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Anonymous wrote:Mr. K,
There are a variety of reasons why your daughter wasn’t offered a spot:
* she lacked the core strokes
* she didn’t take direction well
* others were better than her
* the coaches recognized she wasn’t as into swimming as her parent
* the coaches had no interest in dealing with her bat sh!t crazy parent.

Based on your inflexibility of thought and fixation on this, I recommend you get screened for mental illness.

Doesn't sound very apologetic.

Who isn’t apologizing? The poster who keeps wasting our time with the same sob story about why his daughter didn’t make a swim team, and is determined to pull funding from the facility that hosts that swim team?

You're upset about wasted time? What about all the parents that take their kids to crooked tryouts where they have already given the spots away then have them do things that aren't even in the prerequisite courses. Are they going to apologize for that also?

not PP. but you really need to put it behind and move on. though you've burnt the bridge at one site, you can still try out at other sites (e.g., Olney not far from Rockville site, they have great program too). many of us brought kids for trying out many places not knowing where may offer them spot. no one complained it as a waste. each coach has their own way to evaluate swimmer, could be subjective but they've seen thousands of swimmers, the margin of error is much less than your own judgement of your own kid. we used to try out at one club every year, but never got in (though my kid's other friends, taller, smaller, faster, slower all got in). we tried out again this year, got invited, but ironically we no longer wanted to swim with that club. just saying it's not like something you cannot get is something best for you.

Totally agree, but I didn't start this thread. I was attempting to provide information for others, you know there are more of us not making the clubs...

I didn't ask for the mistreatment. There is not warning, they didn't put in the statement anywhere, where they would ask kids to perform arbitrary skills that are expected of the kids already in the developmental program.

The flyer said skills as in "strokers III" two or three strokes depending on the age.

You have to go to DCUM to find out what they really do at those tryouts.

Those are the minimum skills required. They take the best of the bunch. Your kid did not make it. Move on.

Not ready to apologize, and not just one of those OOOPs sorry fake apologies like the RMSC coaches pull.

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Anonymous wrote:Mr. K,
There are a variety of reasons why your daughter wasn’t offered a spot:
* she lacked the core strokes
* she didn’t take direction well
* others were better than her
* the coaches recognized she wasn’t as into swimming as her parent
* the coaches had no interest in dealing with her bat sh!t crazy parent.

Based on your inflexibility of thought and fixation on this, I recommend you get screened for mental illness.

Doesn't sound very apologetic.

Who isn’t apologizing? The poster who keeps wasting our time with the same sob story about why his daughter didn’t make a swim team, and is determined to pull funding from the facility that hosts that swim team?

You're upset about wasted time? What about all the parents that take their kids to crooked tryouts where they have already given the spots away then have them do things that aren't even in the prerequisite courses. Are they going to apologize for that also?

not PP. but you really need to put it behind and move on. though you've burnt the bridge at one site, you can still try out at other sites (e.g., Olney not far from Rockville site, they have great program too). many of us brought kids for trying out many places not knowing where may offer them spot. no one complained it as a waste. each coach has their own way to evaluate swimmer, could be subjective but they've seen thousands of swimmers, the margin of error is much less than your own judgement of your own kid. we used to try out at one club every year, but never got in (though my kid's other friends, taller, smaller, faster, slower all got in). we tried out again this year, got invited, but ironically we no longer wanted to swim with that club. just saying it's not like something you cannot get is something best for you.

Totally agree, but I didn't start this thread. I was attempting to provide information for others, you know there are more of us not making the clubs...

I didn't ask for the mistreatment. There is not warning, they didn't put in the statement anywhere, where they would ask kids to perform arbitrary skills that are expected of the kids already in the developmental program.

The flyer said skills as in "strokers III" two or three strokes depending on the age.

You have to go to DCUM to find out what they really do at those tryouts.

Those are the minimum skills required. They take the best of the bunch. Your kid did not make it. Move on.

Not ready to apologize, and not just one of those OOOPs sorry fake apologies like the RMSC coaches pull.

Seriously what a sorry excuse for a program. Didn't even have a coach running the tryout that knew what age-appropriate skills are. Then they want to use his "opnion". Lame.

