Friendly Frog coach Erin Harris directs warm-ups at last Tuesday night's match-up against the Lake Jeanette Lightning.
Swimmers and swim parents are a dedicated and polite group. This meet lasted nearly 5 hours, and was only one of 11 Community Swim Association meets that happen every Tuesday night in June. I worked this meet as a stroke and turn judge; in three years of doing this job, I have never been yelled at by a parent, coach, or athlete, though I've disqualified lots of swimmers.
CSA now has 2000+ swimmers participating every summer; this year, Olympic medalist Diana Munz will be visiting the CSA city championship.
Friday, June 17, 2005
Frog Blogging
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Both my husband and son are/have been soccer refs. I wish I could say they've never been "yelled at by a parent." They've been followed to their cars, screeched at, called names, been vilified. I thought it was good exercise. Swimming sounds like it has less hyperbolic parents. Wonder why?
I've been watching on show on Bravo about kids, parents and sports. In my opinion, some of the parents are just nuts. There is an 8 year old who is in 4 different competitive sports, a 16 year old figure skater who seems to hate his family, an 8 year old football player who is practicing in ways that I've seen high school teams play...it's crazy.
My father used to coach little league. He would bring his team out for ice cream after most games - win or lose. Very low key. Of course he wanted them to win, but if they didn't it was no big deal. They're just kids. Kids need to be kids.
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