Although I was very impressed with Sabir the swimmer, I was not impressed with Sabir the person. What was up with him flexing his muscles before the 50 FLY? Is this the NFL/ NBA or is this master's swimming? I didn't appreciate the "hey everyone, look at me" attitude. Swim the race, shake hands with your competitors, and be thankful for the gift God has given you. Don't show up your competitor like a Pro Wrestler. I wonder how much muscle flexing Sabir will do before events at the olympic trials! I have much respect for him for his talent and swimming accomplishments. But after his display before the 50 Fly, I have little respect for him as the person.
Originally posted by swimmer
Ask youself how you are going to feel when kids start to emulate this behavior. How are you going to feel about that? If you are fine with it then why not encourage all kids to adopt it as part of their pre-race ritual. Let's get the parents pumped up! I can just see the pre-swim posedown between a couple of big kids. That'll add lots of excitement to agegroup meets. And when the skinny 10 year olds pick it up, that'll be way cool.
Yes, I'm old school and I can hear geek telling me to lighten up but I'm not going to. I agree this is bad form.
Oh geez....
Not every little thing grows to become an extreme case.
And if the parents have so little control over their kids that one little public display of emotion is going to dmage them for life... It's not gonna be Sabir's thing that's gonna do it. f theyr'e that hopelesly impressionable, they've aleady been 'damaged'
Don't get me started on parent's responsibilities to explain and educate kids to put things into perspective and proper context.
People need to teach kids how to deal with things in life, rather than trying to control what th world is going to do. Controling the world is a huge effort in futility and a nice setup for disappointment.
okay, I'm off the soapbox... for now.
Originally posted by swimmer
Ask youself how you are going to feel when kids start to emulate this behavior. How are you going to feel about that? If you are fine with it then why not encourage all kids to adopt it as part of their pre-race ritual. Let's get the parents pumped up! I can just see the pre-swim posedown between a couple of big kids. That'll add lots of excitement to agegroup meets. And when the skinny 10 year olds pick it up, that'll be way cool.
Yes, I'm old school and I can hear geek telling me to lighten up but I'm not going to. I agree this is bad form.
Oh geez....
Not every little thing grows to become an extreme case.
And if the parents have so little control over their kids that one little public display of emotion is going to dmage them for life... It's not gonna be Sabir's thing that's gonna do it. f theyr'e that hopelesly impressionable, they've aleady been 'damaged'
Don't get me started on parent's responsibilities to explain and educate kids to put things into perspective and proper context.
People need to teach kids how to deal with things in life, rather than trying to control what th world is going to do. Controling the world is a huge effort in futility and a nice setup for disappointment.
okay, I'm off the soapbox... for now.
