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• Swimsuit
• Goggles
• Bangkok Dolphins cap (available at our Racquet Club Office)
• Swimmers should wear their Bangkok Dolphins T-shirt (available at our Racquet

Club Office). Parents can too if you wish.

• Plenty of water and drinks
• 2-3 towels for each swimmer and sunscreen
• Snacks or lunch (the quality of vendors varies). Eating right after a race is recommended.
• Quiet games for swimmers to play without running around.

 

Arrive 15-30 minutes before the scheduled warm-up time. Look for Bangkok Dolphins banners in the rest area and settle in with our team. If the coach is present in the rest area, have your swimmer loosen up and stretch. If not, send your swimmer to the pool for warm-up.

Swimmers should focus on what they have been working on (keywords like Kick, Reach, Glide, Hips, etc., are easiest to remember). Swimmers should consider strategies discussed with their coach.

You are invited to sit in the grandstands and watch as much of the meet as you’d like.

Swimmers should find their coach and discuss their race.

No running in the rest area. No balls allowed. No leaving the rest area for extended periods or wandering around the campus. Some information on Relays If your swimmer is in a relay, please stay until the relay is completed. Pre-meet relay entries are not final; one swimmer unable to swim on race day could lead to changes or even a scratch. Relay teams may change based on performance on the day of the meet. Relays will be finalized during the meet, and all parents and swimmers will be informed. Please inform your coach ASAP if you cannot stay for a relay.

The time that a swimmer is entered into an event with. This time, usually the swimmer’s personal best time (PB) in the event, is used to seed the swimmers into heats. Proof of time: Some meets require proof that an entry time has been legally completed.

When a swimmer leaves the blocks early. A false start can include a swimmer trying to jump the start or rolling forward before the starter’s pistol has sounded. In Thailand, a False Start is a DQ.

One flight of swimmers doing an event. For example, in an 8-lane pool, it would be eight swimmers doing the same race. Slower swimmers usually race in the first heats, with the swimmers with the fastest seed or entry times swimming in the final heats.