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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the people joining this thread to hate on summer swim confuse me.  I mean summer swim is a short intense season.  I love it.  Its a whole family thing- boys and girls, ages 5-18 swimming.  Parents volunteering.  Pep rallies friday night.  Snack bar to both provide meals on Monday night meets and also candy etc.   It's 5 weeks of the summer.  I would much rather have my whole family involved in something for 5 weeks than be shlepping kids all over VA all year to play in travel soccer tournaments.  To each his own. 
The criticisms are over the top- I mean if you are timing you can't watch your kid?  Timing is like the easiest way to watch your kids-  6 lanes across- you need to start your watch and stop it- you don't need to watch the swimmer in your lane the whole time.  You are only maybe going to miss your kids finish if they are coming in right together and are not next to each other-- but that is pretty rare.  I'll give you that stroke and turn sometimes misses watching their own kid, but as a S&T I still get a pretty good look at my kids.  Honestly, I am much more likely to miss my child when I am not working and chatting.   Concessions, table, etc- all these you can step away to watch your kid.  
Sure you could do a swim team without a concession stand- with a casual approach to timing (if you go there- why time at all- just watch the place order), with no DQ's, no pep rallies etc.
Kids can also just gather in the park and play soccer with no refs/ no coaches etc.  [/quote]

Kids can also gather on the pool deck to play and eat without I involving the swim team. 
Remove the ribbons nonsense and transition the social events to include ALL members of the pool thereby increasing your volunteer pool for actual swim meet functions as well as for POOL social functions. [/quote]

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