Any word on swim meets?

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Anonymous wrote:Some kids are born hypercompetitive. I know that two of mine are and will work harder if something is at stake like qualifying times, making finals, medaling and time standards. It doesnt make yours better or worse if they aren't wired that way. It's just who they are.

You aren't born hyper competitive. Its parenting.

To an extent maybe. But I have three kids. One hyper competitive, one could care less, and one competitive but not as much. A lot is just innate.

+1

I don't understand why everyone has to be so judgmental and throw around generalization on here. Some kids enjoy meets and competing and there is nothing wrong with that. It doesn't mean their parents are pushing them or that we want them to get a scholarship.

I have 2 kids under 13. One is very competitive the other not so much. My competitive one loves swimming and is happy to swim even when he isn't competing, but he does still care about his times and wants to know if he is improving. He doesn't swim at a meet to beat everyone, there are plenty of kids who are a lot faster than him, but he does love to race and push his limits and see if he is improving his times. Meets also allow him to try new events that he wouldn't normally do.

I disagree that kids under 13 don't need meets. Some kids like my son enjoy meets to push themselves. I am a runner. I am not at all fast. I enjoy running even when I am not racing or training for a race. I still enjoy the occasional race though to push my limits and see what I can do.

Our club has mentioned having intrasquad meets. And I heard something about being able to post unofficial times just for your own records.

Now do i miss meets. Hell no! I have loved having free weekends and the fact that it has allowed us to get out and do more outdoor activities like hiking. But I do hope that the kids can have some meets to at least see where they stand.

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Anonymous wrote:Some kids are born hypercompetitive. I know that two of mine are and will work harder if something is at stake like qualifying times, making finals, medaling and time standards. It doesnt make yours better or worse if they aren't wired that way. It's just who they are.

You aren't born hyper competitive. Its parenting.

To an extent maybe. But I have three kids. One hyper competitive, one could care less, and one competitive but not as much. A lot is just innate.

+1

I don't understand why everyone has to be so judgmental and throw around generalization on here. Some kids enjoy meets and competing and there is nothing wrong with that. It doesn't mean their parents are pushing them or that we want them to get a scholarship.

I have 2 kids under 13. One is very competitive the other not so much. My competitive one loves swimming and is happy to swim even when he isn't competing, but he does still care about his times and wants to know if he is improving. He doesn't swim at a meet to beat everyone, there are plenty of kids who are a lot faster than him, but he does love to race and push his limits and see if he is improving his times. Meets also allow him to try new events that he wouldn't normally do.

I disagree that kids under 13 don't need meets. Some kids like my son enjoy meets to push themselves. I am a runner. I am not at all fast. I enjoy running even when I am not racing or training for a race. I still enjoy the occasional race though to push my limits and see what I can do.

Our club has mentioned having intrasquad meets. And I heard something about being able to post unofficial times just for your own records.

Now do i miss meets. Hell no! I have loved having free weekends and the fact that it has allowed us to get out and do more outdoor activities like hiking. But I do hope that the kids can have some meets to at least see where they stand.

+1! I couldn't agree more with everything posted above! Finally, a post on this ridiculous thread that makes sense.

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Anonymous wrote:Some kids are born hypercompetitive. I know that two of mine are and will work harder if something is at stake like qualifying times, making finals, medaling and time standards. It doesnt make yours better or worse if they aren't wired that way. It's just who they are.

You aren't born hyper competitive. Its parenting.

To an extent maybe. But I have three kids. One hyper competitive, one could care less, and one competitive but not as much. A lot is just innate.

+1

I don't understand why everyone has to be so judgmental and throw around generalization on here. Some kids enjoy meets and competing and there is nothing wrong with that. It doesn't mean their parents are pushing them or that we want them to get a scholarship.

I have 2 kids under 13. One is very competitive the other not so much. My competitive one loves swimming and is happy to swim even when he isn't competing, but he does still care about his times and wants to know if he is improving. He doesn't swim at a meet to beat everyone, there are plenty of kids who are a lot faster than him, but he does love to race and push his limits and see if he is improving his times. Meets also allow him to try new events that he wouldn't normally do.

