Arrive early and have your own Heat Sheet/Dive Sheet – bring a copy with you from the email and highlight your swimmer’s event number, heat number and lane number, or access it on your smart phone/iPad – this will save you the stress of having to go to the heat sheets posted on the wall to get your heat information. Many swimmers write the event/heat/lane on hand or leg to easily remember where to be.
Watch for your child’s upcoming races, there is an electronic event board in the northeast corner of pool. Kids like to socialize just like you, but try to keep an eye out for what event the meet is on in relation to your swimmer’s next event.
Ensure your kids get to their spot behind the starting block in plenty of time for their heat of their event (we suggest walking them over 2-3 heats before their heat). Sometimes events and heats are combined and so the meet suddenly moves ahead quickly.
Have fun and maybe a beverage or two.