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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Silly question along the same lines, since parents cannot stay how do we know when to come pick up our kid? Do the kids need to have phones so that we can be in contact regarding pick up?[/quote]

Yes, this!  I’m also a parent of a first time club swimmer.[/quote]

The day before the meet a very detailed email with the pysch sheet (lists ALL the swimmers and when each event starts) will come out and you will see when your swimmer is swimming.  So let's say your kid's last event is XXX and that starts at 12:25pm and there are seven heats and your kid is in the fourth heat.  Your kid would be done-ish shortly after 12:25 pm (they would swim 15 minutes after this time, then walk back to their team area, get distracted, then pack up stuff, etc) and walk out of the place.  You would be in the car waiting to pick them up.

Scour the pysch sheet when it has the times listed.  Some parents sit out in their cars for the blocks.  And if you live far from the meet you will have to do that, but if it is close you can drop off and pick up in the window of time.[/quote]
Thank you for this! Since my only experience has been summer swim, it’s nice to know that these meets are kept relatively on time. I heard everyone groaning about how long meets are but it seems like with the different warm up/start times for different age groups and a schedule being kept to that this won’t be as much of a time suck as summer swim meets (particularly the B meets).[/quote]

If you have one kid, it is not that bad EXCEPT think of it this way.  You have one kid and they are swimming events Saturday and Sunday.  That will be a two two hour blocks or so of your day.  If you have multiple kids of different ages, it is compounded.

So a summer league A meet is pretty awesome compared to this and our B meets ran three hours and involved all my kids so not hateful.  I think that is why people complain. But on the plus side, your kid picks their swims and they are just trying to make the next cut time to see their improvements.  It is nice to see a kid finally go from B times to BB or A, etc.  Meets are important for them to make and see improvements.[/quote]
This makes me glad only one of my kids does club swim! I didn’t mind A meets at all, but our B meets could be 4-5 hour slogs, so I will gladly take the 2-3 hour blocks.[/quote]

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