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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really hope our coaches make the lineup in a way that maximizes the number of kids who can swim. I have one kid who could swim any event at divisionals based on their ladder spots and one who is just outside the top spots. I am fine with my one kid not necessarily swimming one of their best or favorite events if it gives someone else a chance. For example, putting them in fly or breast instead of free. Likewise it would be nice if the top kids in my other child’s age group, who are in all star range for 3-4 events, swam a possibly less preferred stroke in order to allow my kid to have a spot in one event. [/quote]

I get where you are coming from but it is not fair for the coaches to do this and is a disadvantage to those top kids who have earned their ability to pick what they swim. [/quote]

In our league kids can swim more than two events and our team asks kids to rank their favorites. I don’t think too many kids have a strong preference between their third and fourth favorite, for example. Swimming the fourth favorite instead of third favorite (while still swimming first and second favorite) when the kid can make all stars in all four is often not a huge deal to those kids. But it can give a different kid a chance to be included. I realize this is lost on the people who couldn’t care less about maximizing inclusion in summer swim. [/quote]

Not sure this is an apples-to-apples comparison. For NVSL, a swimmer is limited to 2 events max.  The inclusion part is where B-meets come in.[/quote]

I totally get that on NVSL it’s different because kids are only getting to pick two to begin with. I am referring to a situation where top kids are literally all star caliber in every event and can swim 3 or 4 events.

I also get that B meets are more about inclusion but for some teams their last B meets was cancelled which means kids missed out an their last opportunity to have a swim that could have locked them into a divisionals spot. It really stinks for some kids who were so close to have their season come to such an abrupt end. Hence the thought that maybe a kid who excels in everything swims their fourth favorite instead of third favorite to give a teammate the chance to swim one last meet. [/quote]

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