Because so many kids try out, having the minimum skills is typically not enough to get in. The tryouts flyers say this and have said so for years. The minimums are likely there just to help reduce the tryouts numbers, because those sessions usually fill. And then the spots go to kids who are often much better than the minimum.

Maybe you didn't get the memo, but racing dives were a mistake. They just aren't doing anything to repair their reputation.

“Repair their reputation”? In case you haven’t noticed they have no issue attracting swimmers to their club.

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Anonymous wrote:Mr. K,
There are a variety of reasons why your daughter wasn’t offered a spot:
* she lacked the core strokes
* she didn’t take direction well
* others were better than her
* the coaches recognized she wasn’t as into swimming as her parent
* the coaches had no interest in dealing with her bat sh!t crazy parent.

Based on your inflexibility of thought and fixation on this, I recommend you get screened for mental illness.

Doesn't sound very apologetic.

Who isn’t apologizing? The poster who keeps wasting our time with the same sob story about why his daughter didn’t make a swim team, and is determined to pull funding from the facility that hosts that swim team?

You're upset about wasted time? What about all the parents that take their kids to crooked tryouts where they have already given the spots away then have them do things that aren't even in the prerequisite courses. Are they going to apologize for that also?

not PP. but you really need to put it behind and move on. though you've burnt the bridge at one site, you can still try out at other sites (e.g., Olney not far from Rockville site, they have great program too). many of us brought kids for trying out many places not knowing where may offer them spot. no one complained it as a waste. each coach has their own way to evaluate swimmer, could be subjective but they've seen thousands of swimmers, the margin of error is much less than your own judgement of your own kid. we used to try out at one club every year, but never got in (though my kid's other friends, taller, smaller, faster, slower all got in). we tried out again this year, got invited, but ironically we no longer wanted to swim with that club. just saying it's not like something you cannot get is something best for you.

Totally agree, but I didn't start this thread. I was attempting to provide information for others, you know there are more of us not making the clubs...

I didn't ask for the mistreatment. There is not warning, they didn't put in the statement anywhere, where they would ask kids to perform arbitrary skills that are expected of the kids already in the developmental program.

The flyer said skills as in "strokers III" two or three strokes depending on the age.

You have to go to DCUM to find out what they really do at those tryouts.

Those are the minimum skills required. They take the best of the bunch. Your kid did not make it. Move on.

Not ready to apologize, and not just one of those OOOPs sorry fake apologies like the RMSC coaches pull.

Seriously what a sorry excuse for a program. Didn't even have a coach running the tryout that knew what age-appropriate skills are. Then they want to use his "opnion". Lame.

Because so many kids try out, having the minimum skills is typically not enough to get in. The tryouts flyers say this and have said so for years. The minimums are likely there just to help reduce the tryouts numbers, because those sessions usually fill. And then the spots go to kids who are often much better than the minimum.

Maybe you didn't get the memo, but racing dives were a mistake. They just aren't doing anything to repair their reputation.

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Anonymous wrote:Mr. K,
There are a variety of reasons why your daughter wasn’t offered a spot:
* she lacked the core strokes
* she didn’t take direction well
* others were better than her
* the coaches recognized she wasn’t as into swimming as her parent
* the coaches had no interest in dealing with her bat sh!t crazy parent.

Based on your inflexibility of thought and fixation on this, I recommend you get screened for mental illness.

Doesn't sound very apologetic.

Who isn’t apologizing? The poster who keeps wasting our time with the same sob story about why his daughter didn’t make a swim team, and is determined to pull funding from the facility that hosts that swim team?

You're upset about wasted time? What about all the parents that take their kids to crooked tryouts where they have already given the spots away then have them do things that aren't even in the prerequisite courses. Are they going to apologize for that also?

not PP. but you really need to put it behind and move on. though you've burnt the bridge at one site, you can still try out at other sites (e.g., Olney not far from Rockville site, they have great program too). many of us brought kids for trying out many places not knowing where may offer them spot. no one complained it as a waste. each coach has their own way to evaluate swimmer, could be subjective but they've seen thousands of swimmers, the margin of error is much less than your own judgement of your own kid. we used to try out at one club every year, but never got in (though my kid's other friends, taller, smaller, faster, slower all got in). we tried out again this year, got invited, but ironically we no longer wanted to swim with that club. just saying it's not like something you cannot get is something best for you.

