Is there really a division between masters swimmers? i.e. one camp allied to a more low key fitness oriented approach with low membership growth vs. a meet oriented competitive (elite) camp?
This sounds ridiculous to me. I don't think I've ever run into anyone that acknowledged this debate on a pool deck.
What spawns this rift in Masters swimming? Is this an old guard vs. younger member phenonmenon?
Are there different motivations that exist that create this conflict in terms of the future of USMS? Why can't both coexist?
I say we poll some people out there and find out what they support.
John Smith
Pools with slides and no room for lap swimming........it is all about money. When our park district made this decision, they could not be convinced that a competive pool, with the slides could make money, they went for the water park deal, hook line and sinker, and now our area is without any 50 meter pools to swim in, and not much water space at all.
Swimmers do not seem to have the same pull to get facilities built, probably because our facilities are more expensive to build and maintain than say, a baseball or soccer field.
Pools with slides and no room for lap swimming........it is all about money. When our park district made this decision, they could not be convinced that a competive pool, with the slides could make money, they went for the water park deal, hook line and sinker, and now our area is without any 50 meter pools to swim in, and not much water space at all.
Swimmers do not seem to have the same pull to get facilities built, probably because our facilities are more expensive to build and maintain than say, a baseball or soccer field.
