Anonymous
Post 07/13/2024 07:35     Subject: Paper Plate Awards
What is a paper plate award?? My DS swam in another state and I have never heard of this.
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2024 07:27     Subject: Paper Plate Awards
Anonymous wrote:Mine does. My kids aren’t the popular ones though and never get one. Instead they anxiously sit there the whole time thinking that someone will call their name. It’s awful.


I agree, that's awful. Our team gives one to every swimmer. Our swimmer coaches prepare the paper plate awards and have the roster to make sure they don't miss anyone. My oldest was a swimmer coach and the last week of swim he and the other coaches spent hours working on them. We have a team breakfast on Friday morning before Divisionals and that's when they are given out.

Our high school team also gives them out. The senior swimmers gave them to the underclassmen and the juniors gave them to the seniors. My oldest was on the club swim team in college and they did paper plates as well.
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2024 06:44     Subject: Paper Plate Awards
Every swimmer on our team gets them. My HS kids still love them
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2024 06:37     Subject: Paper Plate Awards
We only do them for our mini swim team members.
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2024 06:29     Subject: Paper Plate Awards
Ours does them for every swimmer too.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2024 23:26     Subject: Paper Plate Awards
Anonymous wrote:Mine does. My kids aren’t the popular ones though and never get one. Instead they anxiously sit there the whole time thinking that someone will call their name. It’s awful.


Wow. Our team does one for every swimmer.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2024 23:19     Subject: Paper Plate Awards
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s bad for the environment


Those baduc whate paper plates? So harmless compared to the pile of 'trophies' my young adult just tossed.


Sarcasm
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2024 23:10     Subject: Paper Plate Awards
Mine does. My kids aren’t the popular ones though and never get one. Instead they anxiously sit there the whole time thinking that someone will call their name. It’s awful.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2024 23:08     Subject: Paper Plate Awards
Anonymous wrote:It’s bad for the environment


Those baduc whate paper plates? So harmless compared to the pile of 'trophies' my young adult just tossed.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2024 22:57     Subject: Paper Plate Awards
Ours does.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2024 22:42     Subject: Paper Plate Awards
Anonymous wrote:It’s bad for the environment

How is this worse than medals/trophies? My son is in high school now and still has all his paper plate awards. These actually mean more to him because they are personal.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2024 21:26     Subject: Paper Plate Awards
Our team still does them. DCs HS team does them, too.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2024 21:04     Subject: Paper Plate Awards
It’s bad for the environment
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2024 20:59     Subject: Paper Plate Awards
Ours still does paper plate awards.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2024 20:56     Subject: Paper Plate Awards
Do teams still do this? Or are team doing away with them? If so, why?