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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]But, qualifying for championships is not just times. We are also factoring participation. By kids at practices and by parents volunteering. Feels good. [/quote]

Love this! Great idea.[/quote]

I can't imagine how that would go over at a competitive pool. A kid taking a spot in divisional and costing the team points and either a shot at a championship or a relegation would be under so much pressure to drop out at our pool. The older kids all know scores, standings, their times, opponent times... They would absolutely notice a kid 6th on the ladder swimming over a kid ranked 1st or 2nd [/quote]

Your pool sounds horrible. 
My post got cropped, but we are in a small, friendly league. We don't reward "superstar" kids with fast times who just show up and contribute nothing but a fast time. That kid can get his times clocked and get a scholarship to college? I don't know. He doesn't need to take a spot at OUR pool where the swimmers are trying to improve and the families who volunteer are valued. [/quote]

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Our pool has A meets for the faster more competitive swimmers and B meets for everyone else. Believe me, ALL swimmers are trying to improve and ALL parents who volunteer are valued. Many of the A meet super competitive swimmers are at all the pep rallies, help out with the younger kids, and even come to B meets just to cheer the other swimmers on, even though they’re not swimming in that particular meet themselves. We are Division B in an MCSL pool, and we’re pretty competitive. I don’t know one single competitive kid who only shows up to the meets and contributes nothing else. [/quote]

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