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.
You sound like the kinda soccer parent I would've liked, Chickadee. Like me. Cheering, not debriefing every play. I just heard about a parent from nearby Bethesda MD who was arrested for stomping on the soccer field and physically tossing down a 10 year old who he claimed fouled his kid.
I feel sorry for your daughter's friend. There is nothing worse than an overbearing parent, no matter what the sport. Doing a sport to please such a parent never works and always hurts the kid. My daughter swims quite a bit now, nothing more than I used to, but we were pretty picky about choosing her coaches. She does give up sleep overs sometimes (not always), but, as I told someone in another thread, she SMILES when she gets up for morning practice and early morning meets. She thinks swim meets are like a big party that all her friends go to. The key thing parents need to remember is that they weren't invited to the party. They should just pick up the child when the party is over and asked if they had fun.
P.S. I see you're from PA. You must not be a Striker parent. That team is intense.
You sound like the kinda soccer parent I would've liked, Chickadee. Like me. Cheering, not debriefing every play. I just heard about a parent from nearby Bethesda MD who was arrested for stomping on the soccer field and physically tossing down a 10 year old who he claimed fouled his kid.
I feel sorry for your daughter's friend. There is nothing worse than an overbearing parent, no matter what the sport. Doing a sport to please such a parent never works and always hurts the kid. My daughter swims quite a bit now, nothing more than I used to, but we were pretty picky about choosing her coaches. She does give up sleep overs sometimes (not always), but, as I told someone in another thread, she SMILES when she gets up for morning practice and early morning meets. She thinks swim meets are like a big party that all her friends go to. The key thing parents need to remember is that they weren't invited to the party. They should just pick up the child when the party is over and asked if they had fun.
P.S. I see you're from PA. You must not be a Striker parent. That team is intense.
