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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our team doesn't send around a ladder. I do think that would be helpful. But I kind of get why they don't.. we have some competitive parents. [/quote]

We don’t send out the ladder and not all meet entries are based on the ladder.

If a kid has a good time but never shows up for practice, and I’m not talking about kid who swim club,  we won’t put them in.

[b]There are also times when the ladder can be wrong like a kid who gets a good time at a B meet, but should have had a DQ/isn’t really legal in a stroke. [/b]

Coaches also take 25 m splits for kids who swim 50s and use those to pick the relays. [/quote]

So [b]Johnny swam freestyle to get a fast time in breaststroke[/b] and no one noticed?  Yeah, right.  Most of the time the kids who aren't legal in a stroke are really slow simply because they haven't mastered the proper technique.  They aren't sniffing the top of the ladder except maybe on a team struggling to fill lanes.[/quote]

No, not that extreme, but we often have younger swimmers that get times who are not really legal. B meet officials are often not as experienced as A meet officials and often miss minor things that the coaches notice. We aren't a D1 team so our 8u ladder for kids who can swim breast and fly isn't a mile long so, yes these kids could get put in an A meet.  [/quote]

Being a B meet official can also be quite challenging.  Even the most experienced officials will miss a few minor infractions while trying to observe four lanes in poor lighting conditions.  And the benefit of the doubt always goes to the swimmer.[/quote]

I do stroke and turn and A and B meets. B meets are more challenging because they go later into the evening and you have kids DQ'ing in ways that you aren't expecting. Last year, we finished our time trials after dark in the rain. By midway, you could judge turns and finishes and catch really glaring mistakes. I know that we didn't DQ kids who probably should have because we couldn't see them well enough to be sure and you don't raise your hand unless you are sure  [/quote]

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