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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The 975 yards workout is too little for a soon turning 10 yo.  I think your problem is that you expect your daughter to improve times, but the group she’s placed into is largely recreational or “learn to swim”/developmental. 
Having parents helping around is not professional, even if it is a certified coach. It’s also combustible socially as parents acting as coaches tend to favor certain swimmers and form cliques with other parents against others, openly support their own kids (if they train in that same group) and some team members while plotting against others. But it makes sense to wait with scheduling meeting with head coach antil after her official times after 1st meet are known, otherwise there is no point for discussion. Maybe the club is also waiting for October meets results to move some children who gotten faster over the summer [/quote]

Totally agree with you. All last year, with the coach that went on leave, they swam at least 2000m x 4 days a week. I feel the sub coach is teaching down to the newer members of the group, one being her son. I agree we have to wait until there are times on record to have a point of conversation. Tonight they spent 75% of the hour doing turn drills. This left a ton of idle time while the coach corrected 2 kids at a time. I had to leave work an hour and a half early to get DD there. DD was frustrated with the practice. Felt like a waste of time.[/quote]

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