Recruiting

Originally posted by umasswim I don't think it is bad if a person swam with a certain team and then moved for them to stay with their old team. Case in Point Karlyn Pipes Nielson swam for SDSM for a very long time but then moved to Hawaii but continues to swim for SDSM because she knows everyone and feels part of their team. However, I know SDSM recruits swimmers as far away as Canada and some have never even been to San Diego. All I can say to that is we(SSLM) tend to have more fun as a team since we know and train with all of our team members everyday. In the end, SDSM can have the records if they want them that bad. I was happy to see our team cheering behind the blocks on every swim because of the team connection. To me, fun and comraderie will always be more important and a reason to swim/coach than records. Dan Peck swimsmarter.com Swim Smarter La Jolla Masters (Go SSLiM) So, I suppose if I liked and respected your team, and wanted to swim attached to your team, you'd tell me NO, because I don't have any plans to move to your town. That looks more cliquish then camaraderie promoting. My own team has a number of satellite swimmers, those who have swam for us at one time or another and have preferred to continue to swim attached to our team. We have them in places as far away as China, some in Pacific Northwest, Idaho and other places. There's also a few people that have approached us over past years and asked if they can swim attached to our team. They said they like our presence at meets, and prefer that to swimming unattached, all by themselves. Pesonally, I like our 'satellite' swimmers, we often host them with locals, I hosted couple of them during the nationals, several other teammates hosted few others. There's nothing in USMS that prevents a swimmer from attaching to whatever team they want to swim for, as long as the transfer is done properly.

Originally posted by umasswim I don't think it is bad if a person swam with a certain team and then moved for them to stay with their old team. Case in Point Karlyn Pipes Nielson swam for SDSM for a very long time but then moved to Hawaii but continues to swim for SDSM because she knows everyone and feels part of their team. However, I know SDSM recruits swimmers as far away as Canada and some have never even been to San Diego. All I can say to that is we(SSLM) tend to have more fun as a team since we know and train with all of our team members everyday. In the end, SDSM can have the records if they want them that bad. I was happy to see our team cheering behind the blocks on every swim because of the team connection. To me, fun and comraderie will always be more important and a reason to swim/coach than records. Dan Peck swimsmarter.com Swim Smarter La Jolla Masters (Go SSLiM) So, I suppose if I liked and respected your team, and wanted to swim attached to your team, you'd tell me NO, because I don't have any plans to move to your town. That looks more cliquish then camaraderie promoting. My own team has a number of satellite swimmers, those who have swam for us at one time or another and have preferred to continue to swim attached to our team. We have them in places as far away as China, some in Pacific Northwest, Idaho and other places. There's also a few people that have approached us over past years and asked if they can swim attached to our team. They said they like our presence at meets, and prefer that to swimming unattached, all by themselves. Pesonally, I like our 'satellite' swimmers, we often host them with locals, I hosted couple of them during the nationals, several other teammates hosted few others. There's nothing in USMS that prevents a swimmer from attaching to whatever team they want to swim for, as long as the transfer is done properly.