Your Safety

All of our coaches are trained and certified in CPR. However, everyone around the pool including swimmers have a shared responsibility for safety. Swimmer responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Swimmers must obey the rules of the facilities where training is held.

• Swimmers must not enter the pool until their coach gives them permission to do so.

• Swimmers should follow the directions of their coach at all times.

• If you see someone doing something unsafe, or an unsafe situation, please notify your coach.

• Should you find yourself requiring assistance in the pool then hold onto the lane rope and raise your hand. Responsible swimmers will be in the pool and able to assist you. By raising your hand this will alert your coach that you are having difficulty and may be in need of medical assistance.

• While jewellery constitutes a danger for swimmers and is not allowed at Wett Ones training sessions, it is recognised that certain sports watches have evolved to a point where they pose little risk of harm while providing immediate and longer term information of value to the coach and swimmer.

• Those with slimline sports watches, such as Apple Watches or similar, who wish to wear these during training may ask permission from that session’s coach to wear the device for that session.

• Please note that this is not an automatic authority: coaches are tasked with ensuring a safe training environment, and an effective coaching experience, for all, and the decision is at the end of the day an individual one. On the basis of the device being bulky or having sharp edges, or in situations where the coach is concerned distraction will impact the value of the session for the swimmer concerned, they may still request the device is removed for the session.

• It is also worthy of note that Masters Swimming Australia continues to have a ban on such devices in competition.