Totally agree, but I didn't start this thread. I was attempting to provide information for others, you know there are more of us not making the clubs...

I didn't ask for the mistreatment. There is not warning, they didn't put in the statement anywhere, where they would ask kids to perform arbitrary skills that are expected of the kids already in the developmental program.

The flyer said skills as in "strokers III" two or three strokes depending on the age.

You have to go to DCUM to find out what they really do at those tryouts.

Those are the minimum skills required. They take the best of the bunch. Your kid did not make it. Move on.

Not ready to apologize, and not just one of those OOOPs sorry fake apologies like the RMSC coaches pull.

Seriously what a sorry excuse for a program. Didn't even have a coach running the tryout that knew what age-appropriate skills are. Then they want to use his "opnion". Lame.

You failed as a parent, not the coaches.

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Anonymous wrote:Mr. K,
There are a variety of reasons why your daughter wasn’t offered a spot:
* she lacked the core strokes
* she didn’t take direction well
* others were better than her
* the coaches recognized she wasn’t as into swimming as her parent
* the coaches had no interest in dealing with her bat sh!t crazy parent.

Based on your inflexibility of thought and fixation on this, I recommend you get screened for mental illness.

Doesn't sound very apologetic.

Who isn’t apologizing? The poster who keeps wasting our time with the same sob story about why his daughter didn’t make a swim team, and is determined to pull funding from the facility that hosts that swim team?

You're upset about wasted time? What about all the parents that take their kids to crooked tryouts where they have already given the spots away then have them do things that aren't even in the prerequisite courses. Are they going to apologize for that also?

not PP. but you really need to put it behind and move on. though you've burnt the bridge at one site, you can still try out at other sites (e.g., Olney not far from Rockville site, they have great program too). many of us brought kids for trying out many places not knowing where may offer them spot. no one complained it as a waste. each coach has their own way to evaluate swimmer, could be subjective but they've seen thousands of swimmers, the margin of error is much less than your own judgement of your own kid. we used to try out at one club every year, but never got in (though my kid's other friends, taller, smaller, faster, slower all got in). we tried out again this year, got invited, but ironically we no longer wanted to swim with that club. just saying it's not like something you cannot get is something best for you.

Totally agree, but I didn't start this thread. I was attempting to provide information for others, you know there are more of us not making the clubs...

I didn't ask for the mistreatment. There is not warning, they didn't put in the statement anywhere, where they would ask kids to perform arbitrary skills that are expected of the kids already in the developmental program.

The flyer said skills as in "strokers III" two or three strokes depending on the age.

You have to go to DCUM to find out what they really do at those tryouts.

Those are the minimum skills required. They take the best of the bunch. Your kid did not make it. Move on.

Not ready to apologize, and not just one of those OOOPs sorry fake apologies like the RMSC coaches pull.

Seriously what a sorry excuse for a program. Didn't even have a coach running the tryout that knew what age-appropriate skills are. Then they want to use his "opnion". Lame.

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Anonymous wrote:Mr. K,
There are a variety of reasons why your daughter wasn’t offered a spot:
* she lacked the core strokes
* she didn’t take direction well
* others were better than her
* the coaches recognized she wasn’t as into swimming as her parent
* the coaches had no interest in dealing with her bat sh!t crazy parent.

Based on your inflexibility of thought and fixation on this, I recommend you get screened for mental illness.

Doesn't sound very apologetic.

Who isn’t apologizing? The poster who keeps wasting our time with the same sob story about why his daughter didn’t make a swim team, and is determined to pull funding from the facility that hosts that swim team?

You're upset about wasted time? What about all the parents that take their kids to crooked tryouts where they have already given the spots away then have them do things that aren't even in the prerequisite courses. Are they going to apologize for that also?

not PP. but you really need to put it behind and move on. though you've burnt the bridge at one site, you can still try out at other sites (e.g., Olney not far from Rockville site, they have great program too). many of us brought kids for trying out many places not knowing where may offer them spot. no one complained it as a waste. each coach has their own way to evaluate swimmer, could be subjective but they've seen thousands of swimmers, the margin of error is much less than your own judgement of your own kid. we used to try out at one club every year, but never got in (though my kid's other friends, taller, smaller, faster, slower all got in). we tried out again this year, got invited, but ironically we no longer wanted to swim with that club. just saying it's not like something you cannot get is something best for you.