I disagree that kids under 13 don't need meets. Some kids like my son enjoy meets to push themselves. I am a runner. I am not at all fast. I enjoy running even when I am not racing or training for a race. I still enjoy the occasional race though to push my limits and see what I can do.

Our club has mentioned having intrasquad meets. And I heard something about being able to post unofficial times just for your own records.

Now do i miss meets. Hell no! I have loved having free weekends and the fact that it has allowed us to get out and do more outdoor activities like hiking. But I do hope that the kids can have some meets to at least see where they stand.

Kids don't need meets. They are fun and social. Big difference. We will not do any meets this year with COVID. Its not worth the risk. A few meets a year is plenty.

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Anonymous wrote:my niece and nephew in RIchmond are having swim meets. they have electronic timers, 1 parent is allowed on deck to watch ea race, everyone waits outside under their own tents, they have to leisurely swim to the other end of the pool to get out closer to the doors, plexiglass in between the lanes at that end only.

That would mean the county and team would have to use some of the money to retrofit the pools which they aren't willing to do. They cannot even keep even temperatures with the heat in the winter.

It isn't much of a retrofit for touch pads, there are pools in the area that have them. They are put on for meets and then removed. They are expensive though. And I don't think that there is a lot of extra money floating around to make it happen. The clubs should be able to do it - particularly Machine, NCAP, etc that are more expensive. I do not see summer community pools pulling it off because so many of them are working at the margin.

The county/RMSC isn't going to spend that kind of money on meets. They don't even give out the t-shirts anymore. And, at best we have 2-3 coaches for 70 kids. Ideally they should do it as its more accurate but its not going to happen as they only do the minimum. They cannot even give us our deposits back or credit them like they said they would to this years swim. (if we want them back, we can do a request through the county but we haven't even gotten credited the money yet). County summer pool swim teams should be given them from the county but they aren't really given much of anything and some teams have a good parent rep who puts money/time into it and others don't.

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Anonymous wrote:Some kids are born hypercompetitive. I know that two of mine are and will work harder if something is at stake like qualifying times, making finals, medaling and time standards. It doesnt make yours better or worse if they aren't wired that way. It's just who they are.

You aren't born hyper competitive. Its parenting.

To an extent maybe. But I have three kids. One hyper competitive, one could care less, and one competitive but not as much. A lot is just innate.

+1

I don't understand why everyone has to be so judgmental and throw around generalization on here. Some kids enjoy meets and competing and there is nothing wrong with that. It doesn't mean their parents are pushing them or that we want them to get a scholarship.

I have 2 kids under 13. One is very competitive the other not so much. My competitive one loves swimming and is happy to swim even when he isn't competing, but he does still care about his times and wants to know if he is improving. He doesn't swim at a meet to beat everyone, there are plenty of kids who are a lot faster than him, but he does love to race and push his limits and see if he is improving his times. Meets also allow him to try new events that he wouldn't normally do.

I disagree that kids under 13 don't need meets. Some kids like my son enjoy meets to push themselves. I am a runner. I am not at all fast. I enjoy running even when I am not racing or training for a race. I still enjoy the occasional race though to push my limits and see what I can do.

Our club has mentioned having intrasquad meets. And I heard something about being able to post unofficial times just for your own records.

Now do i miss meets. Hell no! I have loved having free weekends and the fact that it has allowed us to get out and do more outdoor activities like hiking. But I do hope that the kids can have some meets to at least see where they stand.

Kids don't need meets. They are fun and social. Big difference. We will not do any meets this year with COVID. Its not worth the risk. A few meets a year is plenty.

There is more to a meet than being fun and social, as I said above some kids enjoy competing and getting their best times.

I am also not saying we need to have the big meets with multiple clubs, 150 kids swimming 50 free and T-shirt that we have never once bought. I am good with that. As I said above I definitely don't miss spending all weekend at a swim meet. But I do hope our team can do smaller team "meets" where kids can compete against one another and get some times. That's all.

