Anonymous
Post 09/09/2020 00:03     Subject: Re:Any word on swim meets?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The lack of meets will hurt the serious year around swimmers. Particularly the current HS sophomores and juniors if they aspire to swim in college. I have a senior and a freshman. My senior has many senior friends who have stopped swimming because they don't plan to swim in college so "what's the point of swimming this year with no real chance of a final HS season." The senior who already know they are swimming in college will continue for conditioning but it is difficult to do the grind of 20 plus hours/week with no actual goal to be working toward in the next 6 months. My HS freshman, would have been working toward JO cuts, sectional cuts, metro cuts etc. Those things do keep you motivated. I hope he will continue . . . but we shall see.


20 hours per week? Well, I think we’ve discovered the motivation problem.


20 hours per week is pretty standard for a serious high school swimmer. I think I did more than that actually when including dry land work. I would have hated just practicing with no meets. I worked hard at practice but I was never one of the fastest during workouts. But I almost always performed well at meets and could beat teammates who were faster than me at practice. I would have quit with no meets to motivate me.


Maybe your child does not enjoy it and only doing it for you. Winning is not everything. Enjoying the sport is far more important to me. You want your child swimming for college so you don’t have to pay.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2020 23:23     Subject: Re:Any word on swim meets?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The lack of meets will hurt the serious year around swimmers. Particularly the current HS sophomores and juniors if they aspire to swim in college. I have a senior and a freshman. My senior has many senior friends who have stopped swimming because they don't plan to swim in college so "what's the point of swimming this year with no real chance of a final HS season." The senior who already know they are swimming in college will continue for conditioning but it is difficult to do the grind of 20 plus hours/week with no actual goal to be working toward in the next 6 months. My HS freshman, would have been working toward JO cuts, sectional cuts, metro cuts etc. Those things do keep you motivated. I hope he will continue . . . but we shall see.


20 hours per week? Well, I think we’ve discovered the motivation problem.


20 hours per week is pretty standard for a serious high school swimmer. I think I did more than that actually when including dry land work. I would have hated just practicing with no meets. I worked hard at practice but I was never one of the fastest during workouts. But I almost always performed well at meets and could beat teammates who were faster than me at practice. I would have quit with no meets to motivate me.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2020 22:49     Subject: Re:Any word on swim meets?
Anonymous wrote:The lack of meets will hurt the serious year around swimmers. Particularly the current HS sophomores and juniors if they aspire to swim in college. I have a senior and a freshman. My senior has many senior friends who have stopped swimming because they don't plan to swim in college so "what's the point of swimming this year with no real chance of a final HS season." The senior who already know they are swimming in college will continue for conditioning but it is difficult to do the grind of 20 plus hours/week with no actual goal to be working toward in the next 6 months. My HS freshman, would have been working toward JO cuts, sectional cuts, metro cuts etc. Those things do keep you motivated. I hope he will continue . . . but we shall see.


20 hours per week? Well, I think we’ve discovered the motivation problem.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2020 22:41     Subject: Any word on swim meets?
Unless your kid is older and gunning for NCAA it really is no big deal to not have meets for a few months. If your kid is under 13 and you are complaining, I definitely judge.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2020 22:26     Subject: Any word on swim meets?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My child loves meets and keeps asking when they will start.


Mine too. My is very upset not to have the chance to get any official times.


Yes, my kid is the same way. My child loves competing and working towards goals. Our practices are pretty brutal and meets are where they see the payoff.

And agree that winter swim meets are totally boring compare to summer, but I hope our team is able to do something to bring back a sense of competition.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2020 21:10     Subject: Any word on swim meets?
Anonymous wrote:Summer meets are the greatest. The excitement and team spirit are what it is all about. Winter meets are really boring and lack soul.


+1
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2020 21:09     Subject: Any word on swim meets?
Summer meets are the greatest. The excitement and team spirit are what it is all about. Winter meets are really boring and lack soul.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2020 21:07     Subject: Any word on swim meets?
My swimmer needs meets for motivation. Cut times and benchmarks matter for some of the kids.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2020 21:03     Subject: Re:Any word on swim meets?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The only thing worse than winter swim meets is a winter swim meet at the Fairland pool.


Exactly. I have a blissful 5 months of no meets. This is the only good thing about the Covid.


Completely agree but I like some of the summer meets as its fun to catch up with people who are at other pools or parents on our team. Don't feel that way about winter swim.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2020 21:02     Subject: Any word on swim meets?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is this for just the rest of 2020 or first half of 2021 too?


The speculation is this will go into 2021 as well. I hope that there will be some meets in the summer. But I have written off fall, winter, and spring.


I'm not sure how kids will stay motivated with no swim meets.


We don't do all the meets. Maybe half at best. Some kids really enjoy swimming and its not about competing or winning.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2020 21:01     Subject: Re:Any word on swim meets?
Anonymous wrote:The only thing worse than winter swim meets is a winter swim meet at the Fairland pool.


Exactly. I have a blissful 5 months of no meets. This is the only good thing about the Covid.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2020 20:51     Subject: Any word on swim meets?
Anonymous wrote:My child loves meets and keeps asking when they will start.


Mine too. My is very upset not to have the chance to get any official times.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2020 19:33     Subject: Any word on swim meets?
My child loves meets and keeps asking when they will start.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2020 19:00     Subject: Re:Any word on swim meets?
The only thing worse than winter swim meets is a winter swim meet at the Fairland pool.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2020 14:34     Subject: Any word on swim meets?
Agreed. My child is completely apathetic about the lack of meets. He’s very happy to be practicing back in the water though.