Totally agree, but I didn't start this thread. I was attempting to provide information for others, you know there are more of us not making the clubs...

I didn't ask for the mistreatment. There is not warning, they didn't put in the statement anywhere, where they would ask kids to perform arbitrary skills that are expected of the kids already in the developmental program.

The flyer said skills as in "strokers III" two or three strokes depending on the age.

You have to go to DCUM to find out what they really do at those tryouts.

Those are the minimum skills required. They take the best of the bunch. Your kid did not make it. Move on.

Not ready to apologize, and not just one of those OOOPs sorry fake apologies like the RMSC coaches pull.

Seriously what a sorry excuse for a program. Didn't even have a coach running the tryout that knew what age-appropriate skills are. Then they want to use his "opnion". Lame.

Because so many kids try out, having the minimum skills is typically not enough to get in. The tryouts flyers say this and have said so for years. The minimums are likely there just to help reduce the tryouts numbers, because those sessions usually fill. And then the spots go to kids who are often much better than the minimum.

Maybe you didn't get the memo, but racing dives were a mistake. They just aren't doing anything to repair their reputation.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mr. K,
There are a variety of reasons why your daughter wasn’t offered a spot:
* she lacked the core strokes
* she didn’t take direction well
* others were better than her
* the coaches recognized she wasn’t as into swimming as her parent
* the coaches had no interest in dealing with her bat sh!t crazy parent.

Based on your inflexibility of thought and fixation on this, I recommend you get screened for mental illness.

Doesn't sound very apologetic.

Who isn’t apologizing? The poster who keeps wasting our time with the same sob story about why his daughter didn’t make a swim team, and is determined to pull funding from the facility that hosts that swim team?

You're upset about wasted time? What about all the parents that take their kids to crooked tryouts where they have already given the spots away then have them do things that aren't even in the prerequisite courses. Are they going to apologize for that also?

not PP. but you really need to put it behind and move on. though you've burnt the bridge at one site, you can still try out at other sites (e.g., Olney not far from Rockville site, they have great program too). many of us brought kids for trying out many places not knowing where may offer them spot. no one complained it as a waste. each coach has their own way to evaluate swimmer, could be subjective but they've seen thousands of swimmers, the margin of error is much less than your own judgement of your own kid. we used to try out at one club every year, but never got in (though my kid's other friends, taller, smaller, faster, slower all got in). we tried out again this year, got invited, but ironically we no longer wanted to swim with that club. just saying it's not like something you cannot get is something best for you.

Totally agree, but I didn't start this thread. I was attempting to provide information for others, you know there are more of us not making the clubs...

I didn't ask for the mistreatment. There is not warning, they didn't put in the statement anywhere, where they would ask kids to perform arbitrary skills that are expected of the kids already in the developmental program.

The flyer said skills as in "strokers III" two or three strokes depending on the age.

You have to go to DCUM to find out what they really do at those tryouts.

Those are the minimum skills required. They take the best of the bunch. Your kid did not make it. Move on.

Not ready to apologize, and not just one of those OOOPs sorry fake apologies like the RMSC coaches pull.

Seriously what a sorry excuse for a program. Didn't even have a coach running the tryout that knew what age-appropriate skills are. Then they want to use his "opnion". Lame.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mr. K,
There are a variety of reasons why your daughter wasn’t offered a spot:
* she lacked the core strokes
* she didn’t take direction well
* others were better than her
* the coaches recognized she wasn’t as into swimming as her parent
* the coaches had no interest in dealing with her bat sh!t crazy parent.

Based on your inflexibility of thought and fixation on this, I recommend you get screened for mental illness.

Doesn't sound very apologetic.

Who isn’t apologizing? The poster who keeps wasting our time with the same sob story about why his daughter didn’t make a swim team, and is determined to pull funding from the facility that hosts that swim team?

