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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is unbelievable. Our NVSL team has lost improved awards in each age group. It isn’t based on numbers or advanced math or any super secret formula. It goes to the kids who the coaches think worked hardest to get better, irrespective of the baseline.

Also, I can’t think of anyone who has ever been jealous or disappointed or thought that they lost become of some grand conspiracy. Maybe that’s in part because our team is small enough that the winner is usually an obvious choice. But it’s also likely because we are supportive bunch and choose to celebrate those who did win as opposed to dwelling on not winning.

Summer swim is supposed to be fun. Threads like this and the age group thread and others make it clear that some have lost that perspective. [/quote]

Maybe it is the difference between a big and a small team then. I'm the PP who said that our "most improved" awards (and, in fact, all awards) only go to A meet swimmers. Our swim team is over 200 kids though, and our head coach doesn't know all of the A meet swimmers, let alone the B meet swimmers. The coaches awards and "most improved" awards almost always go to the A meet kids who have paid her for private lessons on the side. Summer swim should be fun, but our team loses a lot of kids by the 11-12 and 13-14 age groups who get tired of being ignored at practice every summer and just give up. [b]This year, our team reps and the coach even decided to stop giving out "end of year" individual medals[/b]. The B meet kids, and A meet kids who didn't medal at divisionals, just walked away with a paper plate at the banquet and many were sad about it. (And my own kid got dual medals at divisionals, so I am not saying this out of sour grapes.)  I would love to see our "most improved" trophies go to B meet swimmers next year to be more inclusive, so I appreciate the OP's question and hearing how other teams do it. [/quote]

Our team gives each swimmer who swam in at least one A or B meet a personalized trophy (in addition to doing the most improved and coaches’ awards, etc.). We’ve done it that way for years. Probably unnecessary for the older kids, but the younger kids love it. We are a middle division team with ~100 swimmers. [/quote]

Our team gives out paper plate awards and they are a fun inside joke amongst the team for each member. We have enough trophies and plaques. Each year my daughter remembers her paper plate awards. [/quote]

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