Valid point and one Wolf makes.
Our championship meet is basically just year rounders anyway and is strictly officiated. I'm more talking about the poor 6/7 shrimps that Wolf DQs. Small tears - broken hearts.
Ah, but being DQed when you at 7 is much better than being DQed for the first time at 55. And it's a teaching moment for the kids. After the first few meets of the season, I can stand at the end of the pool and raise my hand like an official, and the kids instantly know what I mean. I coach, and I have sometimes had to tell my kids, "you were not DQed on that swim, but you should have been, and you gained an unfair advantage on the field by doing 3 dolphin kicks off the start on your breaststroke pulldown...."
And I do tell my 8 and unders that the officials don't want to DQ them but have to be fair to everyone. They do get it, sometimes with tears, but the ones that cry rarely get DQed for the same thing again. Harder to deal with are the kids that know better, but are not thinking and repeatedly DQ for simple stuff. Makes a coach want to hit their head on the table....
Valid point and one Wolf makes.
Our championship meet is basically just year rounders anyway and is strictly officiated. I'm more talking about the poor 6/7 shrimps that Wolf DQs. Small tears - broken hearts.
Ah, but being DQed when you at 7 is much better than being DQed for the first time at 55. And it's a teaching moment for the kids. After the first few meets of the season, I can stand at the end of the pool and raise my hand like an official, and the kids instantly know what I mean. I coach, and I have sometimes had to tell my kids, "you were not DQed on that swim, but you should have been, and you gained an unfair advantage on the field by doing 3 dolphin kicks off the start on your breaststroke pulldown...."
And I do tell my 8 and unders that the officials don't want to DQ them but have to be fair to everyone. They do get it, sometimes with tears, but the ones that cry rarely get DQed for the same thing again. Harder to deal with are the kids that know better, but are not thinking and repeatedly DQ for simple stuff. Makes a coach want to hit their head on the table....