You're upset about wasted time? What about all the parents that take their kids to crooked tryouts where they have already given the spots away then have them do things that aren't even in the prerequisite courses. Are they going to apologize for that also?

not PP. but you really need to put it behind and move on. though you've burnt the bridge at one site, you can still try out at other sites (e.g., Olney not far from Rockville site, they have great program too). many of us brought kids for trying out many places not knowing where may offer them spot. no one complained it as a waste. each coach has their own way to evaluate swimmer, could be subjective but they've seen thousands of swimmers, the margin of error is much less than your own judgement of your own kid. we used to try out at one club every year, but never got in (though my kid's other friends, taller, smaller, faster, slower all got in). we tried out again this year, got invited, but ironically we no longer wanted to swim with that club. just saying it's not like something you cannot get is something best for you.

Totally agree, but I didn't start this thread. I was attempting to provide information for others, you know there are more of us not making the clubs...

I didn't ask for the mistreatment. There is not warning, they didn't put in the statement anywhere, where they would ask kids to perform arbitrary skills that are expected of the kids already in the developmental program.

The flyer said skills as in "strokers III" two or three strokes depending on the age.

You have to go to DCUM to find out what they really do at those tryouts.

Those are the minimum skills required. They take the best of the bunch. Your kid did not make it. Move on.

Not ready to apologize, and not just one of those OOOPs sorry fake apologies like the RMSC coaches pull.

Seriously what a sorry excuse for a program. Didn't even have a coach running the tryout that knew what age-appropriate skills are. Then they want to use his "opnion". Lame.

Because so many kids try out, having the minimum skills is typically not enough to get in. The tryouts flyers say this and have said so for years. The minimums are likely there just to help reduce the tryouts numbers, because those sessions usually fill. And then the spots go to kids who are often much better than the minimum.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mr. K,
There are a variety of reasons why your daughter wasn’t offered a spot:
* she lacked the core strokes
* she didn’t take direction well
* others were better than her
* the coaches recognized she wasn’t as into swimming as her parent
* the coaches had no interest in dealing with her bat sh!t crazy parent.

Based on your inflexibility of thought and fixation on this, I recommend you get screened for mental illness.

Doesn't sound very apologetic.

Who isn’t apologizing? The poster who keeps wasting our time with the same sob story about why his daughter didn’t make a swim team, and is determined to pull funding from the facility that hosts that swim team?

You're upset about wasted time? What about all the parents that take their kids to crooked tryouts where they have already given the spots away then have them do things that aren't even in the prerequisite courses. Are they going to apologize for that also?

not PP. but you really need to put it behind and move on. though you've burnt the bridge at one site, you can still try out at other sites (e.g., Olney not far from Rockville site, they have great program too). many of us brought kids for trying out many places not knowing where may offer them spot. no one complained it as a waste. each coach has their own way to evaluate swimmer, could be subjective but they've seen thousands of swimmers, the margin of error is much less than your own judgement of your own kid. we used to try out at one club every year, but never got in (though my kid's other friends, taller, smaller, faster, slower all got in). we tried out again this year, got invited, but ironically we no longer wanted to swim with that club. just saying it's not like something you cannot get is something best for you.

Totally agree, but I didn't start this thread. I was attempting to provide information for others, you know there are more of us not making the clubs...

I didn't ask for the mistreatment. There is not warning, they didn't put in the statement anywhere, where they would ask kids to perform arbitrary skills that are expected of the kids already in the developmental program.

The flyer said skills as in "strokers III" two or three strokes depending on the age.

You have to go to DCUM to find out what they really do at those tryouts.

Those are the minimum skills required. They take the best of the bunch. Your kid did not make it. Move on.

Not ready to apologize, and not just one of those OOOPs sorry fake apologies like the RMSC coaches pull.

Seriously what a sorry excuse for a program. Didn't even have a coach running the tryout that knew what age-appropriate skills are. Then they want to use his "opnion". Lame.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mr. K,
There are a variety of reasons why your daughter wasn’t offered a spot:
* she lacked the core strokes
* she didn’t take direction well
* others were better than her
* the coaches recognized she wasn’t as into swimming as her parent
* the coaches had no interest in dealing with her bat sh!t crazy parent.

Based on your inflexibility of thought and fixation on this, I recommend you get screened for mental illness.

Doesn't sound very apologetic.

