Richard Montgomery Swim & Dive

Dive Judges Clinic

The Annual Dive Judges Clinic is set for Monday, November 24th at 6:00pm. See the Zoom link on the team calendar!

Before the clinic, we strongly encourage all officials to complete the following NFHS online courses:

• NFHS Online Course – Officiating Swimming and Diving
• NFHS Online Course – Judging Springboard Diving
• NFHS Rules Clinics - Rules Clinics

Swim Officials Training Info

MCPS does not maintain a database of high school Officials.

For dual meets and divisionals it has been customary to utilize officials based on their summer league level of certification.

For Regionals and State championship meets the MPSSAA require certification through MPSSAA. This involves taking an annual rules interpretation clinic, which is currently available for the swim season (see below). Certification requirements through MPSSAA are listed on the MPSSAA web site (https://www.mpssaa.org/officials/). Requirements consist of attending an annual online rules interpretation clinic, registering with the dragonfly platform, paying the $40 annual registration fee, affiliating with a local official association and passing an online test.

Year-round, Potomac Valley Swimming (PVS) no longer teaches Stroke & Turn (S&T) clinics. All S&T clinics are online and available to take at any time through USA Swimming University (https://www.pvswim.org/official/training/ST_training.html).

• The 25-26 Winter rule Clinics are now live on the NFHS learn network. Direct link is https://nfhslearn.com/courses/maryland-rules-clinic-2024-2026

Officials have up to 5 attempts to score a 75% or better to officiate. 85% must be scored to be considered for an assignment in the post-season state tournament. Access is through the Dragonfly platform.

• Also, don't forget about the MPSSAA Swimming Rule Interpreter Zone (https://www.mpssaa.org/officials/mpssaa-swimming-rules-interpreter-zone/) as a resource for high school swimming officials to make sure we are all on the same page. Look for content such as stroke briefing, suggested timer briefing and other useful material to be posted at that link soon.