I propose a rule change for the championship committee. If someone misses their heat at USMS Nationals due to general stupidity and day dreaming, they should be allowed to swim in an open lane in that same event.
John Smith
(2006 psuedo champion, 50yd back)
Parents
Former Member
Originally posted by BillS
John's probably wishing he'd started a thread about V02 max and late bloomers instead . . . :D
Actually, I'm surprised that this hasn't turned into a snit about "take personal responsibility" per the "discussion" we had quite some time back concerning people who sue after spilling hot coffee or whatever in their laps.
My solution: Each team going to the a meet brings a (or hires a local) mother who has kids in age group swimming. It's her job to walk around, keep track of everything and nag at those who aren't paying attention to their time schedule. In addition, she could hand out those little boxes of juice and small baggies with Cheerios or carrot sticks in them to the swimmers. As an added bonus, she could give "serious talking-to's" to swimmers fraternizing/flirting with the "wrong type of people". ("Johnny, she's a distance swimmer. Do you want your children to be predominantly slow twitch ?")
-LBJ
Originally posted by BillS
John's probably wishing he'd started a thread about V02 max and late bloomers instead . . . :D
Actually, I'm surprised that this hasn't turned into a snit about "take personal responsibility" per the "discussion" we had quite some time back concerning people who sue after spilling hot coffee or whatever in their laps.
My solution: Each team going to the a meet brings a (or hires a local) mother who has kids in age group swimming. It's her job to walk around, keep track of everything and nag at those who aren't paying attention to their time schedule. In addition, she could hand out those little boxes of juice and small baggies with Cheerios or carrot sticks in them to the swimmers. As an added bonus, she could give "serious talking-to's" to swimmers fraternizing/flirting with the "wrong type of people". ("Johnny, she's a distance swimmer. Do you want your children to be predominantly slow twitch ?")
-LBJ
