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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not totally sure what happened with DC, 7, tonight but he went from performing among top 3 swimmers in team to the bottom three.

Seemed very distracted. Thus far we've said nothing other then how did you feel about the meet, did you have fun etc. Should we say anything else?
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Not clear if they are aware of poor performance and not sure if we should just ignore it altogether or ask if something was bothering them[/b].[/quote]

Does your kid even know their time?  At that age my kid couldn't care less what their time was.  The only people that are hyper focused on this is the parents.  The crazy swim team parents that is.  [/quote]
Not OP but having been a timer for 5+ years I can tell you that the little kids are the ones who immediately yell “what’s my time” when they finish.  Probably not something a first time summer swimmer is doing this early in the season, but they learn that behavior fast![/quote]

Yes, although I'll also say that as the parent of one of those kids, the ability to remember a multi-digit number isn't always there.  My older kid once told me his time was "2 seconds". Ummm, it might have ended in 2, but I'm pretty sure that wasn't the only digit.  [/quote]

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