Saw one of the more interesting articles about the past, present, and future aspects of competitive swimming on SwimInfo's website the other day from Wayne Goldsmith..
www.swiminfo.com/.../7720.asp
I think it provokes a great deal of thought in this arena and specifically within this group since many of us either participate, have friends/relatives who participate, or remember participating in competitive swim meets.
I particularly appreciate the parents perspective provided in the article. While I have little children (5 and almost 3 years old), the thought of going through what my parents did with me makes me hesitate to sign up for the first set of SwimAmerica lessons or summer club swim team to introduce them to swimming. While I swam through my school age years, I didn't really consider just what my parents had to go through right along with me.. I was always thinking about what i was going through. Wow!
Check out the article and see what you think...
Rob
Parents
Former Member
No, I don't think short meets would marginalize distance events; distance events actually lend themselves to short "theme" meets. Often the 1500 or 800 are held on the Friday night of a 3 day meet, which in itself is like a mini meet.
No, I don't think short meets would marginalize distance events; distance events actually lend themselves to short "theme" meets. Often the 1500 or 800 are held on the Friday night of a 3 day meet, which in itself is like a mini meet.
