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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like there’s drama at every pool. Is anyone at a pool where the vibe is generally relaxed and friendly?[/quote]

Yes! I am on a wonderful team in division 15. It's so fun and very little drama. We don't post a ladder and coaches make all the decisions about who swims in a meet.

However, we are very small and, due to rules set by the HOA, are limited in how many outside members we can have. It's still a struggle to fill lanes[/quote]

I can see how posting a ladder can take all the fun out of summer swim. What a great idea and a positive environment. I hope people are taking notes. No reason to post a team ladder so people can boast about their little swimmers.[/quote]

Actually, posting the ladder provides transparency as to swims A meets and relays, and takes any potential drama out of it. [/quote]

Agree.  Sadly accountability is needed at times and this ensures full transparency. Even more annoying is not sharing the meet sheets with times.  Our pool acts like it’s the biggest secret in the world and even tries to withhold the meet sheet with times from the ref! It’s ridiculous.[/quote]

Our team used to share times on meet sheets.  It caused parents to openly discuss times and kids to swim slower if they new they were up against a fast kid.  It made the team not perform.  Especially the younger ones.

When we got a new team rep, they did what your team does - state secret on times.  Only the head coach and the rep gets them.  We ended up having a lot more positive upsets at meets.  Kids trying harder and dropping time and picking up points.  It made a difference for us and is part of the reason we started moving to better divisions after being stuck at the bottom for years.  There were other factors as well, but the meet sheet thing was part of the shift.[/quote]

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