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Anonymous wrote:Some kids are born hypercompetitive. I know that two of mine are and will work harder if something is at stake like qualifying times, making finals, medaling and time standards. It doesnt make yours better or worse if they aren't wired that way. It's just who they are.

You aren't born hyper competitive. Its parenting.

To an extent maybe. But I have three kids. One hyper competitive, one could care less, and one competitive but not as much. A lot is just innate.

+1

I don't understand why everyone has to be so judgmental and throw around generalization on here. Some kids enjoy meets and competing and there is nothing wrong with that. It doesn't mean their parents are pushing them or that we want them to get a scholarship.

I have 2 kids under 13. One is very competitive the other not so much. My competitive one loves swimming and is happy to swim even when he isn't competing, but he does still care about his times and wants to know if he is improving. He doesn't swim at a meet to beat everyone, there are plenty of kids who are a lot faster than him, but he does love to race and push his limits and see if he is improving his times. Meets also allow him to try new events that he wouldn't normally do.

I disagree that kids under 13 don't need meets. Some kids like my son enjoy meets to push themselves. I am a runner. I am not at all fast. I enjoy running even when I am not racing or training for a race. I still enjoy the occasional race though to push my limits and see what I can do.

Our club has mentioned having intrasquad meets. And I heard something about being able to post unofficial times just for your own records.

Now do i miss meets. Hell no! I have loved having free weekends and the fact that it has allowed us to get out and do more outdoor activities like hiking. But I do hope that the kids can have some meets to at least see where they stand.

Kids don't need meets. They are fun and social. Big difference. We will not do any meets this year with COVID. Its not worth the risk. A few meets a year is plenty.

There is more to a meet than being fun and social, as I said above some kids enjoy competing and getting their best times.

I am also not saying we need to have the big meets with multiple clubs, 150 kids swimming 50 free and T-shirt that we have never once bought. I am good with that. As I said above I definitely don't miss spending all weekend at a swim meet. But I do hope our team can do smaller team "meets" where kids can compete against one another and get some times. That's all.

Meets are not safe. It’s all about winning for you. Hey, who cares if another kid gets Covid and shares it with their parent who dies as long as my kid can beat that kid at a meet. We get it. Let’s just say yours is number one, they won the meet and be responsible with Covid.

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Anonymous wrote:Some kids are born hypercompetitive. I know that two of mine are and will work harder if something is at stake like qualifying times, making finals, medaling and time standards. It doesnt make yours better or worse if they aren't wired that way. It's just who they are.

You aren't born hyper competitive. Its parenting.

To an extent maybe. But I have three kids. One hyper competitive, one could care less, and one competitive but not as much. A lot is just innate.

+1

I don't understand why everyone has to be so judgmental and throw around generalization on here. Some kids enjoy meets and competing and there is nothing wrong with that. It doesn't mean their parents are pushing them or that we want them to get a scholarship.

I have 2 kids under 13. One is very competitive the other not so much. My competitive one loves swimming and is happy to swim even when he isn't competing, but he does still care about his times and wants to know if he is improving. He doesn't swim at a meet to beat everyone, there are plenty of kids who are a lot faster than him, but he does love to race and push his limits and see if he is improving his times. Meets also allow him to try new events that he wouldn't normally do.

I disagree that kids under 13 don't need meets. Some kids like my son enjoy meets to push themselves. I am a runner. I am not at all fast. I enjoy running even when I am not racing or training for a race. I still enjoy the occasional race though to push my limits and see what I can do.

Our club has mentioned having intrasquad meets. And I heard something about being able to post unofficial times just for your own records.

Now do i miss meets. Hell no! I have loved having free weekends and the fact that it has allowed us to get out and do more outdoor activities like hiking. But I do hope that the kids can have some meets to at least see where they stand.

Kids don't need meets. They are fun and social. Big difference. We will not do any meets this year with COVID. Its not worth the risk. A few meets a year is plenty.

There is more to a meet than being fun and social, as I said above some kids enjoy competing and getting their best times.

