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We had multiple families try to join our team based on their club times and get upset that they would have to get on the pool's waitlist. They thought there was a cut the line policy for fast kids.

Not sure if this is true or trolling, but many teams looking to move up divisions will move families with top club swimmers up the waitlist. This is reality (so don’t complain about line cutting), but shouldn’t be demanded by a family. It’s a conversation to be had discretely with the coach and reps.

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We had multiple families try to join our team based on their club times and get upset that they would have to get on the pool's waitlist. They thought there was a cut the line policy for fast kids.

I fully support cut lines based on times. My impression is that good portion of pool boards probably wouldn't go for it given the sometimes adversarial relationship given the competing interests. I know our pool would definitely say no.

Not what Summer swim is about.

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We had multiple families try to join our team based on their club times and get upset that they would have to get on the pool's waitlist. They thought there was a cut the line policy for fast kids.

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Anonymous wrote:We’ve already had a family quit in a huff and complain to the pool board when they found out their wildly differently-aged kids couldn’t attend the same practice. We have a huge team full of siblings; practice HAS to be by age group.

I think we can all understand the challenge of their situation. It's hard to make 2 or practice times, there are other things going on in life etc. If they are new to the team (sounds like they are) then they don't have a carpool situation figured out etc.

I'm also going to guess your Board said "Ok thanks for letting us know" and promptly moved forward with no change to anything.

Anonymous wrote:Reality is, there's always going to be obnoxious parents and obnoxious athletes. They usually have their obnoxious posse of similarly obnoxious friends. It's fun to commiserate about THAT group of people, but ultimately, they're not going anywhere, and if the athlete is a top athlete on the team, leadership will look the other way. The difference in the higher divisions is that the obnoxious behavior is more open and likely accepted as mainstream.

What works for our family (and may not work for yours) is that we enforce an athlete's ineligibility to compete. In other words, you have a bad attitude against your team or your opponents, you have a bad attitude against yourself because of your performance, you have a bad attitude because you're a hormonal kid, etc.... you are ineligible to compete. If that costs points? Fine. We refuse to raise entitled jerks.

Anonymous wrote:We have had parents get mad about stupid stuff and refuse to volunteer at Time Trials in protest. It is incredibly childish and I am just embarrassed for them when they are talking about it on deck.

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I had a parent talking to me about the best combination in his kids age group for Relay Carnival. We also have not even had time trials at this point. Probably jumping the gun a bit.

Same lololol

lol yep. Complaining how far it is and how it's going to be hard to get there on their "in office day." Especially arrogant when their kid is at the bottom of the age group and half our good kids aren't coming to practice bc they are wrapping up other sports..

Would it be less arrogant if their kid was fast? Are the parents of fast kids allowed to be more obnoxious?

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I had a parent talking to me about the best combination in his kids age group for Relay Carnival. We also have not even had time trials at this point. Probably jumping the gun a bit.

Same lololol

lol yep. Complaining how far it is and how it's going to be hard to get there on their "in office day." Especially arrogant when their kid is at the bottom of the age group and half our good kids aren't coming to practice bc they are wrapping up other sports..

Would it be less arrogant if their kid was fast? Are the parents of fast kids allowed to be more obnoxious?

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Anonymous wrote:
I had a parent talking to me about the best combination in his kids age group for Relay Carnival. We also have not even had time trials at this point. Probably jumping the gun a bit.

Same lololol

lol yep. Complaining how far it is and how it's going to be hard to get there on their "in office day." Especially arrogant when their kid is at the bottom of the age group and half our good kids aren't coming to practice bc they are wrapping up other sports..

Anonymous wrote:Fake time trial at practice yesterday. Mom of an eight year old proclaimed "IT'S A
A COMPETITION" and peacocked when her kid won.

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We had multiple families try to join our team based on their club times and get upset that they would have to get on the pool's waitlist. They thought there was a cut the line policy for fast kids.

I fully support cut lines based on times. My impression is that good portion of pool boards probably wouldn't go for it given the sometimes adversarial relationship given the competing interests. I know our pool would definitely say no.

Our pool board has nothing to do with the swim team. Separate entities.

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I had a parent talking to me about the best combination in his kids age group for Relay Carnival. We also have not even had time trials at this point. Probably jumping the gun a bit.

Same lololol