All amateur swimmers 18 and over should be required to swim at least one masters meet per year. This would help with the transition into adult life, and really show the younger generation the value of masters swimming. Adults who continue to love the sport, that's a great networking tool and a positive way to stay involved with people of similar interests.
From the way I interpret the original post, it sounds like they want high caliber swimmers (such as those who would qualify for an Olympic team) to do a masters meet once per year.
However, on that same note, you'd also require current masters swimmers to do a meet once a year. My team has a very low rate of swimmers who compete at all (maybe 10%), and doing this would probably reduce the number of swimmers on the team. We've hashed through on various other threads why swimmers don't compete, but making it a requirement would just reduce the ranks of masters swimming.
From the way I interpret the original post, it sounds like they want high caliber swimmers (such as those who would qualify for an Olympic team) to do a masters meet once per year.
However, on that same note, you'd also require current masters swimmers to do a meet once a year. My team has a very low rate of swimmers who compete at all (maybe 10%), and doing this would probably reduce the number of swimmers on the team. We've hashed through on various other threads why swimmers don't compete, but making it a requirement would just reduce the ranks of masters swimming.
