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I have noticed many parents believe that there isn’t practice the day before a meet, and think it benefits their child to take the day off to rest.

I have been swimming since the seventh grade and it was drilled into my head not only from swimming but other sports that I should make every practice before the meet/game.  There are many reasons why my coaches wanted us at practices – these are the top ones:

1)     Swimming is not only an individual sport, it has the team aspect of it and when the whole team is there practicing it brings the kids closer and gets them mentally ready for the meet.

1)     Usually practices before a swim meet are not physically demanding.  Trust the coaches and know they want what is best for our kids.  A lot of the practices consist of starts and turns and if your child isn’t there to practice there starts for an individual or relay events it’s not only hurting them (this is a valuable training opportunity) but the team also.

2)     Most importantly the kids having fun.  Many parents and some coaches loose the sight of just having fun.  It is so important that your child is having fun because if they are not they will get burnt out and loose interest.

See you at practice – Coach Joel