So, my granddaughter is a freshman in HS. She is swimming on a USA team and her HS team. The HS team has about 60 swimmers--walk on, no try outs. Of those 60 only 4 girls (3 seniors & my DGD) are truly competitive. There are some who can not yet swim a complete lap(pull self along on lane ropes). Some team members haven't paid their booster fees.
The coach insists on taking the WHOLE team to every meet so everyone can have the "meet" experience. Because some members haven't paid booster fees there isn't enough money for the WHOLE team to go to large/competitive meets and the coach refuses to leave the 'non swimmers' or deadbeats at home. He has cancelled every out of town large/competitive meet that requires an over night stay. I don't believe this is fair to the few competitive swimmers on the team who are hoping to be seen by colleges.
Any thoughts on how to approach the situation?
Thanks!
Who cares, it's high school swimming, some schools have great programs but most are weak. Sounds like hers is not so great.
in Texas, the important HS meets are:
districts ( i think everyone goes)
regionals ( only qualifiers go then
state as in State HS championships where each event has 2 heats of 8 swimmers except for relays.
Otherwise:
Train hard with her USS team,
go to meets with her USS team.
Swim fast times that make college coaches take notice.
Write college coaches where she wants to go to school.
Apply to those universities.
Swim FASTER FASTER
Who cares, it's high school swimming, some schools have great programs but most are weak. Sounds like hers is not so great.
in Texas, the important HS meets are:
districts ( i think everyone goes)
regionals ( only qualifiers go then
state as in State HS championships where each event has 2 heats of 8 swimmers except for relays.
Otherwise:
Train hard with her USS team,
go to meets with her USS team.
Swim fast times that make college coaches take notice.
Write college coaches where she wants to go to school.
Apply to those universities.
Swim FASTER FASTER
