Here's a thread for the ladies to discuss anything that relates to women and swimming. For example, feel free to discuss how disgustingly ugly fastskins are, how the "curse" can kill a meet, how suits don't fit, how swimming wrecks your hair, how hormones unhinge you, etc.
Why is there so much public crying, angst and drama among girls in their early-to-mid teens at swim meets? The last few swim meets I've been at, I've seen a fair number of girls sobbing on deck after races. For example, I just attended a summer league all star meet and the winner of an event was crying at the award ceremony (failed to do a PB) in front of all the girls who finished behind her. Blech. They cry over everything -- didn't do a PB, "choked" at a big meet, haven't improved in their signature stroke, let the relay down, swam worse in finals than prelims, didn't do as well as their seed, lost to a rival, etc. My kid's no better; she just had strep throat before a couple big meets and has been in full drama mode.
I'm not a fan of crying at sporting events. Can't they cry in private in the locker room or something? How can you create some perspective/big picture for the hormonal ones?
Why is there so much public crying, angst and drama among girls in their early-to-mid teens at swim meets? The last few swim meets I've been at, I've seen a fair number of girls sobbing on deck after races. For example, I just attended a summer league all star meet and the winner of an event was crying at the award ceremony (failed to do a PB) in front of all the girls who finished behind her. Blech. They cry over everything -- didn't do a PB, "choked" at a big meet, haven't improved in their signature stroke, let the relay down, swam worse in finals than prelims, didn't do as well as their seed, lost to a rival, etc. My kid's no better; she just had strep throat before a couple big meets and has been in full drama mode.
I'm not a fan of crying at sporting events. Can't they cry in private in the locker room or something? How can you create some perspective/big picture for the hormonal ones?
