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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've probably been thinking about this thread, (and the worst swim parent thread) a little too much, although I don't think I've actually posted to the thread.

I find the complaints about parents wanting to watch their kids swim bizarre.  My kids LOVE it when I watch them.  Not just in swimming- in many sports and other activities.  This is pretty normal and typical.  I clap and cheer for them if they do badly or if they do great.  (Indeed, my son wrote a sweet essay about how he was scared to do something and knowing that I was watching and cheering him on and believed in him gave him courage- I happened to find it in his backpack going through things and it made me cry.)
I generally find the video feeds frustrating- and 'how good' they are doesn't really matter to me b/c my kids don't get the same impact from me watching 'via video' as they do in person.  That being said, with a better video feed my kids go back and watch themselves, and they do enjoy that :) 
I am fairly certain that PVS is going to allow spectators again in the Fall, unless something else happens.   There is a tension with keeping parents out of meets and practice, and the Safe Sport rules.  Some areas are allowing 1 parent per athlete, etc- but the general feeling is that this is too hard to enforce, and not worth it.   I do think winter swim is a sport that is harder to bring spectators back for b/c right now the athletes are spread out in the spectator area.  As soon as you allow spectators again, the athletes are crammed together on the deck, and the spectators are crammed together in the stands.   Obviously their are some pools that are better for this than others.   But remember, the meets get their sanction, which includes spectator rules, several months before the meet, so it is hard to be super responsive to changing circumstances- which is why they are just universally waiting until the Fall.  [/quote]

I agree with you. In some cases, it is just easier to go with no spectators for now. I also think it is a good practice to spread the kids out first. Some facilities are dealing with capacity limits and then if you have 200 athletes, 50 meet officials and allowance for 50 more spectators, what do you do? (go with 0 is the fair/easy answer)

To clarify, however, this is not a PVS policy. It is up to the facilities and is multi-layered with local policies and rental agreements and so on. RMSC has had spectators at a number of events, often in limited space away from the swimmers. We use our own facilities which certainly helps. It also helps with the last minute changes, for example, this weekend's meet was announced as no spectators and is now allowing them.[/quote]

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