Who isn’t apologizing? The poster who keeps wasting our time with the same sob story about why his daughter didn’t make a swim team, and is determined to pull funding from the facility that hosts that swim team?

You're upset about wasted time? What about all the parents that take their kids to crooked tryouts where they have already given the spots away then have them do things that aren't even in the prerequisite courses. Are they going to apologize for that also?

not PP. but you really need to put it behind and move on. though you've burnt the bridge at one site, you can still try out at other sites (e.g., Olney not far from Rockville site, they have great program too). many of us brought kids for trying out many places not knowing where may offer them spot. no one complained it as a waste. each coach has their own way to evaluate swimmer, could be subjective but they've seen thousands of swimmers, the margin of error is much less than your own judgement of your own kid. we used to try out at one club every year, but never got in (though my kid's other friends, taller, smaller, faster, slower all got in). we tried out again this year, got invited, but ironically we no longer wanted to swim with that club. just saying it's not like something you cannot get is something best for you.

Totally agree, but I didn't start this thread. I was attempting to provide information for others, you know there are more of us not making the clubs...

I didn't ask for the mistreatment. There is not warning, they didn't put in the statement anywhere, where they would ask kids to perform arbitrary skills that are expected of the kids already in the developmental program.

The flyer said skills as in "strokers III" two or three strokes depending on the age.

You have to go to DCUM to find out what they really do at those tryouts.

Those are the minimum skills required. They take the best of the bunch. Your kid did not make it. Move on.

Not ready to apologize, and not just one of those OOOPs sorry fake apologies like the RMSC coaches pull.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mr. K,
There are a variety of reasons why your daughter wasn’t offered a spot:
* she lacked the core strokes
* she didn’t take direction well
* others were better than her
* the coaches recognized she wasn’t as into swimming as her parent
* the coaches had no interest in dealing with her bat sh!t crazy parent.

Based on your inflexibility of thought and fixation on this, I recommend you get screened for mental illness.

Doesn't sound very apologetic.

Who isn’t apologizing? The poster who keeps wasting our time with the same sob story about why his daughter didn’t make a swim team, and is determined to pull funding from the facility that hosts that swim team?

You're upset about wasted time? What about all the parents that take their kids to crooked tryouts where they have already given the spots away then have them do things that aren't even in the prerequisite courses. Are they going to apologize for that also?

not PP. but you really need to put it behind and move on. though you've burnt the bridge at one site, you can still try out at other sites (e.g., Olney not far from Rockville site, they have great program too). many of us brought kids for trying out many places not knowing where may offer them spot. no one complained it as a waste. each coach has their own way to evaluate swimmer, could be subjective but they've seen thousands of swimmers, the margin of error is much less than your own judgement of your own kid. we used to try out at one club every year, but never got in (though my kid's other friends, taller, smaller, faster, slower all got in). we tried out again this year, got invited, but ironically we no longer wanted to swim with that club. just saying it's not like something you cannot get is something best for you.

Totally agree, but I didn't start this thread. I was attempting to provide information for others, you know there are more of us not making the clubs...

I didn't ask for the mistreatment. There is not warning, they didn't put in the statement anywhere, where they would ask kids to perform arbitrary skills that are expected of the kids already in the developmental program.

The flyer said skills as in "strokers III" two or three strokes depending on the age.

You have to go to DCUM to find out what they really do at those tryouts.

Those are the minimum skills required. They take the best of the bunch. Your kid did not make it. Move on.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mr. K,
There are a variety of reasons why your daughter wasn’t offered a spot:
* she lacked the core strokes
* she didn’t take direction well
* others were better than her
* the coaches recognized she wasn’t as into swimming as her parent
* the coaches had no interest in dealing with her bat sh!t crazy parent.

Based on your inflexibility of thought and fixation on this, I recommend you get screened for mental illness.

Doesn't sound very apologetic.

Who isn’t apologizing? The poster who keeps wasting our time with the same sob story about why his daughter didn’t make a swim team, and is determined to pull funding from the facility that hosts that swim team?

