In another thread I read that an unnamed USS coach was teaching using 2 dolphin kicks in breaststroke pullout,sneaking the first one in after the dive (like Kitajima did.) I had previously heard coaches teaching dolphin kick on the pullout before it was legal saying "I'll keep teaching it until they DQ it." What do you all think of this? I think the refs should watch for this and DQ the swimmers of course,but I think the coach should be flogged I don't care how many Olympians the might have trained.
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you know it's not just limited to soccer, i've seen plenty of crazed, my-kid-is the-best- swimming parents. one of my teammates in particular would cry after every time she got second (even at national meets), and her parents would give her the silent treatment for the trip home. her dad would film each race, and force her to watch it after her postrace warm down so he could tell her what all she did wrong. we all felt so bad for her.
hey you parents out there - is it hard to not get caught up in the competition and put too much pressure on your kids?
you know it's not just limited to soccer, i've seen plenty of crazed, my-kid-is the-best- swimming parents. one of my teammates in particular would cry after every time she got second (even at national meets), and her parents would give her the silent treatment for the trip home. her dad would film each race, and force her to watch it after her postrace warm down so he could tell her what all she did wrong. we all felt so bad for her.
hey you parents out there - is it hard to not get caught up in the competition and put too much pressure on your kids?
