| Information on the
BCSSA Rules and Regulations
The official rulebook for the BCSSA is
available
here ( ).
We will post regular updates to this section as rules and regulations
change or are amended over time. Note that the information posted here
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for the latest information on rules and regulations.
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Regarding
definition of "O" Category swimmers |
Please observe the following
comments from the BCSSA on the subject:
Regarding your inquiry on O
status:
Yes, an athlete can do 2 hours of speed swimming and 2 hours
of synchro and 2 hours of the star synchro program (At the
present time, the star synchro program is exempted and does
not count)
In regards to "winter
maintenance". An athlete can receive a maximum of 2 hours of
speed swimming instruction per week. It does not matter if
the instruction is paid for or is free, it all counts. If a
swimmer receives 2 hours per week with a summer club, extra
private instruction or even free instruction would put that
athlete over the 2 hour limit and that person would then be
classified as "O".
For further information on
this, please click the following link to open the PDF file from
the BCSSA website:
The Administration Of The BCSSA Rules and Regulations |
Suggested Wording
For Common Disqualifications (2005)
All Strokes:
-
walking on bottom toward the finish
-
pulling on the lane rope in the
direction of the finish
-
springing from the bottom, imparting
motion toward the finish
-
left the water before completing the
full distance or DNF (did not finish)
Freestyle:
-
failure to touch on the turn at 25m
(50m, 75m)
-
failure to surface by 15m after the
start (or turn at 25m, 50m, 75m) in the freestyle
Backstroke:
- failure to touch on the turn at
25m (50m, 75m)
- an arm pull independent of the
turning action at 25m (50m, 75m)
- Revised: kicking without any
accompanying turning action at 25m (50m, 75m)
- failure to remain on back during
race (or at finish)
- failure to surface by 15m after
the start (or turn at 25m, 50m, 75m) in the backstroke
- not on back when feet left the
wall at 25m (50m, 75m)
Breaststroke:
-
non-simultaneous touch at 25m (50m,
75m, finish)
-
one hand touch at 25m (50m, 75m,
finish)
-
scissor (or dolphin) kick
-
asymmetrical arm pull
-
alternating arm movements
-
arm pull past hips
-
failure of head to surface during each
stroke
-
failure of head to surface at end of
propulsion phase of second arm stroke on start (or turn at 25m, 50m,
75m)
Butterfly:
-
non-simultaneous touch at 25m (50m,
75m, finish)
-
one hand touch at 25m (50m, 75m,
finish)
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flutter kick
-
scissor kick
-
underwater arm recovery
-
uneven arm pull (asymmetrical arm
pull)
-
failure to surface by 15m after the
start (or turn at 25m, 50m, 75m) in the butterfly
Individual Medley:
-
strokes swum in wrong order (should
be: fly, back, breast ,free)
-
roll more than 90 degrees before
touching on the change over from back to breast
Relays
-
#___ swimmer left the blocks before
#___ swimmer touched
-
relay strokes swum in wrong order
(should be: back breast, fly, free)
NOTE: These are not the only possible
reasons for disqualification, nor the only possible wording. Judges may
use their own wording provided it is accurate, precise, and unambiguous
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