You're upset about wasted time? What about all the parents that take their kids to crooked tryouts where they have already given the spots away then have them do things that aren't even in the prerequisite courses. Are they going to apologize for that also?

not PP. but you really need to put it behind and move on. though you've burnt the bridge at one site, you can still try out at other sites (e.g., Olney not far from Rockville site, they have great program too). many of us brought kids for trying out many places not knowing where may offer them spot. no one complained it as a waste. each coach has their own way to evaluate swimmer, could be subjective but they've seen thousands of swimmers, the margin of error is much less than your own judgement of your own kid. we used to try out at one club every year, but never got in (though my kid's other friends, taller, smaller, faster, slower all got in). we tried out again this year, got invited, but ironically we no longer wanted to swim with that club. just saying it's not like something you cannot get is something best for you.

Totally agree, but I didn't start this thread. I was attempting to provide information for others, you know there are more of us not making the clubs...

I didn't ask for the mistreatment. There is not warning, they didn't put in the statement anywhere, where they would ask kids to perform arbitrary skills that are expected of the kids already in the developmental program.

The flyer said skills as in "strokers III" two or three strokes depending on the age.

You have to go to DCUM to find out what they really do at those tryouts.

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Anonymous wrote:Mr. K,
There are a variety of reasons why your daughter wasn’t offered a spot:
* she lacked the core strokes
* she didn’t take direction well
* others were better than her
* the coaches recognized she wasn’t as into swimming as her parent
* the coaches had no interest in dealing with her bat sh!t crazy parent.

Based on your inflexibility of thought and fixation on this, I recommend you get screened for mental illness.

Doesn't sound very apologetic.

Who isn’t apologizing? The poster who keeps wasting our time with the same sob story about why his daughter didn’t make a swim team, and is determined to pull funding from the facility that hosts that swim team?

You're upset about wasted time? What about all the parents that take their kids to crooked tryouts where they have already given the spots away then have them do things that aren't even in the prerequisite courses. Are they going to apologize for that also?

not PP. but you really need to put it behind and move on. though you've burnt the bridge at one site, you can still try out at other sites (e.g., Olney not far from Rockville site, they have great program too). many of us brought kids for trying out many places not knowing where may offer them spot. no one complained it as a waste. each coach has their own way to evaluate swimmer, could be subjective but they've seen thousands of swimmers, the margin of error is much less than your own judgement of your own kid. we used to try out at one club every year, but never got in (though my kid's other friends, taller, smaller, faster, slower all got in). we tried out again this year, got invited, but ironically we no longer wanted to swim with that club. just saying it's not like something you cannot get is something best for you.

Totally agree, but I didn't start this thread. I was attempting to provide information for others, you know there are more of us not making the clubs...

I didn't ask for the mistreatment. There is not warning, they didn't put in the statement anywhere, where they would ask kids to perform arbitrary skills that are expected of the kids already in the developmental program.

The flyer said skills as in "strokers III" two or three strokes depending on the age.

You have to go to DCUM to find out what they really do at those tryouts.

You weren’t mistreated. Lol! Tell me you’re a millennial without telling me you’re a millennial!

There are never guarantees at tryouts. So now that you know this, will that stop you from having your daughter audition/tryout to be a part of an activity? What happens when she doesn’t gain admission to the college of her dreams? Lessons could be learned here but you’re focusing on the wrong things and playing the victim.

College admissions are none of your business. What are you going to do about RMSC being caught cheating.

She is going to need a good IMX score if she wants to get into a good college

I don't think this is at the Varsity Blues level:

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/33699343/ex-usc-water-polo-coach-jovan-vavic-convicted-college-admissions-bribery-case

However, it seems that everyone knows the cheating has moved into the lower ranks:

https://time.com/6100715/varsity-blues-trial-college-sports/

Maybe we should report RMSC to the FBI, wire fraud for college admissions.

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Anonymous wrote:Mr. K,
There are a variety of reasons why your daughter wasn’t offered a spot:
* she lacked the core strokes
* she didn’t take direction well
* others were better than her
* the coaches recognized she wasn’t as into swimming as her parent
* the coaches had no interest in dealing with her bat sh!t crazy parent.

Based on your inflexibility of thought and fixation on this, I recommend you get screened for mental illness.

Doesn't sound very apologetic.

Who isn’t apologizing? The poster who keeps wasting our time with the same sob story about why his daughter didn’t make a swim team, and is determined to pull funding from the facility that hosts that swim team?

