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Anonymous wrote:l love summer swimming and try not to get sucked into the crazy. but if the same kid wins the Best all around award (not about scores, but attitude, improvement, etc ), I make no promises

yup....it happened today...same 8U kid one the award 4 years in a row...sigh...

Wow. Since she/he was 4!!! Prodigy!!!

Anonymous wrote:l love summer swimming and try not to get sucked into the crazy. but if the same kid wins the Best all around award (not about scores, but attitude, improvement, etc ), I make no promises

yup....it happened today...same 8U kid one the award 4 years in a row...sigh...

Local pools recruiting.

Im looking at you Stonegate ...

Resentment itself.

Anonymous wrote:Only thing to resent is all the people posting on this thread. Summer swimming is fun, but not if you complain tirelessly about anything and everything.

Agreed.

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Anonymous wrote:Damn. For real? Someone actually just wanted to team rep for the sake of repping?

Yes. And we don't have a governance process or swim team board, so it just continues.

Honestly? I would stop worrying about whether they get resentful when you question things. Question everything. Offer suggestions. Critique their way of doing things. Volunteer to take on specific tasks. If they get ticked off enough about it, they'll leave.

I've seen people in similar situations (not swim), and they stay because they live on the perceived adulation and power. When they stop feeling appreciated, they leave on their own. You just need to stop putting that one person's feelings above everyone else's.

Our team has a group of parents on the swim team board who largely enjoy undermining others. They decided to take over the year end awards this year, chose the categories without any input or review. They did a fastest swimmer in each stroke, but across the entire team - not by age group or gender. The fastest 15-18 boy on the team won every single award last night. It was embarrassing for everyone. Then as far as coaches gifts, they taped Venmo codes to the wall and encouraged people to donate. So every coach will know exactly who contributed and how much they gave. It was tacky. Add that to a season of these parents undermining multiple people and creating a toxic culture, and we’re looking to switch teams next year.

Anonymous wrote:Damn. For real? Someone actually just wanted to team rep for the sake of repping?

Yes. And we don't have a governance process or swim team board, so it just continues.

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Anonymous wrote:The notorious CB starter who was at it again this morning at Divisionals. Repeatedly icing kids for no reason and risking false starts.

The starter for E Divisionals was definitely NOT a CB parent.

What is E? This is NVSL D1

Anonymous wrote:DC losing our FIFTH pair of goggles this summer...

Most of these posts I can’t relate too, but this, oh how I relate. My kids lose and break so many caps and goggles over a very short season of swim.

Anonymous wrote:The notorious CB starter who was at it again this morning at Divisionals. Repeatedly icing kids for no reason and risking false starts.

I don't know who the starter was, but I agree they were terrible. I don't think anyone was purposely trying to get kids to false start, but it was pretty bad. Definitely should not have been working an important meet when other teams have much better people who were willing to do it.

Damn. For real? Someone actually just wanted to team rep for the sake of repping?

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Anonymous wrote:People who only see summer swim as getting their kid into A meets, refuse to volunteer, take their kid & leave after their kid swims their stroke, and aren’t part of the community as a whole.

Nah, this ain't it. If you've put in enough years to the team, it does get old. Especially if year after year you begin to age out and the younger families outnumber you particular age range.

If the team continues to be the center of your summer universe after ten years, you probably need to take some day trips throughout this fine area.

What if your team rep hasn't had a swimmer on the team for yearbut refuses to turn over the reigns to the younger crowd and gets resentful when people ask questions about the way things are done?

Anonymous wrote:The notorious CB starter who was at it again this morning at Divisionals. Repeatedly icing kids for no reason and risking false starts.

We are E but I’m out of the loop. What does icing kids mean?

I rent inappropriate cheers (like the ones about sexy legs) and coaches that pop champagne on the pool deck.