2026 Summer Swim Crazy - Word on the Street

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Anonymous wrote:How about whether that other mom is volunteering enough? And also, why did I just say mom and not parent?

How about whether to hold an A meet on July 4th, simply because it's a Saturday, or do the right thing and have the meet on Friday the 3rd?

Pools are running meets on national holidays?

Wait until I tell you about the baseball and soccer tournaments on Memorial Day. You’ll be shocked that an event from 8:00 to 10:30 am would happen on July 4th.

Not the best comparison given that many places have parades, etc. on the morning of July 4th. Our swim team always participates in our town’s parade and building our float, etc is a highlight of the summer.

Plus, with Memorial Day sports tournaments your whole weekend is already shot. You are also playing on Saturday and Sunday. Moving summer swim meets to the morning of July 3rd lets families that want to get out of town for (most of) the long weekend do so while still making the meet.

Hard to see any good reason not to move meets to July 3.

Also worth noting that Memorial Day tournaments are voluntary. Teams choose to sign up for them. Many teams choose not to so as not to impact the holiday weekend.

…also worth noting that swim meets are voluntary…

You seem obsessed with having meets on the holiday. Fits the title of this thread. Good to see that many teams are taking the more rational approach and agreeing to move to July 3.

Quite the leap to get obsessed here. Are you familiar with the 4th of July Vienna Relays? A meet run annually on…no, you’ll never guess when.

Never heard of them.

We will be spending July 4th with our kids on the swim team float at our town parade and then at our pool’s 4th of July party (which starts at 10am, right after the parade).. We are quite happy that our meet was moved to July 3 to allow our swimmers to participate in these fun annual events.

And I’ve never heard of a town parade in NVSL territory 🤷🏽‍♀️

Fairfax and Great Falls both have 4th of July parades. So do a number of neighborhoods in Arlington.

I know of the Fairfax City parade. Fairfax City is a city- nobody that lives there would ever call it a “town parade”.

And again, there are no towns in Arlington, so I was asking what town has a parade.

Great Falls literally calls its 4th of July events a "hometown celebration."

NP. Do you not get the difference between a city marketing team’s marketing and what people actually call things in real life?

I live in Great Falls, so I think I have this one covered. Many people here call Great Falls a town. Village is also used, which is also the name of the commercial area by Walker Road and Georgetown Pike. There is no “city marketing team” or government. Great Falls is unincorporated. No one calls Great Falls a city.

Happy to answer any other questions an about our town.

I’m from Falls Church City. I don’t know (doubt) if there is a “city marketing team”. What I know is that nobody from Falls Church City refers to it as a town, everyone refers to it as a city. There’s a sense of pride. Usually, they say “if you know, you know”, in this case, maybe it’s “if you don’t get it, you don’t get it”.

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Anonymous wrote:I know Tuckahoe wanted to run theirs on the 4th

They sell beer at the concession stand now - they want that coin

How are the licensed to do that?

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Anonymous wrote:How about whether that other mom is volunteering enough? And also, why did I just say mom and not parent?

How about whether to hold an A meet on July 4th, simply because it's a Saturday, or do the right thing and have the meet on Friday the 3rd?

Pools are running meets on national holidays?

Wait until I tell you about the baseball and soccer tournaments on Memorial Day. You’ll be shocked that an event from 8:00 to 10:30 am would happen on July 4th.

Not the best comparison given that many places have parades, etc. on the morning of July 4th. Our swim team always participates in our town’s parade and building our float, etc is a highlight of the summer.

Plus, with Memorial Day sports tournaments your whole weekend is already shot. You are also playing on Saturday and Sunday. Moving summer swim meets to the morning of July 3rd lets families that want to get out of town for (most of) the long weekend do so while still making the meet.

Hard to see any good reason not to move meets to July 3.

Also worth noting that Memorial Day tournaments are voluntary. Teams choose to sign up for them. Many teams choose not to so as not to impact the holiday weekend.

…also worth noting that swim meets are voluntary…

You seem obsessed with having meets on the holiday. Fits the title of this thread. Good to see that many teams are taking the more rational approach and agreeing to move to July 3.

