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[quote=Anonymous]Perhaps some of your experiences are league or pool dependent.

We don’t have A or B swimmers. Some swimmers flip between both as they may be strong at free (top 6 swimmers) and back (top 3) and may be seed 4th/5th in fly and breast (top three swim at A meets). A swimmer may not swim any event in a B meet that they swam in an A meet of that week. That said, some teams are smaller or have empty lanes at a B meet so a person who swam at the A meet can swim in the B meet as exhibition- not for points or place.

There is an A relay carnival and a B relay carnival for anyone who didn’t swim at the A relay. A relay carnival takes the fastest times. On the same scope we have a popsicle meet for our younger swimmers that may not be ready for a full meet.

The ONLY meet that doesn’t necessarily have a “B” version is divisionals which takes the top two swimmers in each event (although sometimes they move down to the third or fourth seeded bc you can only swim 3 individual events.)

The swimmers that get the most attention tend to be the newer swimmers, both on preteam and our regular team. There are more coaches working with those swimmers, in fact there is at most 3-4 swimmers/junior coach. More experienced swimmers, many that are club swimmers get minimal attention and some are encouraged to attend club practices in lieu of summer team practice.

Back to volunteering… my guess is OP is commenting on the parents sitting around the pool, doing absolutely nothing while the reps send multiple emails begging for volunteers each week. We know there are parents who struggle-there are plenty of options for every concern. OP is addressing parents who are fully capable, don’t have young children to chase around, and still do nothing. And no they aren’t helping elsewhere. At our pool, the reps send a weekly email with a list of who has volunteered, with each activity listed, along with how many points they have. There are meets my spouse and I both end up working because no one steps up. Yes, my spouse and I both work demanding jobs, and yes I have an 8 & under swimmer with special needs who we hope is being watched by older junior coaches so he doesn’t miss his event.

The fact is summer swim is an intense five weeks. It is chaotic, crazy, time consuming but it is fun so we make it work. But a reminder to other swim parents, you need to step up and volunteer to make it happen or perhaps refrain from signing up your children. This is not something you can write a check for. [/quote]

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