Hello everyone!
i have a 14 yr old daughter who has been swimming with a USA swimming club for about 2yrs now. She is the only person in our family to swim, so naturally I feel in a bit over my head at times, though she seems to fit in well in the swimming world. I’m not sure how my daughter ranks against her peers, or her just others in her age group for that matter, nor what is a “good time” or “bad time”. Given she is not in the top swim group at her club, I’m get the sense her times about average for her age or perhaps a bit below. So anyways, I’m wondering what I can do to be a “good swim parent”, how far do I go when she adds time and how happy should I be when she drops a little time? Thanks for all your help! I’ve put a couple of her short course yards times below.
100fly: 1:02.51
100back:1:02.35
100free: 56.32
200free: 2:00.59
200back: 2:13.15
200IM: 2:18.87
200fly: 2:24.11
50free: 26.15
Since most USAS swimmers never qualify for their local age-group (JO) or Senior championships, your daughter is relatively good.
That's a darn good point! I believe that our LSC had only 12% of the swimmers represented at our championship meet last Summer (likely more qualified, but those who do, generally go, especially the age groupers). Doing that in year 2 as a 14 year old is incredibly impressive.
And actually, many of those times are Sectional qualifying, at least in the Southern Zone. Most of those are AA's, some close to AAA.
www.usaswimming.org/.../2020motivationaltimes-top16.pdf
Also, here is a great site that I use to see where my kids are relative to the LSC and nation. Even can compared to collegiate swimmers. www.swimmingrank.com
Since most USAS swimmers never qualify for their local age-group (JO) or Senior championships, your daughter is relatively good.
That's a darn good point! I believe that our LSC had only 12% of the swimmers represented at our championship meet last Summer (likely more qualified, but those who do, generally go, especially the age groupers). Doing that in year 2 as a 14 year old is incredibly impressive.
And actually, many of those times are Sectional qualifying, at least in the Southern Zone. Most of those are AA's, some close to AAA.
www.usaswimming.org/.../2020motivationaltimes-top16.pdf
Also, here is a great site that I use to see where my kids are relative to the LSC and nation. Even can compared to collegiate swimmers. www.swimmingrank.com
