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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Originally posted by susanehr
We host several mini meets during the year. There may only be five or so events (no more than 10). This is an excellent way for the non-competitive swimmer to see how a meet is held. Many times they will enter an event (the cost for the meet is extremely affordable) just to see what it is like. This also gives new swimmers the opportunity to "take the plunge" before a more expensive and time consuming all weekend meet.
I love the idea of mini meets! That seems like a great way to introduce new comers, such as myself, into the world of competitive swimming without throwing them in and seeing if they sink or float. It seems like it would be a lot less intimidating and a lot of fun!!
~Kyra
Originally posted by susanehr
We host several mini meets during the year. There may only be five or so events (no more than 10). This is an excellent way for the non-competitive swimmer to see how a meet is held. Many times they will enter an event (the cost for the meet is extremely affordable) just to see what it is like. This also gives new swimmers the opportunity to "take the plunge" before a more expensive and time consuming all weekend meet.
I love the idea of mini meets! That seems like a great way to introduce new comers, such as myself, into the world of competitive swimming without throwing them in and seeing if they sink or float. It seems like it would be a lot less intimidating and a lot of fun!!
~Kyra
