Is swimming "eating its young?" Are they being burned out with mindless yardage? Do they have to do volume training for long events? Are we missing masters swimmers who were burned out as youths? As to the kids, what can we do to stop the cannabalism?
Parents
Former Member
The way I see it kids do not have childhood's anymore due to all the pressure that get's placed on them for sports AND academics. There seems to be no time off for these guys.
Are they better off? Who knows? That's a personal question, in my opinion.
Grooming kids to be the next superstars is always a risk. Risk to them, risk that the prospects don't pan out etc.
If the kids wants to work that hard at something then it's fine as long as their health is not being impacted negatively. If so, someone has to be the parent and say "you have to stop for a while."
If it's parent's pushing their kids for their own pride, then that's a separate issue.
Don't get me started on pushin them to get scholarships for college for financial reasons either. :)
Rich
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The way I see it kids do not have childhood's anymore due to all the pressure that get's placed on them for sports AND academics. There seems to be no time off for these guys.
Are they better off? Who knows? That's a personal question, in my opinion.
Grooming kids to be the next superstars is always a risk. Risk to them, risk that the prospects don't pan out etc.
If the kids wants to work that hard at something then it's fine as long as their health is not being impacted negatively. If so, someone has to be the parent and say "you have to stop for a while."
If it's parent's pushing their kids for their own pride, then that's a separate issue.
Don't get me started on pushin them to get scholarships for college for financial reasons either. :)
Rich
:dedhorse:
