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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because it's a B meet and their 8u - it's all learning and developmental as it should be.  If they DQ at this age and level, find another league/program.[/quote]

I agree with you in concept but plenty of 8u get a dq. What I don’t get is why sometimes they’re nice and other times strict. It should be consistent. My 5yo got a dq on freestyle because he didn’t touch the wall first at his first b meet. Just stood up proudly. [/quote]

Standing up during free is not cause for a dq. Pushing off the bottom is, though. [/quote]

If he just stood up and didn't take a step, that shouldn't have been a dq[/quote]

If he just stood up at the end of the pool and never touched the wall, then the heat shouldn't have ended and the referee shouldn't have chirped for the swimmers to get out of the pool.  Also, a timer or someone on the deck should have reminded him to touch -- which should have led to him either touching (he completes the race, watches stop, no DQ) or taking a step and then touching (DQ).[/quote]

Yeah I don’t know what they saw. He just turned 5 and can’t reach the bottom to stand up. Waited 5 seconds before he touched. It’s ok it was his first meet but I thought it was a bit ridiculous for the dq.

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There are two ways to look at this - yes, in the grand scheme of the world that DQ doesn't change anything.  But if a kid DQs on that kind of error (he might have bounced on the bottom, for example - standing on the freestyle finish is pretty common with the littlest littles) and remembers it, they are less likely to make that error again.  Conversely, it can confuse them mightily to be allowed to do it once but then _not_ be forgiven for it a second or third time at a different meet with a different S&T.  Teaching them the rules early and consistently potentially saves a great deal of disappointment later on.  And then they can be proud of _not_ DQing on the technical strokes, and keep earning those "Finisher" ribbons while they work on their times.[/quote]

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