TEAM STONE

Team Rules:

The rules for Team Stone are very simple.  All members, including me, are expected to follow.  A complete disregarding of these rules will prompt any member to be asked to leave the team.

1. Support your teammates.  You are expected to spot, load, and help your teammates through the training sessions.  If you are not lifting yourself, just finished lifting, or getting ready to lift, you should be around the bar helping and cheering on your teammates.  You need to be there for the team, not just for yourself.

2.  Be on time to training sessions.  In fact, try to be early to help set-up equipment, and go through your warm-up routine.  We should be ready to load the bar(s) with weight 15 mintes after the specified start times.  Call if you are going to be more than a few minutes late, and do not make it a habbit.

3. Be ready to lift.  When it is your turn in the order to go, you should be ready to go.  If you are not, you will be skipped, and will have to catch up the next time around.  That means if you need to wrap/strap/etc., start doing so before you are up.

4.  Be respectful of the facility and equipment.  We need to make sure we stay out of the way of the Velocity groups if they are around, and need to put away/clean up after ourselves.  In addition, make sure you sign-in and take care of your Velocity dues without being asked.

5.  Give advice appropiately.  The experienced members on the team should be doing the coaching on the team--i.e. certified judges should call depth.  Mostly give advice and help when asked.  It might not be the right time to talk to a teammate if they are not asking, or they may not want the help.  Example--do not call a teammate "down" on the squat, or give a "press" call on the bench unless asked.

Again, the rules are common sense, and not very difficult for all to follow.  The only other aspect to add is that all members of the team benefit from consistenty in training.  Be there on the days you can come, and be consistent and committed to your training, and the team's training.

- Eric Stone