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.
Should coaches teach cheating?......ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!
I'm a swim coach and consider my job a lot more than teaching swimming! I think coaches are to mentor their swimmers and model good behavior. Call me corny but, I consider my job coaching not only for swimming but for life.
I agree with you and I think I said so earlier in this thread. But do you, as a coach, sometimes interpret the rules more liberally than an official? My wife is the coach of our age group club and I am an official and we have some interesting discussions regarding rules interpretation. And most of the time one ends up convincing the other that their interpretation is the correct one. But there are times when it ends with a "I think I'll ask Joe (LSC Officials Chair) and see what he says".
Should coaches teach cheating?......ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!
I'm a swim coach and consider my job a lot more than teaching swimming! I think coaches are to mentor their swimmers and model good behavior. Call me corny but, I consider my job coaching not only for swimming but for life.
I agree with you and I think I said so earlier in this thread. But do you, as a coach, sometimes interpret the rules more liberally than an official? My wife is the coach of our age group club and I am an official and we have some interesting discussions regarding rules interpretation. And most of the time one ends up convincing the other that their interpretation is the correct one. But there are times when it ends with a "I think I'll ask Joe (LSC Officials Chair) and see what he says".
