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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do most teams require the coach to use ranked times for individual events too?  That had always been our team policy but we have a new coach and he skipped a swimmer in one event (but not another event) for today’s meet. And not even back to back events - he skipped her in free and is swimming her in breast. Seems like it would be terrible for morale. [/quote]

You don't always swim the fastest swimmer since you are limited on events.  Coaches swim the top swimmers in each stroke/age/gender which is usually the top six.  If you know the other team has a faster swimmer and you can't pick up points with your fastest swimmer, you might move them to other strokes and swim one of your slower swimmers - but still top six generally.[/quote]

This.  In DDs age group, the same two swimmers are the top two in all four strokes, and another swimmer is #3 in three of them, #4 in the fourth.  But each kid can only swim two strokes, so when putting together the line up for a meet, the coach is going to have to skip someone somewhere and move down to #s 4-6.  Where that happens can change week to week as the coach looks at the best way to earn points against the other team.  As pp said, if it's highly unlikely that even the best swimmer will score in one stroke it makes sense to move them somewhere they have a better chance.[/quote]

I am the person who asked the question, and this is not what I am asking about. Of course kids can only swim three strokes and the coach decides which three, meaning that some kids ranked fourth and fifth get a chance.  I was a college swimmer so this isn’t new to me. I am asking about something different - the coach entirely skips a swimmer who is ranked higher and available to swim that day, so that a lower ranked swimmer can swim instead. Meaning the higher ranked swimmer is not being saved for another stroke, but left out of the meet entirely. Our coach has started doing this, and it is toxic. [/quote]

Leave coaching decisions to the coaches, or shop for a new coach. [/quote]

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