Okay, what do you think of this idea...
We just had our Short Course meters meet. We had about 100-120 swimmers at this meet.
It's held in a dive well, 8 lanes.
Right next to it is a 50 meter pool with lane lines strung up for short course Yards... Some 16 or so lanes.
Entire time maybe 6-8 lanes were busy with warm-ups/warm-downs. The rest of them were gaping empty.
So, I thought... There's room at the pool, there's capacity on the bleachers, there's lot of food (chili, hotdogs, pancakes, BBQ etc) still at the snack bar.
How about if these things are available during, and in addition to just the swim meet:
- Fitness swimmers, come cheer for your competitive teammates, and join the hosting team for a COACHED workout! (for a nominal fee) See what the swim meets are all about. Hang out and join us for a BBQ. Usually we have some music playing too.
- Or if you usually compete, but just don't want to do it that day, you can still come, get a workout in and hang out.
- We could have extra coaches on deck, and offer a mini swim clinic during the meet.
- We are also capable of filming people under and above water, critiquing their stroke and burning a DVD for them. We can even take that equipment and bring it to their meets with us.
- And of course, the BBQ snack bar is open the whole time. At our bigger meets we have been known to bring a live band.
Thoughts please?
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I think that idea of incorporating the too is really cool! I can saw personally that I am a fitness swimmer who would like to try to swim competively. The idea of being able to be coached is extremely tantalizing, especially for unattached swimmers like myself. Maybe a meet could cater to both competitive and fitness swimmers. Have some races, just for fun, that put fitness and competitive swimmers together. I love the idea of having workshops available and the social side of it sounds like a lot of fun. If something like what you are talking about were available, I would definately attend. Good Luck with trying to get something together!!
Kyra
I think that idea of incorporating the too is really cool! I can saw personally that I am a fitness swimmer who would like to try to swim competively. The idea of being able to be coached is extremely tantalizing, especially for unattached swimmers like myself. Maybe a meet could cater to both competitive and fitness swimmers. Have some races, just for fun, that put fitness and competitive swimmers together. I love the idea of having workshops available and the social side of it sounds like a lot of fun. If something like what you are talking about were available, I would definately attend. Good Luck with trying to get something together!!
Kyra
