We just got done with today's practice and I have to say that we had more late swimmers today than we have had so far this year! I'm curious to see what everyone's policy (if any) you or your team have with showing up on time? I definitely don't want to be a harda$$, but I want people to show up on time as well!
Look forward to the comments!
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Is there any punishment for the "shower rats"(people who hang out in the shower/locker room area for the good portion of the practice or the people who show up at the start of practice, go hang out at the local pizza place(We used to train at Swarthmore college and the pool was next to downtown Swarthmore) and then, come back before their parents came to pick them up. These kinds of things were prevalent at my age group club. Heck, some of the girls would dunk their hair in the shower to make it look like they swam when they didn't. Of course, none of this affected some of these individuals' performance for some odd reason. This one girl never trained more than 30 minutes but was always able to get her Junior Cut every year. The coach didn't do anything. If I was the coach, I would ignored these slackers at the meets and put all my focus at the meet to the "hard workers".
lol
Age Group/ SR Swimming @ USS is totally different from masters.
What would happen you ask?
This works well where I swim.
In the instance you describe, the coach would say they need not bother to get in. Go home. Think about what you want to get out of swimming. If you pull that kind of a stunt, this is not the group or team for you.
The next time, they will be moved down a level for a period of time.
Third time is find another team.
bye bye :wave:
It's a known fact that it's a privilege to be on the team. It is no one's right to be on the team.
The kids that are there all work their A$$'s off.
This is a coach run team by the way.
As for this gal who trains 30 minutes a day and gets her JR cuts, I would suspect that she doesn't have too great a showing at Juniors. I could be wrong. . .
Is there any punishment for the "shower rats"(people who hang out in the shower/locker room area for the good portion of the practice or the people who show up at the start of practice, go hang out at the local pizza place(We used to train at Swarthmore college and the pool was next to downtown Swarthmore) and then, come back before their parents came to pick them up. These kinds of things were prevalent at my age group club. Heck, some of the girls would dunk their hair in the shower to make it look like they swam when they didn't. Of course, none of this affected some of these individuals' performance for some odd reason. This one girl never trained more than 30 minutes but was always able to get her Junior Cut every year. The coach didn't do anything. If I was the coach, I would ignored these slackers at the meets and put all my focus at the meet to the "hard workers".
lol
Age Group/ SR Swimming @ USS is totally different from masters.
What would happen you ask?
This works well where I swim.
In the instance you describe, the coach would say they need not bother to get in. Go home. Think about what you want to get out of swimming. If you pull that kind of a stunt, this is not the group or team for you.
The next time, they will be moved down a level for a period of time.
Third time is find another team.
bye bye :wave:
It's a known fact that it's a privilege to be on the team. It is no one's right to be on the team.
The kids that are there all work their A$$'s off.
This is a coach run team by the way.
As for this gal who trains 30 minutes a day and gets her JR cuts, I would suspect that she doesn't have too great a showing at Juniors. I could be wrong. . .