Quite the leap to get obsessed here. Are you familiar with the 4th of July Vienna Relays? A meet run annually on…no, you’ll never guess when.

Never heard of them.

We will be spending July 4th with our kids on the swim team float at our town parade and then at our pool’s 4th of July party (which starts at 10am, right after the parade).. We are quite happy that our meet was moved to July 3 to allow our swimmers to participate in these fun annual events.

And I’ve never heard of a town parade in NVSL territory 🤷🏽‍♀️

Fairfax and Great Falls both have 4th of July parades. So do a number of neighborhoods in Arlington.

I know of the Fairfax City parade. Fairfax City is a city- nobody that lives there would ever call it a “town parade”.

And again, there are no towns in Arlington, so I was asking what town has a parade.

Great Falls literally calls its 4th of July events a "hometown celebration."

NP. Do you not get the difference between a city marketing team’s marketing and what people actually call things in real life?

I live in Great Falls, so I think I have this one covered. Many people here call Great Falls a town. Village is also used, which is also the name of the commercial area by Walker Road and Georgetown Pike. There is no “city marketing team” or government. Great Falls is unincorporated. No one calls Great Falls a city.

Happy to answer any other questions an about our town.

I’m from Falls Church City. I don’t know (doubt) if there is a “city marketing team”. What I know is that nobody from Falls Church City refers to it as a town, everyone refers to it as a city. There’s a sense of pride. Usually, they say “if you know, you know”, in this case, maybe it’s “if you don’t get it, you don’t get it”.

What a weird flex given that Falls Church is an actual City in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This is such an oddly dumb comment by you.

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Anonymous wrote:How about whether that other mom is volunteering enough? And also, why did I just say mom and not parent?

How about whether to hold an A meet on July 4th, simply because it's a Saturday, or do the right thing and have the meet on Friday the 3rd?

Pools are running meets on national holidays?

Wait until I tell you about the baseball and soccer tournaments on Memorial Day. You’ll be shocked that an event from 8:00 to 10:30 am would happen on July 4th.

Not the best comparison given that many places have parades, etc. on the morning of July 4th. Our swim team always participates in our town’s parade and building our float, etc is a highlight of the summer.

Plus, with Memorial Day sports tournaments your whole weekend is already shot. You are also playing on Saturday and Sunday. Moving summer swim meets to the morning of July 3rd lets families that want to get out of town for (most of) the long weekend do so while still making the meet.

Hard to see any good reason not to move meets to July 3.

Also worth noting that Memorial Day tournaments are voluntary. Teams choose to sign up for them. Many teams choose not to so as not to impact the holiday weekend.

…also worth noting that swim meets are voluntary…

You seem obsessed with having meets on the holiday. Fits the title of this thread. Good to see that many teams are taking the more rational approach and agreeing to move to July 3.

Quite the leap to get obsessed here. Are you familiar with the 4th of July Vienna Relays? A meet run annually on…no, you’ll never guess when.

Never heard of them.

We will be spending July 4th with our kids on the swim team float at our town parade and then at our pool’s 4th of July party (which starts at 10am, right after the parade).. We are quite happy that our meet was moved to July 3 to allow our swimmers to participate in these fun annual events.

And I’ve never heard of a town parade in NVSL territory 🤷🏽‍♀️

Fairfax and Great Falls both have 4th of July parades. So do a number of neighborhoods in Arlington.

I know of the Fairfax City parade. Fairfax City is a city- nobody that lives there would ever call it a “town parade”.

And again, there are no towns in Arlington, so I was asking what town has a parade.

Great Falls literally calls its 4th of July events a "hometown celebration."

NP. Do you not get the difference between a city marketing team’s marketing and what people actually call things in real life?

I live in Great Falls, so I think I have this one covered. Many people here call Great Falls a town. Village is also used, which is also the name of the commercial area by Walker Road and Georgetown Pike. There is no “city marketing team” or government. Great Falls is unincorporated. No one calls Great Falls a city.

Happy to answer any other questions an about our town.

