Anonymous wrote:The whole system is offensive. Mine were A meet kids and year round swimmers. But if they are all on the same team, they should all be able to swim at the same meet. Otherwise, why pay 200-300$ (or more ?) over your membership to have your kid attend packed, chaotic practices? Then get sent to the "B Meet" if your team is even "lucky" enough to have any.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ugh I felt this yesterday. Another mom
Pointing out that her daughter moved up a lane. Just have fun it’s just summer swim.
This....why is nothing fun for kids anymore.
Northern VA is not a fun place every one is living through their kids and in constant competition mode. Sad.
Anonymous wrote:I find our pool takes this whole summer swim way too seriously. The vibe from the team reps and coach is very elitist and not inclusive. They have very high standards for the littles being able to join the team well beyond the supposed safety concerns.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ugh I felt this yesterday. Another mom
Pointing out that her daughter moved up a lane. Just have fun it’s just summer swim.
This....why is nothing fun for kids anymore.
Anonymous wrote:I find our pool takes this whole summer swim way too seriously. The vibe from the team reps and coach is very elitist and not inclusive. They have very high standards for the littles being able to join the team well beyond the supposed safety concerns.
Anonymous wrote:The whole system is offensive. Mine were A meet kids and year round swimmers. But if they are all on the same team, they should all be able to swim at the same meet. Otherwise, why pay 200-300$ (or more ?) over your membership to have your kid attend packed, chaotic practices? Then get sent to the "B Meet" if your team is even "lucky" enough to have any.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What’s the OSRC vibe? New swim parent here and this thread has me nervous of what I may have gotten into!
Never heard of OSRC. Is it in NVSL?
Anonymous wrote:What’s the OSRC vibe? New swim parent here and this thread has me nervous of what I may have gotten into!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Our B meets are so big that we don’t really sees the kids. We mix them up so it’s not all the same kids from the same team but it is totally random which heat or lane they end up in!
We don't typically seed B meets. I think the main reason is because it makes clerk of course easier when you just throw 6 kids in the same age group together. People also tend to flake out more and not show up to B meets and not seeding allows all lanes to be filled. Kids also like to swim with their friends at B meets especially if its against a team we don't swim against on Saturdays.
All of this!
Agreed a lot of of no shows and time is of the essence at B meets . It’s just annoying when your kid is .20 from making a mixed aged relay , and the powers to be will utilize the “ randomness “ to their advantage. They will stack some heats and soften others .
One option to push a kid would be to have them swim up at a B meet. Still it’s tough to get best time to make a relay on a Monday night.
I think that was kind of their point. Team rep kid is put in a lane swimming up (or a girl with the boys) while their kid is in a slow heat.
why does everyone think there are so many conspiracies happening in summer swim? At our pool kids are just thrown in by whomever shows up in clerk of course at the same time. This is typically with their friends. The volunteers aren't picking out "special" kids to give an advantage or disadvantage.
It’s always a conspiracy if there’s no touch pads, ladder, meet mobile, psych sheets with times, streaming, etc