10/10/23 – Swimming & Diving Onlines Rules Clinic Now Available

October 12, 2023 Swimming Blog Updates

The mandatory Online KHSAA Rules Clinic for the sport of Swimming & Diving is now available. The clinic is required of all officials as well as all coaches, varsity, junior varsity, and freshman, and whether or not the coach receives pay.

OFFICIALS

• TO TAKE THE CLINIC, LOG IN TO YOUR ARBITERSPORTS.COM ACCOUNT 
• Go to https://khsaaofficials.org
• Login using your arbiter username and password
• The NFHS Exam has been split into two distinct exams, one for Diving and one for Swimming.
• In addition, there are also two separate licenses within the KHSAA official’s licensing system.

OFFICIALS INSTRUCTIONS FOR VIEWING CLINICS

• As they are a condition of postseason eligibility, in the top black bar on the main page for https://khsaaofficials.org, select ELIGIBILITY
• Select the license option you want, for either a Swimming license or a Diving license by clicking on “23-24 Postseason”.
• You will see a Blue Hyperlink that says Take Online Clinic.  Note, if viewing on a tablet or mobile device, you may have to scroll the page to the right in order to see the Blue Hyperlink.
• Go through the clinic following the instructions including any required questions.
• Please note it may be as much as 24 hours before your score is posted.

DEADLINE FOR OFFICIALS

• October 9 to December 21 (Officials) – the Swimming & Diving Clinics will be online only and may be viewed at no charge during this period.
• December 22 to January 5 (Officials) – the Swimming & Diving Clinics will be online only and may be viewed for the makeup fee ($30) during this period.
• January 6 to January 20 (Officials) – the Swimming & Diving Clinics will be online only and may be viewed for the makeup fee ($60) during this period. After this time, postseason penalties per Bylaw 27 will apply.

LOGIN ISSUES

• If you are an official and have trouble logging into Arbiter, contact Arbiter        (800) 311-4060 or support@arbitersports.com.
• The KHSAA cannot assist with login issues for already licensed officials.

FOR PART 2 TEST WHEN AVAILABLE (OR PART 1 FOR PRACTICE)

• In the top black bar menu, select TESTING
• Open Tests will have a large blue Take Test Button on the right-hand side
• Ensure that you select the right test, as a licensed official, you will have access to a multitude of tests.
• Follow the instructions and submit your test
• Please note it may be as much as 24 hours before your score is posted

THOSE SERVING AS BOTH COACH AND OFFICIAL IN THE SAME SPORT

• Several of you may serve as officials and coaches. In that case, you may want credit for completing the clinic as both an official and a coach.
• If that is the case, complete the clinic under arbitersports.com using the instructions for the officials, then contact our office at officialsinfo@khsaa.org and request that the clinic be also applied to your work as a coach.

ONCE YOU ARE FINISHED

• Once you have finished, type khsaaofficials.org in your browser and hit enter
• You can then click “Switch Views” in the top-line menu to go to your local association page.

COACHES INSTRUCTIONS FOR VIEWING CLINIC

• For member schools, the clinics are located on the School Log-in Page. To access the clinic, go to https://schools.khsaa.org/ and — under the section entitled Rules Clinics — click on the link that says “View Online Rules Clinics“.

DEADLINE FOR COACHES 

• October 9 to December 28 (Coaches) – the Swimming & Diving Clinic will be online only and may be viewed at no charge during this period.
• December 29 to January 12 (Coaches) – the Swimming & Diving Clinic will be online only and may be viewed for the makeup fee ($100) during this period.
• January 13 to January 27 (Coaches) – the Swimming & Diving Clinic will be online only and may be viewed for the makeup fee ($200) per the Bylaw 27 schedule during this period.
• After this time, postseason penalties per Bylaw 27 will apply.

CLINIC PRESENTATION BACKGROUND

• The presentation can be viewed on most PC or Mac desktops and laptops, along with many HTML5-enabled mobile devices and tablets (to view system requirements click on the Resources tab from within the clinic once the clinic has started).
• You do not have to start and finish the module in one session. You can exit the module at any time by clicking on the “Exit Module” link on the screen, or by simply closing the browser tab. When you return to the clinic, you will be asked if you want to resume or not.
• NOTE: Even though you don’t have to watch in one sitting, you cannot simply leave the module running with a slide displayed when you are away for an extended period of time as you run the risk of not receiving credit.
• There is no certificate for online rules clinics. For coaches, your athletic director will have full visibility of whether or not you have started and finished a module.
• The slides must be advanced one at a time, manually using the player controls. At any time you can go back to review slides you have already viewed, but you can never skip slides you have not viewed.
• You will be presented with a few questions throughout that must be answered before you can proceed.
• Each person who views the clinic must be logged into their account in order to get credit. If taken using anyone else’s e-mail address other than your own (including your administrator’s), you will have to re-take the clinic.

– KHSAA –

About the Kentucky High School Athletic Association

The Kentucky High School Athletic Association was organized in 1917 and is the agency designated by the Kentucky Department of Education to manage high school athletics in the Commonwealth. The Association is a voluntary nonprofit 501(c)3 organization made up of 290 member schools, both public and non-public. The KHSAA awards 229 state championships to 59 teams and 178 individuals in 13 sports and six sport-activities, funds catastrophic insurance coverage for its more than 109,000 rostered member school student-athletes, provides coaching education and sports safety programs for more than 12,000 coaches and licenses and facilitates the distribution of training material for over 4,000 contest officials.