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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't really understand the focus on timers.  Timing swim meets was one of the more enjoyable things I did to support my child's sports.  You get to sit down, chat with other parents and every few minutes stand up and push a button.  Plus you get to see excited kids pop out of the pool. I actually only timed a few meets a year because I normally worked the hated Clerk of the Course.  I even enjoyed that because the vast majority of the kids were a lot of fun.[/quote]

I'm glad it was enjoyable for you.  When I started timing, I had a 5 year old swimmer, a toddler who loved nothing more than to run headfirst towards the pool, and a first responder husband who worked shift work.

So, I'd go to B meet, because my kid still needed help, and then pay for childcare so I could go time other people's kids at the A meet.  I would happily have taken that money and given it to someone to time for me or to be used for touch pads or something else.  [/quote]

This makes no sense.  If your kid isn't swimming in an A Meet, you don't have to volunteer.  There are also other ways to volunteer and not be on the pool deck.[/quote]

Our team requires B meet parents to volunteer, so if I couldn't volunteer at a B meet, because I had two little kids with me, then I had to volunteer at A.  What's hard to understand about that?[/quote]
There is no reason that a 5 year old needs to be participating in a swim meet. That child should be on pre-team where there is only 1 inter squad meet. That’s your bad for putting a 5 year old on the actual swim team.[/quote]

At our pool, coaches make that decision, not parents.[/quote]
That’s ludicrous. Our swim team is extremely large and very welcoming of swimmers of all abilities, and there is not a single 5 year old on the team. I also find it hard to believe that the coach would force you to place a 5 year old on the team vs pre-team. My DD was ok’d to join the team when she was 7, but she didn’t want to, and they didn’t say you can’t do the pre-team anymore, you must be in the full team. Come on, no 5 year old is that special.[/quote]

Most pools don’t have pre-team. That’s what you aren’t understanding. [/quote]

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