Comments on: North Baltimore Swimming In Imports http://reachforthewall.com/2009/06/22/north-baltimore-swimming-in-imports/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:06:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rachel http://reachforthewall.com/2009/06/22/north-baltimore-swimming-in-imports/comment-page-1/#comment-7140 Rachel Sat, 04 Dec 2010 03:14:34 +0000 http://reachforthewall.com/?p=175#comment-7140 I am sure this article was written quite a long time ago. I wanted to address one important fact. Many of these coaches are so called "old school coaches". They believe that doing high yardage at young ages of even 11 and 12 is the correct way of bringing up athletes to their highest potential. What I think is being lost is the child. Kids have to have time being kids. Sure at the age of 16 when in high school if they are swimming still you should ask them at that time to make a commitment to swimming. Develop the swimmer so they can improve and get faster every year through college. College should be the biggest goal of all. Swimming is a lifetime sport. Something that should be enjoyed and loved. To make it to a top notch school have a scholarship and get All American is amazing. If you make Juniors, Seniors, Olympic Trial or even the Olympics at this age your are mentally ready to expeirence it to the fullest. Enjoy being a kid when you can so you can grow to be a well rounded person. Being able to learn how to deal with Failure at 18 I think is alot easier then at 15. This is all coming from a swimmer who had a "old school coach" who was ranked nationally and to this day 15yrs later is still dealing with mental and verbal abuse that this coach delievered. Thankfully now that I am coaching swimming I have learned what not to do and I am a better coach for it. I am sure this article was written quite a long time ago. I wanted to address one important fact. Many of these coaches are so called “old school coaches”. They believe that doing high yardage at young ages of even 11 and 12 is the correct way of bringing up athletes to their highest potential. What I think is being lost is the child. Kids have to have time being kids. Sure at the age of 16 when in high school if they are swimming still you should ask them at that time to make a commitment to swimming. Develop the swimmer so they can improve and get faster every year through college. College should be the biggest goal of all. Swimming is a lifetime sport. Something that should be enjoyed and loved. To make it to a top notch school have a scholarship and get All American is amazing. If you make Juniors, Seniors, Olympic Trial or even the Olympics at this age your are mentally ready to expeirence it to the fullest. Enjoy being a kid when you can so you can grow to be a well rounded person. Being able to learn how to deal with Failure at 18 I think is alot easier then at 15. This is all coming from a swimmer who had a “old school coach” who was ranked nationally and to this day 15yrs later is still dealing with mental and verbal abuse that this coach delievered. Thankfully now that I am coaching swimming I have learned what not to do and I am a better coach for it.

]]> By: George http://reachforthewall.com/2009/06/22/north-baltimore-swimming-in-imports/comment-page-1/#comment-4464 George Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:54:24 +0000 http://reachforthewall.com/?p=175#comment-4464 Why should it? Your jealousy shows. Here's where the top group at Nbac sent their TOP senior athletes last year: Harvard, Yale, John's Hopkins, Texas, LSU. The years before that count schools like Columbia, Michigan, Southern Cal, Princeton....the list goes on and on. Next year two members from this very group are going to Stanford! The article could have addressed these facts, sure, but most people involved with Swimming know them. Does the article say that these athletes do NOT do well in school or focus on school? Did you know that many of the members of this top group do not swim in the morning before school, like every other team in Maryland and Virginia? The only groups that go in the morning are home-schooled kids. I know that drives you crazy that kids can be so fast after doing, really, a minimum of practices per week! Why should it? Your jealousy shows. Here’s where the top group at Nbac sent their TOP senior athletes last year: Harvard, Yale, John’s Hopkins, Texas, LSU. The years before that count schools like Columbia, Michigan, Southern Cal, Princeton….the list goes on and on.

Next year two members from this very group are going to Stanford!

The article could have addressed these facts, sure, but most people involved with Swimming know them.

Does the article say that these athletes do NOT do well in school or focus on school?

Did you know that many of the members of this top group do not swim in the morning before school, like every other team in Maryland and Virginia? The only groups that go in the morning are home-schooled kids.

I know that drives you crazy that kids can be so fast after doing, really, a minimum of practices per week!

]]> By: swimmer http://reachforthewall.com/2009/06/22/north-baltimore-swimming-in-imports/comment-page-1/#comment-2500 swimmer Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:59:41 +0000 http://reachforthewall.com/?p=175#comment-2500 The unfortuntate part about this article is that it does not mention the many teams in MD swimming and PV swimming that focus on the balance of academics and swimming. In today's world especially, this should have been addressed. The unfortuntate part about this article is that it does not mention the many teams in MD swimming and PV swimming that focus on the balance of academics and swimming. In today’s world especially, this should have been addressed.

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