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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting - our coach is putting all kids in their absolute best events even though the team has no shot at winning regionals.  they kids are all complaining because they are swimming their best events two weeks in a row which is usually not a good thing
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Yea.  You will see that with teams.  You will see kids from the same team wanting to swim the same event (i.e. 100 free) and the coach trying to convince them to spread out amongst other events to capture more points.  Coaches generally are trying to capture as many points as possible to influence the overall standing of the team.

The not as good teams might have goals of trying to get the most kids into Regionals or States.  While others do not really care and let the kids just choose whatever they want (this actually makes me mad when coaches do that since most swimmers will not choose the best event if left to their own devices).

But, agree, swimming your best events twice in a row is not ideal for times.  Taking a break is usually better.  Some kids do not have a choice, they need to make it into states.  So they are trying with their best events to either make the cuts or place high enough.[/quote]

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