I am also not saying we need to have the big meets with multiple clubs, 150 kids swimming 50 free and T-shirt that we have never once bought. I am good with that. As I said above I definitely don't miss spending all weekend at a swim meet. But I do hope our team can do smaller team "meets" where kids can compete against one another and get some times. That's all.

We don’t get shirts anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:Some kids are born hypercompetitive. I know that two of mine are and will work harder if something is at stake like qualifying times, making finals, medaling and time standards. It doesnt make yours better or worse if they aren't wired that way. It's just who they are.

You aren't born hyper competitive. Its parenting.

To an extent maybe. But I have three kids. One hyper competitive, one could care less, and one competitive but not as much. A lot is just innate.

+1

I don't understand why everyone has to be so judgmental and throw around generalization on here. Some kids enjoy meets and competing and there is nothing wrong with that. It doesn't mean their parents are pushing them or that we want them to get a scholarship.

I have 2 kids under 13. One is very competitive the other not so much. My competitive one loves swimming and is happy to swim even when he isn't competing, but he does still care about his times and wants to know if he is improving. He doesn't swim at a meet to beat everyone, there are plenty of kids who are a lot faster than him, but he does love to race and push his limits and see if he is improving his times. Meets also allow him to try new events that he wouldn't normally do.

I disagree that kids under 13 don't need meets. Some kids like my son enjoy meets to push themselves. I am a runner. I am not at all fast. I enjoy running even when I am not racing or training for a race. I still enjoy the occasional race though to push my limits and see what I can do.

Our club has mentioned having intrasquad meets. And I heard something about being able to post unofficial times just for your own records.

Now do i miss meets. Hell no! I have loved having free weekends and the fact that it has allowed us to get out and do more outdoor activities like hiking. But I do hope that the kids can have some meets to at least see where they stand.

Kids don't need meets. They are fun and social. Big difference. We will not do any meets this year with COVID. Its not worth the risk. A few meets a year is plenty.

There is more to a meet than being fun and social, as I said above some kids enjoy competing and getting their best times.

I am also not saying we need to have the big meets with multiple clubs, 150 kids swimming 50 free and T-shirt that we have never once bought. I am good with that. As I said above I definitely don't miss spending all weekend at a swim meet. But I do hope our team can do smaller team "meets" where kids can compete against one another and get some times. That's all.

Meets are not safe. It’s all about winning for you. Hey, who cares if another kid gets Covid and shares it with their parent who dies as long as my kid can beat that kid at a meet. We get it. Let’s just say yours is number one, they won the meet and be responsible with Covid.

Did you read anything I wrote or do you just have poor reading comprehension?

Kids never win at meets. They do them to get their times.

Why is everything a personal attack on someone’s character?

The are ways to safely do meets. If kids can swim indoors they can have some sort of meet/timed event.

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Anonymous wrote:Some kids are born hypercompetitive. I know that two of mine are and will work harder if something is at stake like qualifying times, making finals, medaling and time standards. It doesnt make yours better or worse if they aren't wired that way. It's just who they are.

You aren't born hyper competitive. Its parenting.

To an extent maybe. But I have three kids. One hyper competitive, one could care less, and one competitive but not as much. A lot is just innate.

+1

I don't understand why everyone has to be so judgmental and throw around generalization on here. Some kids enjoy meets and competing and there is nothing wrong with that. It doesn't mean their parents are pushing them or that we want them to get a scholarship.

I have 2 kids under 13. One is very competitive the other not so much. My competitive one loves swimming and is happy to swim even when he isn't competing, but he does still care about his times and wants to know if he is improving. He doesn't swim at a meet to beat everyone, there are plenty of kids who are a lot faster than him, but he does love to race and push his limits and see if he is improving his times. Meets also allow him to try new events that he wouldn't normally do.

I disagree that kids under 13 don't need meets. Some kids like my son enjoy meets to push themselves. I am a runner. I am not at all fast. I enjoy running even when I am not racing or training for a race. I still enjoy the occasional race though to push my limits and see what I can do.

Our club has mentioned having intrasquad meets. And I heard something about being able to post unofficial times just for your own records.

