Effective immediately, this needs to be enforced by all clubs and workout groups. USMS offers a 30-day tryout (guest membership) for prospective members who would like to participate in a couple of workouts before joining a Masters program. Our insurance coverage for this 30-day tryout has changed and we are introducing a new process and form for these prospective members who may visit your program.
All 30-day tryout participants are now COVERED by the USMS participant accident insurance during their tryout period. (In the past the tryout participants themselves were not covered.) Because they are now covered, USMS must collect and retain the 30-day tryout participants’ biographical information and signed liability waivers.
We have posted a new form that is to be used for all 30-day tryout participants in your program. The form must be completed and signed by the participant on their first day of attendance. The coach should make a copy of that signed form for the club to retain, then mail the original signed form to the USMS national office (address is on the form).
The form is two pages long; both pages must be filled out and signed.
PLEASE NOTE:
• Tryout memberships are limited to one per lifetime.
• Tryout memberships are limited to 30 consecutive days in length.
• Tryout memberships are for workouts or clinics only.
• Tryout memberships cannot be used to participate in swim meets or open water race events.
• A Tryout membership provides secondary personal accident coverage to the participant while participating in the USMS activity.
Instructions may be found in the USMS Guide to Operations, registration section:
http://www.usms.org/admin/lmschb/content/tryout
The 30-day tryout form is posted here:
http://www.usms.org/admin/lmschb/gto_reg_30daytryout_regform.pdf
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