Swim Team Drama

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Anonymous wrote:Our Jr. Coaches get paid and don't want to work for their money. Sometimes they don't show up and when they do, they do nothing. I felt bad for the hour coach too.

As far as I can tell jr. coach and assistant coach positions at our pool are a work program for the kids of swim team reps and pool board members.

That’s too bad. Our Jr coaches are the same kids who swim at All Stars - and our coaches were those kids 1-3 years ago. Basically kids who live at the pool or their club pool year round. Most of the little kids know them from club teams as well. Sure some of them have parents who have done a stint as team rep or an official, but the parents of the most dedicated kids tend to be very involved.

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We had a drama free season because the family who causes all the drama was kicked out of the pool last year.

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Anonymous wrote:We had a drama free season because the family who causes all the drama was kicked out of the pool last year.

No overt drama. There is always drama in one particular age group at this pool.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. This makes me really glad I’m not at some of your pools. Our mcsl pool is a lovely experience with everyone pitching in and the high schools coaches are phenomenal with the kids.

Ha, same here. I wonder if I'm just oblivious to the drama or if my pool was drama free. As far as I could tell, it was all around great swim season, great coaching and nearly all of the kids enjoyed it. There are a few parents who take swimming way too seriously, but I tune that part out mostly.

Ha! Same here.

My kid enjoyed summer swim so much that we decided to try out for year round club swim. THAT was the first time I saw parents going insane. There were kids crying and it felt like another world. Maybe it was because nobody knew each other so there’s no social pressure to have a filter? Or maybe all those parents at tryouts belong to drama filled summer teams?

Without a doubt the parents who take swimming too seriously are also a part of the year round swim. However, my kid still enjoys the indoor swimming and I like working at those meets but it is a different vibe than summer for sure.

I actually find the year round meets much more relaxed. I think it's because kids get to swim all their events in every meet. In summer swim, kids can get bumped from "their" event by a friend or their coach can randomly put them in an event they'd rather not swim and are the #3 seed behind two teammates instead of in an event they could have won. That dynamic is a recipe for drama that you don't have in winter.

Agree winter swim seems much more focused on swimming and the structure (with kids picking their events and clear criteria for meets) just seems less drama inducing. Plus it is less social for parents with more reasonable volunteer requirements), which also cuts down on the drama. My family all decided we didn't like the drama of summer swim so now skip it but still do winter swim.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We had a drama free season because the family who causes all the drama was kicked out of the pool last year.

No overt drama. There is always drama in one particular age group at this pool.

They are all graduating

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had parents angry we were seeding A meets to win (because their kid was not swum in multiple strokes)

We had parents mad the coach WASN’T seeding meets to win.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had a drama free season because the family who causes all the drama was kicked out of the pool last year.

Damn, that must have been quite the drama.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had a drama free season because the family who causes all the drama was kicked out of the pool last year.

How do the logistics of kicking someone out work? Was it a strong hint to not sign up again or was their membership literally revoked? And how do you know? These kinds of things fascinate me.

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Anonymous wrote:We had a drama free season because the family who causes all the drama was kicked out of the pool last year.

Damn, that must have been quite the drama.

It was. The best part is the entire membership was notified why they were kicked out. With supporting documents. Quite entertaining. I’d be embarrassed if I were them but they seem to have no shame.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We had a drama free season because the family who causes all the drama was kicked out of the pool last year.

How do the logistics of kicking someone out work? Was it a strong hint to not sign up again or was their membership literally revoked? And how do you know? These kinds of things fascinate me.

Their membership was revoked.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had a drama free season because the family who causes all the drama was kicked out of the pool last year.

Damn, that must have been quite the drama.

It was. The best part is the entire membership was notified why they were kicked out. With supporting documents. Quite entertaining. I’d be embarrassed if I were them but they seem to have no shame.

I was the PP asking for details about how it even would work and I did not see this answer coming! yikes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had a drama free season because the family who causes all the drama was kicked out of the pool last year.

Damn, that must have been quite the drama.

It was. The best part is the entire membership was notified why they were kicked out. With supporting documents. Quite entertaining. I’d be embarrassed if I were them but they seem to have no shame.

Ok, so what’s the full story then? What did they do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. This makes me really glad I’m not at some of your pools. Our mcsl pool is a lovely experience with everyone pitching in and the high schools coaches are phenomenal with the kids.

Same here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. This makes me really glad I’m not at some of your pools. Our mcsl pool is a lovely experience with everyone pitching in and the high schools coaches are phenomenal with the kids.

Same here.

Which pool, I’d love to join!

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Anonymous wrote:We had a drama free season because the family who causes all the drama was kicked out of the pool last year.

Is this the woman trying to sue?