VOLUNTEER
We are looking for more volunteers!
Get involved in big and small ways. No experience is necessary, you just need to love collaborating and swimming. Here are just a few of the opportunities:
Club reps: Join us for board monthly board meetings and learn how Minnesota Masters works! Often a free meal!
Sanctions chair: Learn how the meet sanctioning process works. This involves about one hour of (virtual) work every 8 weeks.
Meet Committee: Learn how running swim meets works. Online meetings happen once every 6-8 weeks. Lots of opportunities are available at meets, too!
Coaches Committee: Meet online with other coaches. Our goal is to create a more robust network for coaches. This would be perfect for a coach who wants to create clinics or make more connections.
Social media and web support: Help current volunteers maintain our social media and website.
Article writing: contribute a fun article about swimming once a month to be published in an email newsletter or website. Perfect for the creative type!
Fitness Committee: Assist the fitness committee in setting up new events and engaging the fitness swimmer. Come with ideas!
Social Committee: Perfect for the leader of the chat lane! Do you have an idea you would like to happen? You can work with the fitness committee to create something special!
Open water enthusiasts: We are hosting the 5K / 1-mile open water championship this year on July 20th! Learn more about open water and our events.
Officials, Colorado Operators: You can get PAID for these positions at our meets! Let us know if you have the knowledge and want a side gig!
Über volunteer: Do you just want to help by setting up or tearing down a meet? Running a meet table? We have a place for you!
Become a Meet Official
U.S. Masters Swimming certifies swimming officials to work USMS-sanctioned meets. Officials certification is open to anyone 18 years of age or older. USMS also honors officiating certifications from other swimming bodies, currently including USA Swimming, NCAA, NFHS (high school), or YMCA.
USMS Provides Officials Certification Program.
Become a Masters Coach
Do you love sharing knowledge, teaching others, and giving back to the sport you love? Do you get excited when a teammate masters a new technique? Do you always seem to be the leader of your workout group? Are you the one who writes the workouts? If yes, you might make a good Masters coach.
USMS provides a Masters Coaches Certification Program.
Join or Support our Member Support Committee
We provide opportunities in the form of financial help for our members whose personal resources fall short of that required for participation in the Masters Swimming experience. This help can be wide-ranging, some examples of which might be, help with meet entry fees, swim club dues, USMS or LMSC annual membership fees, or similar expenses.
USMS Adult Learn-to-Swim (ALTS) Initiatives
More than a third of adults in the United States can’t swim the length of a pool, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which puts them at risk of being one of the 10 people who drown every day in this country. U.S. Masters Swimming's Adult Learn-to-Swim initiative is on the front lines to change this statistic. With education, outreach, and financial support, USMS is making more adults safer around water.