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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TBH post COVID less and less families esp w younger kids help out. We see the same group of people pitching in
No one hides it that we need volunteers but it is frustrating to watch the same families do nothing while everyone else is stepping up. These are also the same people who don’t read emails and require tons of handholding from very exhausted team reps. I say make them pay [/quote]

This is an interesting observation and it does fit with what I am seeing at our pool. This was the first year we had very young kids swimming B meets that absolutely shouldn’t be, endless 8U breast and fly heats where the S&T judges were dq’ing so many it slowed down the meets and parents standing in area’s reserved for coaches screaming at kids to “beat” other kids. Yet there was a definite increase in the desperate pleas at the beginning of the meets for timers, clerks etc. and it was the rest of us fools stepping in so we could get the meets going. [/quote]

Yes! This might be our pool except I live on the west coast. We have kids who shouldn’t even be in minis getting dropped off at 8&u practices and when coaches pushed back, the parents said “my kid is doing 8 & unders because lessons don’t work for us.”  Meanwhile practice is disrupted by kids who cannot get themselves out of the flags without grabbing the lane line. The kids literally cannot swim safely. Then these same parents are in the coaches’ zone taking videos during the meet in spite of announcements looking for additional volunteers. When asked to volunteer, the parents said “my work schedule is really unpredictable so I didn’t know if I could be here.” Ok, but you’re here. Do something. [/quote]

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