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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow.  This makes me really glad I’m not at some of your pools.  Our mcsl pool is a lovely experience with everyone pitching in and the high schools coaches are phenomenal with the kids.  [/quote]

[b]Ha, same here. I wonder if I'm just oblivious to the drama or if my pool was drama free.[/b] As far as I could tell, it was all around great swim season, great coaching and nearly all of the kids enjoyed it. There are a few parents who take swimming way too seriously, but I tune that part out mostly.[/quote]

Ha! Same here.

My kid enjoyed summer swim so much that we decided to try out for year round club swim. THAT was the first time I saw parents going insane. There were kids crying and it felt like another world. Maybe it was because nobody knew each other so there’s no social pressure to have a filter? Or maybe all those parents at tryouts belong to drama filled summer teams?[/quote]

Without a doubt the parents who take swimming too seriously are also a part of the year round swim. However, my kid still enjoys the indoor swimming and I like working at those meets but it is a different vibe than summer for sure.[/quote]

I actually find the year round meets much more relaxed.  I think it's because kids get to swim all their events in every meet.  In summer swim, kids can get bumped from "their" event by a friend or their coach can randomly put them in an event they'd rather not swim and are the #3 seed behind two teammates instead of in an event they could have won.  That dynamic is a recipe for drama that you don't have in winter.[/quote]

Agree winter swim seems much more focused on swimming and the structure (with kids picking their events and clear criteria for meets) just seems less drama inducing. Plus it is less social for parents with more reasonable volunteer requirements), which also cuts down on the drama. My family all decided we didn't like the drama of summer swim so now skip it but still do winter swim.[/quote]

What do you all think High School swimming is going to be like? It's the same scenario. As are college meets. The coach puts the best line up in that they can. Sorry if that means your kid sits out or swims events they don't like.[/quote]

[b]The difference with HS and college is that coaches only accept a certain number of swimmers on the roster so everyone has a chance to swim something,[/b] even if it’s just a C relay or the third spot in one individual event. And in college there are usually at least two medley relays and two free relays which gives more swimmers a chance to be involved. I don’t understand why summer swim dual meets here don’t have A, B, and even C medley relays and why there’s not a free relay for each age group. Having additional relays in the same heat would not add time to a meet. They can be scored like individual events. Adding free relays would add time to the meet but they’re so much fun to watch. When a meet score comes down to the free relays you see kids really swimming their hearts out. The mixed age relay thing is dumb IMO. Those races are rarely close and it limits opportunities. Summer swim can be done in a better way and is done better in different areas. [/quote]

Swim is no cut at our FCPS school and there are swimmers on the team who will never swim in a meet [/quote]

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