These documents should be used as the main reference points for Technical Controllers in New Zealand competitions.

• Hybrid, Acrobatics, and Synchronisation Guides
  The TC bibles - important information relating to hybrids, acrobatics, technical required elements, difficulty declaration, and Coach Card requirements.

• World Aquatics Artistic Swimming Manual
  While typically being considered a main resource for Judges, this manual has useful infor for TCs too. It contains a breakdown of the DTC and STC roles, important info about ethics, and detailed descriptions of Technical Required Elements. 

• World Aquatics Competition Regulations 
  Being familiar with the World Aquatics rules is important as a TC, particularly the penalties which apply to routines (page 308-318), Technical Required Elements (page 355-368) and required routine elements (page 369-374)

• ASNZ Rules and Documents Page
  Includes the current ASNZ Competition Rules, competition policies, required routine elements, and other important New Zealand-specific documents.

Past ASNZ education session recordings are available to support TC revision and development. These recordings may be useful for new TCs, returning TCs, and experienced officials wanting to refresh their knowledge before a competition.

A link to the full recordings folder is provided here, but TCs may find the following sessions particularly useful:

• Introduction to TCing and Synchronisation with Luciana Garcia
  A session led by World Aquatics Gold Technical Controller Luciana Garcia, covering key TC knowledge for those who are new to TCing. 
• Difficulty Technical Controller Key Principles (Hybrids) with Michaela Belworthy
  A session led by ASNZ Officials Coordinator Michaela Belworthy, covering key DTC knowledge for those looking to refresh or upskill their DTCing. Please note some specifics may differ from the 2026 season. you can familiarise yourselves with the 2026 updates here. 
• DTC Key Principles (Acrobatics) with Tori and Michaela
  A session led by World Aquatics Bronze TCs Tori and Michaela, covering key DTC principles about Acrobatics. Please note some specifics may differ from the 2026 season. you can familiarise yourselves with the 2026 updates here. 

ASNZ has created free-to-use online flashcard sets to support TCs revising the hybrid codes. This is an easy and fun way to revise the hybrid codes to help you memorise them for easier TCing. 

Access the folder here. Quizlet may prompt you to sign up for a paid membership, but you'll still be able to access them on a free login!

The USA Artistic Swimming Academy is an online learning platform offering a range of Judge, Coach, and TC modules. Some are free, and some you have to pay for. 

• STC Level 1 Training Course (~$25 NZD)
• STC Level 2 Training Course (~$25 NZD)
• DTC Level 1 Training Course (~$25 NZD)
• DTC Level 2 Training Course (~$35 NZD)

Handy quick-reference versions of the most important info from the hybrid and acrobatic guides to use while officiating. These can be found in the 'downloads' section on the right hand side/bottom of this page.