Now do i miss meets. Hell no! I have loved having free weekends and the fact that it has allowed us to get out and do more outdoor activities like hiking. But I do hope that the kids can have some meets to at least see where they stand.

Kids don't need meets. They are fun and social. Big difference. We will not do any meets this year with COVID. Its not worth the risk. A few meets a year is plenty.

There is more to a meet than being fun and social, as I said above some kids enjoy competing and getting their best times.

I am also not saying we need to have the big meets with multiple clubs, 150 kids swimming 50 free and T-shirt that we have never once bought. I am good with that. As I said above I definitely don't miss spending all weekend at a swim meet. But I do hope our team can do smaller team "meets" where kids can compete against one another and get some times. That's all.

Meets are not safe. It’s all about winning for you. Hey, who cares if another kid gets Covid and shares it with their parent who dies as long as my kid can beat that kid at a meet. We get it. Let’s just say yours is number one, they won the meet and be responsible with Covid.

Did you read anything I wrote or do you just have poor reading comprehension?

Kids never win at meets. They do them to get their times.

Why is everything a personal attack on someone’s character?

The are ways to safely do meets. If kids can swim indoors they can have some sort of meet/timed event.

DP. We are in MD and we had multiple summer swim league meets this year ... with ZERO Covid issues. Saying swim meets are “unsafe” is not an accurate statement. Also, my kids have been attending indoor club swim practices since June and again, we haven’t had a single Covid issue. So I can’t imagine holding a meet indoors using similar protocols to our practices would make it “unsafe” - there are plenty of safe ways to conduct a meet.

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Serious question. Why do people choose to swim unless your kid is uncoordinated and can’t play more interesting sports. Are most swimmers just kids who wash out in other sports and need a sport where you don’t have to any hand eye coordination or handle physicality?

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Anonymous wrote:Is this for just the rest of 2020 or first half of 2021 too?

The speculation is this will go into 2021 as well. I hope that there will be some meets in the summer. But I have written off fall, winter, and spring.

I'm not sure how kids will stay motivated with no swim meets.

For winter/club swim, my kid is thrilled that there are no meets.

Same

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Anonymous wrote:Some kids are born hypercompetitive. I know that two of mine are and will work harder if something is at stake like qualifying times, making finals, medaling and time standards. It doesnt make yours better or worse if they aren't wired that way. It's just who they are.

You aren't born hyper competitive. Its parenting.

To an extent maybe. But I have three kids. One hyper competitive, one could care less, and one competitive but not as much. A lot is just innate.

+1

I don't understand why everyone has to be so judgmental and throw around generalization on here. Some kids enjoy meets and competing and there is nothing wrong with that. It doesn't mean their parents are pushing them or that we want them to get a scholarship.

I have 2 kids under 13. One is very competitive the other not so much. My competitive one loves swimming and is happy to swim even when he isn't competing, but he does still care about his times and wants to know if he is improving. He doesn't swim at a meet to beat everyone, there are plenty of kids who are a lot faster than him, but he does love to race and push his limits and see if he is improving his times. Meets also allow him to try new events that he wouldn't normally do.

I disagree that kids under 13 don't need meets. Some kids like my son enjoy meets to push themselves. I am a runner. I am not at all fast. I enjoy running even when I am not racing or training for a race. I still enjoy the occasional race though to push my limits and see what I can do.

Our club has mentioned having intrasquad meets. And I heard something about being able to post unofficial times just for your own records.

Now do i miss meets. Hell no! I have loved having free weekends and the fact that it has allowed us to get out and do more outdoor activities like hiking. But I do hope that the kids can have some meets to at least see where they stand.

Kids don't need meets. They are fun and social. Big difference. We will not do any meets this year with COVID. Its not worth the risk. A few meets a year is plenty.

There is more to a meet than being fun and social, as I said above some kids enjoy competing and getting their best times.