I’m from Falls Church City. I don’t know (doubt) if there is a “city marketing team”. What I know is that nobody from Falls Church City refers to it as a town, everyone refers to it as a city. There’s a sense of pride. Usually, they say “if you know, you know”, in this case, maybe it’s “if you don’t get it, you don’t get it”.

What a weird flex given that Falls Church is an actual City in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This is such an oddly dumb comment by you.

The point is that if you’re from a city, you call it a city, and people that live there are proud of it.

This is a weird flex, and oddly dumb?

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Anonymous wrote:I know Tuckahoe wanted to run theirs on the 4th

They sell beer at the concession stand now - they want that coin

How are the licensed to do that?

Here you go - it's magic.

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title4.1/chapter2/section4.1-209/

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There is, and always will be an ongoing tension between year round swim families and summer swim families.

What does this mean? Why would there be tension between year round swim families and summer only swim families?

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Anonymous wrote:I know Tuckahoe wanted to run theirs on the 4th

They sell beer at the concession stand now - they want that coin

How are the licensed to do that?

It’s not too difficult to get a license. Our club has had them for social activities in the past.

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We're still two days from the first meet (not counting time trials) and summer crazy is already in full effect!! Why are people so horrible and/or weird!

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Anonymous wrote:We're still two days from the first meet (not counting time trials) and summer crazy is already in full effect!! Why are people so horrible and/or weird!

Because learning about meet rosters today is dangerous.

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Anonymous wrote:We're still two days from the first meet (not counting time trials) and summer crazy is already in full effect!! Why are people so horrible and/or weird!

Because learning about meet rosters today is dangerous.

Little Johnny better watch his back, hard to have a legal butterfly when you can't lift your right arm

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I’ve been a swim team mom for over 10 years… My younger son was on an “A” team but got burned out and decided to drop to a “C” team. The “A” team did not give him much coaching once they determined he was not going to be a top swimmer, and he hated the coach “yelling” all the time. [It was not negatively yelling, just swim coach yelling so the kids can hear him in the water] He enjoyed swimming again after joining the “C” team, and a friend joined that had never swam before (at age 14!!). It was a very positive experience and very relaxed. Coaches were very chill. Maybe a little too chill… And the parents were also very chill, and I really enjoyed the chill parent set compared to the hyper-competitive parent set. The vibe at swim meets was much more relaxed and I could actually enjoy the meets. We stayed on “C” team for 2 years. The second year, he was over being on a “C” team. He even mentioned he missed the coach that “yelled” all the time. We moved to a “B” team this year that has several of his high school friends (he picked the team based on what friends were on it) – and I have never seen him so excited to be competing. He texted me today that he wants to do all the invitationals.
I have looked at the times for his age group – and have my opinion on the relay lineup but would never mention it to the coach! I’m curious if my “ideal” lineup is what the coach picks. But it is easy since his age group are all high schoolers where there are winter HS meet times. I am really looking forward to watching him compete this summer. And wondering what the parent vibe set will be at meets. It is also different since he 16 and driving and I am not at the practices. I have not met the head coach yet and only popped into one practice. I am hoping for a chill set of parents; I do know one family and they are easy going.

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We had multiple families try to join our team based on their club times and get upset that they would have to get on the pool's waitlist. They thought there was a cut the line policy for fast kids.

There is a cut the line policy if your pool is competitive and those swimmers are actually good.

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We had multiple families try to join our team based on their club times and get upset that they would have to get on the pool's waitlist. They thought there was a cut the line policy for fast kids.

There is a cut the line policy if your pool is competitive and those swimmers are actually good.

This is not true. I have “fast” swimmers and we waited years on the waitlist, just like everyone else. Membership is completely separate from the team..

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We had multiple families try to join our team based on their club times and get upset that they would have to get on the pool's waitlist. They thought there was a cut the line policy for fast kids.

There is a cut the line policy if your pool is competitive and those swimmers are actually good.

This is not true. I have “fast” swimmers and we waited years on the waitlist, just like everyone else. Membership is completely separate from the team..

Depends on the pool. And most parents that think their kids are fast aren’t fast enough to move the needle at a pool where the very fast skip the line.