Panama City Swim Team Inc.                              
PO Box 15651
Panama City, FL 32406
Tel: 850-872-6701


                               DISCIPLINARY PROVISIONS

Panama City Swim Team is a non-profit youth swimming organization whose mission is
“to promote youth swimming in Bay County”.  We strive to provide the best possible swim
program for our swimmers including:  qualified and motivated coaches, reasonable practice
hours and facilities and fun activities aside from swimming.
     We currently have approximately 85 active swimmers and attendance averages between
45-50 swimmers, especially on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday nights.  Because our pool
time is limited, the coaches need the complete attention, cooperation and respect of the
swimmers in order to make the practices productive.  The coaches do not have the time, nor
should they have to be bothered with swimmers that are disrupting practice by being
disobedient, disrespectful, distracting or in any way hindering the coaches ability to conduct
practice.
     In order to continue to provide a quality swim program and a practice environment that
allows the coaches to provide the best training possible, PCST is establishing the following
swimmer behavior/disciplinary policy.

The coaches are in charge and in complete control of the practice.  Swimmers should come
to practice ready to swim and on time. Total respect and authority should be given to the
coaches by the swimmers.  If your swimmer is not interested in swimming on a given night,
please do not bring them to practice for the coaches to struggle with.

If the coaches determine that a swimmer is being disrespectful, not cooperating or in general
causing a distraction and hindering the coaches ability to coach, the following steps will be taken:

1st Infraction – Verbal Reprimand
       The swimmer will be asked to stop the behavior and warned that if they have to be
       reprimanded again during that practice then they will be told to sit out the remainder
       of the practice.

2nd Infraction During Same Practice – Removal From Pool or Drylands
      The swimmer will be removed from drylands and/or the pool and told to wait in the bleachers
      until the end of practice.  A letter will be sent to the parents summarizing what happened and
      why the swimmer was removed from practice.  The parent can respond and request a meeting
      with the coach and board members.

3 Incident Rule
      If a swimmer is removed from drylands and/or the pool on 3 separate occasions then the
      swimmer will be removed from practice for 30 days. A letter will be provided to the parents
      documenting the occurrences and notifying them of the removal for 30 days. After the 30 days,
      the swimmer may rejoin the team after agreeing to abide by PCST swimmer requirements.

PCST reserves the right to permanently remove a swimmer from the team if the above actions
fail to correct the behavior problem.