Cocky Swim Relay

I'm very surprised the starter started the race with the guy facing the wrong way That's why I kinda figured the officials must have been "in on it." I just can't imagine they'd start the race with the guy facing backwards otherwise. I think it's OK if everyone else in the pool knew these guys were just going to swim as a goof even if the other teams played it straight. If not then I think it's really bad sportsmanship.

The teen males talk smack out in the open. The teen girls talk about all the other girls behind their backs. :banana: I don't think it stops with just teen males. I think this is just the beginning, and it only gets better as they get older!! I have a 79 year old teammate :cane: who can really lay the smack down when needed...and you can't help but just take it. :D What's funny is to listen to all the old timers talkin' the $#!+ back and forth at practice...really gets you laughing.

Not regarding the video, but about the line between trash talking (or cockiness) versus poor sportsmanship (or taunting).... Personally I can remember crossing it one time. There had been no previous provocation so it was pure arrogance on my part. No excuses! My coach responded by entering me in the 200 Open at the end of the meet. I got to experience what it was like to be overmatched and come in dead last. That taught me the lesson. I can't say I was always an angel, but I never again initiated poor sportsmanship during an athletic event.

I said I thought it was funny. Not very sportsman-like though and pretty disrespectful of the other teams who are legitimately trying. I obviously would have DQ'ed them if I was an official.

Get ready to gridge it up in the 200 IM! Maybe we'll be right next to each other like last year.

Get ready to gridge it up in the 200 IM! To ensure that I get really psyched and do not act like a teenage girl, I am going to listen to selections from Geek's Michael Bolton library prior to the race. Shut it, Twiggy.

(and honestly, their form is pretty spotty, I have a feeling that these kids really are only big fish in a small pond and could very easily find themselves on the other end of the stunt). That's exactly what I thought. Where is slow's coach when we need him?! My coach responded by entering me in the 200 Open at the end of the meet. I got to experience what it was like to be overmatched and come in dead last. That taught me the lesson. I can't say I was always an angel, but I never again initiated poor sportsmanship during an athletic event.

I don't remember anything like this going on in college swimming, but that was a long time ago and things may have changed? Hadn't seen anything like this at my old AAU or kids USA meets either; I saw something like this happen in 1991. 400 freesylt relay: All the kids from McCollough High School swam a 75 hard and then waited for the other team to catch up. That was 21 years ago. I am pretty sure that was not the first time high school kids acted like morons. Don't confuse this with me thinking that what these kids did was alright because I don't. But it is not a sign that society is collapsing. (and honestly, their form is pretty spotty, I have a feeling that these kids really are only big fish in a small pond and could very easily find themselves on the other end of the stunt).

This is crazy, why should you act like a cocky crazy swimmer. If you think you're to good to swim in a competition you should swim among faster swimmers.:applaud:

And if you do register for the meet, and DON'T sign up for the (1 HEAT of currently 3 swimmers) 200 Fly, then...uh...errr...uh...I guess I can't...uh... attempt to lap you! :bolt: I signed up, but you won't be lapping me. I didn't enter the 2 fly. I entered the 400 IM, 200 free, 100 free and 200 IM.