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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve never seen a top athlete benched for any significant length of time, in any sport, due to
behavior. Ridiculous as that is…[/quote]

Yep. Coaches rarely do the right thing in these cases. If you’re fast you get away with a lot more in environments where the top priority is winning. That’s the price you pay swimming in the top division of the crazy NVSL.[/quote]

In the top teams the coaches generally get bonuses for wins so they aren't going to be motivated to tell the child they cannot swim.[/quote]

I do wonder if our coach gets a bonus or just cares a lot about winning. Is a bonus standard for NVSL coaches?

I am not the type to make waves, but I appreciate the feedback about potentially contacting the reps. I fear it will look like sour grapes or that I want the child benched so my kid or my friends’ kids can swim instead. What I actually want is for the age group as a whole to be able to have fun and support each other.

-OP[/quote]

Coaches are paid by the pool and some pools offer bonuses for winning.  It has nothing to do with NVSL and it is not standard.[/quote]

We swim at a Division 1 pool and never have I heard of coaches getting a bonus for winning [/quote]

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