I am also not saying we need to have the big meets with multiple clubs, 150 kids swimming 50 free and T-shirt that we have never once bought. I am good with that. As I said above I definitely don't miss spending all weekend at a swim meet. But I do hope our team can do smaller team "meets" where kids can compete against one another and get some times. That's all.

Meets are not safe. It’s all about winning for you. Hey, who cares if another kid gets Covid and shares it with their parent who dies as long as my kid can beat that kid at a meet. We get it. Let’s just say yours is number one, they won the meet and be responsible with Covid.

Did you read anything I wrote or do you just have poor reading comprehension?

Kids never win at meets. They do them to get their times.

Why is everything a personal attack on someone’s character?

The are ways to safely do meets. If kids can swim indoors they can have some sort of meet/timed event.

DP. We are in MD and we had multiple summer swim league meets this year ... with ZERO Covid issues. Saying swim meets are “unsafe” is not an accurate statement. Also, my kids have been attending indoor club swim practices since June and again, we haven’t had a single Covid issue. So I can’t imagine holding a meet indoors using similar protocols to our practices would make it “unsafe” - there are plenty of safe ways to conduct a meet.

You cannot say there were zero covid when lots of people are asymptomatic or it went unreported. There is no safe way of doing it.

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question. Why do people choose to swim unless your kid is uncoordinated and can’t play more interesting sports. Are most swimmers just kids who wash out in other sports and need a sport where you don’t have to any hand eye coordination or handle physicality?

Its not about uncoordinated. Some of our kids enjoy it and choose to do it. I would love for mine to to as it a huge time hog. My kid is not the fastest but enjoys it and its good exercise. And, clearly they were good enough to get on the team. All kids should get a chance to swim or do a sport of their choosing. It should be just for kids of stuck up parents who think their kids are better than everyone else.

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Anonymous wrote:Some kids are born hypercompetitive. I know that two of mine are and will work harder if something is at stake like qualifying times, making finals, medaling and time standards. It doesnt make yours better or worse if they aren't wired that way. It's just who they are.

You aren't born hyper competitive. Its parenting.

To an extent maybe. But I have three kids. One hyper competitive, one could care less, and one competitive but not as much. A lot is just innate.

+1

I don't understand why everyone has to be so judgmental and throw around generalization on here. Some kids enjoy meets and competing and there is nothing wrong with that. It doesn't mean their parents are pushing them or that we want them to get a scholarship.

I have 2 kids under 13. One is very competitive the other not so much. My competitive one loves swimming and is happy to swim even when he isn't competing, but he does still care about his times and wants to know if he is improving. He doesn't swim at a meet to beat everyone, there are plenty of kids who are a lot faster than him, but he does love to race and push his limits and see if he is improving his times. Meets also allow him to try new events that he wouldn't normally do.

I disagree that kids under 13 don't need meets. Some kids like my son enjoy meets to push themselves. I am a runner. I am not at all fast. I enjoy running even when I am not racing or training for a race. I still enjoy the occasional race though to push my limits and see what I can do.

Our club has mentioned having intrasquad meets. And I heard something about being able to post unofficial times just for your own records.

Now do i miss meets. Hell no! I have loved having free weekends and the fact that it has allowed us to get out and do more outdoor activities like hiking. But I do hope that the kids can have some meets to at least see where they stand.

Kids don't need meets. They are fun and social. Big difference. We will not do any meets this year with COVID. Its not worth the risk. A few meets a year is plenty.

There is more to a meet than being fun and social, as I said above some kids enjoy competing and getting their best times.

I am also not saying we need to have the big meets with multiple clubs, 150 kids swimming 50 free and T-shirt that we have never once bought. I am good with that. As I said above I definitely don't miss spending all weekend at a swim meet. But I do hope our team can do smaller team "meets" where kids can compete against one another and get some times. That's all.

Meets are not safe. It’s all about winning for you. Hey, who cares if another kid gets Covid and shares it with their parent who dies as long as my kid can beat that kid at a meet. We get it. Let’s just say yours is number one, they won the meet and be responsible with Covid.

Did you read anything I wrote or do you just have poor reading comprehension?

Kids never win at meets. They do them to get their times.

