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[quote=Anonymous]4 yr summer swim team member in NVSL. Have had 2 head coaches during this time on our team.

Neither was good about going over DQ slips with kids. They have 150+ kids between 5 and 18 to manage. One on one attention and improvement is a bit much to expect.

One was very strict about giving "permission" for kids to try to be legal in a stroke at B meets. Wouldn't allow kids to try without coach approval. Did not love that approach.

The other lets anyone who wants have a crack at it. Much preferred this. I do think more work should fall to assistant coaches and some parents, either team rep or data or someone, to notify parents/kids of reason for DQ and point them in right way to fix it. Usually this means you pay a teen coach or older swimmer for a few private lessons. Well worth the $20.

No one is going to personally invest themselves in getting your child to legal strokes when they are responsible for a minimum of 25 kids if they're lane coaches or more if the head coach of a team. New parents often expect too much during the very short summer season, but more seasoned parents can help more by sharing contact info for yr round swim and the names of teens giving private lessons.
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