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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I swear some of you just don't understand trying to win meets.

My kids was the fastest in 3 strokes this year (free, back, and breast). At the start of the season she was swimming free and breast in A meets (her two best). Then in the third meet the coach switched her to back and breast. She came in second in back, but would have easily won free. Were we mad? No, of course not. Looking at the times from our team and the other team it was obvious that the second fastest swimmer on our team in free was going to easily win and that our daughter had a chance to win back while the second fastest back swimmer on our team had no chance. Our coach was trying to win the meet.

It "cost" my kid a chance to have a perfect season and win every race in every A meet. But it was what was best for the team. It was an awesome learning opportunity for her. When we explained it to her she had no problem with it because she wanted to do what was best for the team.

I can create the lineup for our team for A meets just by looking at our ladder and looking up the other teams times in mynvls.com. Clearly I spend way too much time on this, but I'm usually pretty close each week to what our coach picks. The places where I get it wrong are almost always minor judgment calls that could go either way.

The best part about this is there is no drama because the meet lineups follow two rules:
1. Do what is best for the team
2. Fastest swimmer swims
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You are way over invested.  Sometimes switching a kid to make them more comfortable or better in that stroke is not a bad thing.  Our lineup made no sense but mine just swim what they are told.  The relays sucked as my kid was the only one who could swim fast in the bunch but it is what it is.[/quote]

The point of A meets is to win, not make a kid more comfortable in a stroke. That’s what B meets are for. [/quote]

+1 And if you don’t seed a meet like that, that opens all sorts of questions and issues with who is supposed to swim. Keep it simple - try to win the meet. Then parents can’t complain about who gets into the meet. [/quote]

Guess what, they'll still complain.  It's hopeless.  We had a winning season, moved up a division and they are still complaining.  The kids had a blast and the parents are bringing stuff up to the board.  Move on people.  No one is going to care by the end of the week.  Summer swim is over.  Let's plan for next year.  [/quote]

They’ll forget for a while and then remember it all next year when things don’t look right again.  Just plan to play it straight next year. Why is this controversial at all?

Parents complaining that you aren’t seeding to win are not the same as the parents complaining their snowflakes didn’t get a spot.  One group wants things to be fair, the other wants special treatment.  Good parents pay attention and don’t like when their kids are involved in teams that are not being managed fairly by adults. I’m glad they’re complaining.[/quote]

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