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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We switched pools this year to one in a much higher NVSL division. I’m subsidizing those A meet swimmers financially, and then at busy B meets, I’m told priority goes to A meet swimmers and that my younger kid can’t swim. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth and makes it hard to get excited about volunteering. I say this as someone who held several prominent jobs at our old swim team. [/quote]

You are not subsidizing A meet swimmers.

Most of the coaching time goes to B meet swimmers. Some A meet swimmers rarely go to practice, if at all.

And the B meets are almost twice as long as A meets.[/quote]

This is ridiculous. A meet swimmers get to swim in the much more fun A meets, as well as the B meets. And they get to do relay carnivals, divisionals, etc as well. And much more attention at practice from the coaches, who want to win A meets and don’t really care that much if B Meet Barlo is ever legal in Butterfly. A meet kids get a lot more for their money from summer swim team.[/quote]

Not sure what pool you’re at but we’ve belonged to two and the first poster is right in saying most club swimmers do NOT attend summer swim team practices. [/quote]

We are at a D4 pool and I don't know who the "club" swimmers are but I regularly see almost all the kids who swim A meets at practices. And yes, they get extra attention from the coaches. [/quote]

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