travel expenses for any away meets, any equipment (stopwatches, printer ink, etc needed for home meets and also to cover our end of season Swim Team Picnic.

This practice is for the more dedicated swimmer who is proficient in all four competitive strokes, starts and turns.  Swimmers should have a minimum of 3 to4 years of competitive experience.  Our coaches will determine which swimmers are ready for longer practice sessions.

Our practices will begin on Monday, May2, 2025, and the White Practice will meet on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursdays 6:30-8:30pm and Saturdays 7:30am-9:00am.  We will have a Parent Orientation on Monday, May 5, 2025 at 6:30pm in the YMCA Lobby (our Cafe).  At this meeting you will meet our coaches and our Competitive Corrdinator.i

This two-week program is designed to introduce beginner swimmers to various aspects of competitive swimming, and more advanced swimmers will work on stroke refinement for the  four competitive strokes along with swim drills, stroke technique, starts and turns.  This program is offered to swimmers of all ages 6 thru 18.

Swimmers who will be new to competitive swimming must be able to:

• Swim 1 length of the pool (25 yards) on both their front & back
• Be comfortable in deep water
• Be able to jump into deep water, resurface & swim pool length without stopping
• Be comfortable with their face in the water.  Swim goggles are permitted, but no swim masks that cover eyes & nose)

We will separate clinic participants into three levels based upon their swimming ability.  We will primarily focus on the 4 competitive strokes (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke & butterfly) and, if time permits, starts & turns.

Our Summer Booster Club Family Fee is used to provide extras for our swim team members  to help make the swim team summer season rewarding for our swimmers.  These funds would be used to purchase any equipment needed to conduct our meet such as stopwatches, printer ink, equipment replacement if needed, etc.  These funds are also used to provide any team spirit event for the swimmers as well as our end of summer team picnic.

This fee is per family whether you have one swimmer or four swimmers on our team.