You're upset about wasted time? What about all the parents that take their kids to crooked tryouts where they have already given the spots away then have them do things that aren't even in the prerequisite courses. Are they going to apologize for that also?

not PP. but you really need to put it behind and move on. though you've burnt the bridge at one site, you can still try out at other sites (e.g., Olney not far from Rockville site, they have great program too). many of us brought kids for trying out many places not knowing where may offer them spot. no one complained it as a waste. each coach has their own way to evaluate swimmer, could be subjective but they've seen thousands of swimmers, the margin of error is much less than your own judgement of your own kid. we used to try out at one club every year, but never got in (though my kid's other friends, taller, smaller, faster, slower all got in). we tried out again this year, got invited, but ironically we no longer wanted to swim with that club. just saying it's not like something you cannot get is something best for you.

Totally agree, but I didn't start this thread. I was attempting to provide information for others, you know there are more of us not making the clubs...

I didn't ask for the mistreatment. There is not warning, they didn't put in the statement anywhere, where they would ask kids to perform arbitrary skills that are expected of the kids already in the developmental program.

The flyer said skills as in "strokers III" two or three strokes depending on the age.

You have to go to DCUM to find out what they really do at those tryouts.

You weren’t mistreated. Lol! Tell me you’re a millennial without telling me you’re a millennial!

There are never guarantees at tryouts. So now that you know this, will that stop you from having your daughter audition/tryout to be a part of an activity? What happens when she doesn’t gain admission to the college of her dreams? Lessons could be learned here but you’re focusing on the wrong things and playing the victim.

College admissions are none of your business. What are you going to do about RMSC being caught cheating.

She is going to need a good IMX score if she wants to get into a good college

I don't think this is at the Varsity Blues level:

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/33699343/ex-usc-water-polo-coach-jovan-vavic-convicted-college-admissions-bribery-case

However, it seems that everyone knows the cheating has moved into the lower ranks:

https://time.com/6100715/varsity-blues-trial-college-sports/

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mr. K,
There are a variety of reasons why your daughter wasn’t offered a spot:
* she lacked the core strokes
* she didn’t take direction well
* others were better than her
* the coaches recognized she wasn’t as into swimming as her parent
* the coaches had no interest in dealing with her bat sh!t crazy parent.

Based on your inflexibility of thought and fixation on this, I recommend you get screened for mental illness.

Doesn't sound very apologetic.

Who isn’t apologizing? The poster who keeps wasting our time with the same sob story about why his daughter didn’t make a swim team, and is determined to pull funding from the facility that hosts that swim team?

You're upset about wasted time? What about all the parents that take their kids to crooked tryouts where they have already given the spots away then have them do things that aren't even in the prerequisite courses. Are they going to apologize for that also?

not PP. but you really need to put it behind and move on. though you've burnt the bridge at one site, you can still try out at other sites (e.g., Olney not far from Rockville site, they have great program too). many of us brought kids for trying out many places not knowing where may offer them spot. no one complained it as a waste. each coach has their own way to evaluate swimmer, could be subjective but they've seen thousands of swimmers, the margin of error is much less than your own judgement of your own kid. we used to try out at one club every year, but never got in (though my kid's other friends, taller, smaller, faster, slower all got in). we tried out again this year, got invited, but ironically we no longer wanted to swim with that club. just saying it's not like something you cannot get is something best for you.

Totally agree, but I didn't start this thread. I was attempting to provide information for others, you know there are more of us not making the clubs...

I didn't ask for the mistreatment. There is not warning, they didn't put in the statement anywhere, where they would ask kids to perform arbitrary skills that are expected of the kids already in the developmental program.

The flyer said skills as in "strokers III" two or three strokes depending on the age.

You have to go to DCUM to find out what they really do at those tryouts.

You weren’t mistreated. Lol! Tell me you’re a millennial without telling me you’re a millennial!

There are never guarantees at tryouts. So now that you know this, will that stop you from having your daughter audition/tryout to be a part of an activity? What happens when she doesn’t gain admission to the college of her dreams? Lessons could be learned here but you’re focusing on the wrong things and playing the victim.

College admissions are none of your business. What are you going to do about RMSC being caught cheating.

She is going to need a good IMX score if she wants to get into a good college