Why is everything a personal attack on someone’s character?

The are ways to safely do meets. If kids can swim indoors they can have some sort of meet/timed event.

You are attacking others and its clear you are the one pushing things for your kid. You come across as really nasty and expect no one to say anything back. By demanding meets and saying its ok to put 4-6 or more kids in a lane right now is safe, it isn't especially when someone like you is probably taking far more risks than a family like us. Its unfair we are forced to go back to an unsafe situation or lose our spot because of the choices of others. If we were under quarantine, no eating out, no traveling, no in person school, no socializing in creative justifications, it would be safer. As it is now, its not.

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Anonymous wrote:Some kids are born hypercompetitive. I know that two of mine are and will work harder if something is at stake like qualifying times, making finals, medaling and time standards. It doesnt make yours better or worse if they aren't wired that way. It's just who they are.

You aren't born hyper competitive. Its parenting.

To an extent maybe. But I have three kids. One hyper competitive, one could care less, and one competitive but not as much. A lot is just innate.

+1

I don't understand why everyone has to be so judgmental and throw around generalization on here. Some kids enjoy meets and competing and there is nothing wrong with that. It doesn't mean their parents are pushing them or that we want them to get a scholarship.

I have 2 kids under 13. One is very competitive the other not so much. My competitive one loves swimming and is happy to swim even when he isn't competing, but he does still care about his times and wants to know if he is improving. He doesn't swim at a meet to beat everyone, there are plenty of kids who are a lot faster than him, but he does love to race and push his limits and see if he is improving his times. Meets also allow him to try new events that he wouldn't normally do.

I disagree that kids under 13 don't need meets. Some kids like my son enjoy meets to push themselves. I am a runner. I am not at all fast. I enjoy running even when I am not racing or training for a race. I still enjoy the occasional race though to push my limits and see what I can do.

Our club has mentioned having intrasquad meets. And I heard something about being able to post unofficial times just for your own records.

Now do i miss meets. Hell no! I have loved having free weekends and the fact that it has allowed us to get out and do more outdoor activities like hiking. But I do hope that the kids can have some meets to at least see where they stand.

Kids don't need meets. They are fun and social. Big difference. We will not do any meets this year with COVID. Its not worth the risk. A few meets a year is plenty.

There is more to a meet than being fun and social, as I said above some kids enjoy competing and getting their best times.

I am also not saying we need to have the big meets with multiple clubs, 150 kids swimming 50 free and T-shirt that we have never once bought. I am good with that. As I said above I definitely don't miss spending all weekend at a swim meet. But I do hope our team can do smaller team "meets" where kids can compete against one another and get some times. That's all.

Meets are not safe. It’s all about winning for you. Hey, who cares if another kid gets Covid and shares it with their parent who dies as long as my kid can beat that kid at a meet. We get it. Let’s just say yours is number one, they won the meet and be responsible with Covid.

Did you read anything I wrote or do you just have poor reading comprehension?

Kids never win at meets. They do them to get their times.

Why is everything a personal attack on someone’s character?

The are ways to safely do meets. If kids can swim indoors they can have some sort of meet/timed event.

You are attacking others and its clear you are the one pushing things for your kid. You come across as really nasty and expect no one to say anything back. By demanding meets and saying its ok to put 4-6 or more kids in a lane right now is safe, it isn't especially when someone like you is probably taking far more risks than a family like us. Its unfair we are forced to go back to an unsafe situation or lose our spot because of the choices of others. If we were under quarantine, no eating out, no traveling, no in person school, no socializing in creative justifications, it would be safer. As it is now, its not.

I appreciate your hypocrisy. Calling me nasty as you make assumptions about me and attack me over my child’s motivation for swimming and my reasons for wanting some meters/ways for kids to get times. And I never demanded meets, not sure where you got that. I simply said I’d be in favor of meets. I’ve not voiced this to our team or made any demands but I would support it if they choose to do so.

Swim meets are voluntary. You are never required to participate. If you and your child don’t feel safe then don’t attend. Pretty simple. You won’t be kicked off the team.