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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I am one of those travel soccer parents and travel team manager and a Masters swimmer. I would have loved for my daughter to have taken up competitive swimming but one of her friend's experiences pretty much turned her off. This friend swims non stop year round, doesnt have time for a sleep over, spends weeks in the summer at a swim camp 1000 miles away from home. She talks to my daughter nonstop about how upset her father,who swam competitively, will be with her if she doesnt improve. When I ask my daughter about swimming she says "Like so and so, no way". My daughter plays travel soccer and we were very careful about what coach we let coach her. It wasnt about is she good enough to make the team, for us it was is he good enough to spend time around my child shaping her self concept. Parents need to be far more choosey about who they let coach their children, versus thinking "oh, if she doesnt make this team at 2 and half she will never get that college scholarship". Our travel team parents are very vocal, but we cheer for every kid, even on the other teams, when they do something spectacular and when they are having a rough day. It is not uncommon when another coach is out of line and yells some stupid comment at a child, our parents in unison will respond with loud "ohhhh" sending our shock and disapproval quite loudly across the field.
As to cheating, why would anyone teach a child, or adult for that matter, something she could be penalized for - sounds like the lazy or ignorant way out.
I am one of those travel soccer parents and travel team manager and a Masters swimmer. I would have loved for my daughter to have taken up competitive swimming but one of her friend's experiences pretty much turned her off. This friend swims non stop year round, doesnt have time for a sleep over, spends weeks in the summer at a swim camp 1000 miles away from home. She talks to my daughter nonstop about how upset her father,who swam competitively, will be with her if she doesnt improve. When I ask my daughter about swimming she says "Like so and so, no way". My daughter plays travel soccer and we were very careful about what coach we let coach her. It wasnt about is she good enough to make the team, for us it was is he good enough to spend time around my child shaping her self concept. Parents need to be far more choosey about who they let coach their children, versus thinking "oh, if she doesnt make this team at 2 and half she will never get that college scholarship". Our travel team parents are very vocal, but we cheer for every kid, even on the other teams, when they do something spectacular and when they are having a rough day. It is not uncommon when another coach is out of line and yells some stupid comment at a child, our parents in unison will respond with loud "ohhhh" sending our shock and disapproval quite loudly across the field.
As to cheating, why would anyone teach a child, or adult for that matter, something she could be penalized for - sounds like the lazy or ignorant way out.
