Swim Rant

This is funny...all the ribbons and ribbons I print labels for from Hy-Tek in our summer league meets...Everyone's a winner in our 5-lane pool. Back in the day when I swam summer league in Monroeville, PA, we didn't have no stinkin' ribbons. I just don't know how I was able to get on with my life. Oh wait...I was one of those year-round swimmer ringers... DQ'ing isn't a bad thing - and it's not the stroke/turn judge's responsibility to make sure there are no hurt feelings. It's the PROPER reinforcement to learn how to do the stroke right. Unfortunately, that is not the prevailing school of thought - a lot of parents think it's cute to see the little ones flail around and call it breastroke or butterfly or...the 100IM! And...(aarrgh!!) if you were here, you'd still get your participant ribbon or your place ribbon since the ribbon writers override any DQ swimmers. If the DQ isn't done right on the spot, the impact is gone. oops. forgot to add...and your heat winner ribbon and best times ribbon!

This is funny...all the ribbons and ribbons I print labels for from Hy-Tek in our summer league meets...Everyone's a winner in our 5-lane pool. Back in the day when I swam summer league in Monroeville, PA, we didn't have no stinkin' ribbons. I just don't know how I was able to get on with my life. Oh wait...I was one of those year-round swimmer ringers... DQ'ing isn't a bad thing - and it's not the stroke/turn judge's responsibility to make sure there are no hurt feelings. It's the PROPER reinforcement to learn how to do the stroke right. Unfortunately, that is not the prevailing school of thought - a lot of parents think it's cute to see the little ones flail around and call it breastroke or butterfly or...the 100IM! And...(aarrgh!!) if you were here, you'd still get your participant ribbon or your place ribbon since the ribbon writers override any DQ swimmers. If the DQ isn't done right on the spot, the impact is gone. oops. forgot to add...and your heat winner ribbon and best times ribbon!