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!
I had not thought about suggesting she write coaches at the colleges/universities she is interested in attending!Before she starts contacting coaches and gets too too excited about college swimming, I suggest she and you check out USA Swimming’s College Swimming 101
She is only a freshman so she has a couple of years before she needs to get REAL serious about contacting schools, but Freshan/Sophmore years are a good time to start searching. In the mean time, she should be working with her USA Swimming coach to set goals that will get her to where she wants to be.
I had not thought about suggesting she write coaches at the colleges/universities she is interested in attending!Before she starts contacting coaches and gets too too excited about college swimming, I suggest she and you check out USA Swimming’s College Swimming 101
She is only a freshman so she has a couple of years before she needs to get REAL serious about contacting schools, but Freshan/Sophmore years are a good time to start searching. In the mean time, she should be working with her USA Swimming coach to set goals that will get her to where she wants to be.
