According to Steve Heighway, the Liverpool Academy Director, anytime a player is released, his club helps him find another team at a lower level of the pro game. Parents get a progress report twice a year from the coaching staff, and the player's school gets a copy of the report as well. The coaching staff works with the schools to monitor the players' academic progress. The academies are very much in tune with the needs and welfare of young players and do their best to look after them. All academies must employ not just fully qualified coaches, but also medical staff and educational and welfare officers who look after the off-the-field needs and education of the players.
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In most states, there are three major meets at the end of a varsity high school swimming season: conference, sectionals, and state. Being "All-Conference", "All-Sectional", or "All-State" means that an individual or a relay placed in the top 6 at that meet.