George asked whether age group swimmers are being bullied/pressured into swimming by parents, coaches and friends. Are they? Are parents living out their "unfulfilled dreams" through their young ones, as Geek suggested in another thread? Share your funniest/saddest story about overbearing swim parents or coaches.
OH greg, on my club team we had two masters swimmers who always swam with us in the evening practices. Everyone absolutely despised losing to them in practice, because of that mentality. They both were quite fast, yet somehow both of them always liked to swim down the center of the lane, whoever was in their lane would get smashed during fly or back. Even with them smashing us, no one wanted to lose to those "old guys." :laugh2:
OH greg, on my club team we had two masters swimmers who always swam with us in the evening practices. Everyone absolutely despised losing to them in practice, because of that mentality. They both were quite fast, yet somehow both of them always liked to swim down the center of the lane, whoever was in their lane would get smashed during fly or back. Even with them smashing us, no one wanted to lose to those "old guys." :laugh2:
