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Date Posted: Thursday March 24 2005
Author: Get a grip.......
Author Host/IP: NoHost / 24.244.159.106
Subject: Re: only one 6 and under girl and four 6 and under boys
In reply to: OldTimer 's message, "only one 6 and under girl and four 6 and under boys" on Wednesday March 23 2005

Risk the future?....THEY ARE THE FUTURE.....all of the children swimming today are the future...as members of the BSF or not....they are the future.......world class? why can't they be golden boys or girls right here at home?......The Golden girls represent a whole lot more than the medals they won....they represent ability, positive attitude, personal committment and motivation and a whole lot more....why is it that if you don't make a final....or win the gold....you are tossed aside so easily?......many of our greatest swimmers are those who never make it atop a podium......Why should 6 and unders be competing????? Anyone who knows anything about gross and fine motor development of humans know that success in the pool at this age means nothing....as a matter of fact many world class elite swimmers were the late bloomers.....there are females in their thirties still winning gold today........so why can't the swimmers today be supported by their country into the ranks of the international scene .....give them a chance.......how dare you write off 14, 15, 16 and 17 years olds as "has beens"......get a grip........
Hope you are not a coach.......and if you are a parent of a young athlete.......go do your homework!

>Swimming's Golden Girls? Granted we do have a few
>good swimmers but we don't have many potential world
>class athletes in this bunch either. If you think we
>can risk the future of the BSF on this generation of
>athletes you are sadly mistaken and if you think we
>can develop a "Golden Girl" type of team out this crop
>of swimmers again you are sadly mistaken. We can't
>even have heats and finals in all events at Nationals.
> Sorry for being so negative. The golden girls were a
>team made up from both old and new athletes and as it
>stands now we need at least 7 to 11 years to develop
>that crop of athletes.
>
>Right now only if Alan and Chris Murray were to come
>back, along with Chris Vatoukis and Jeremy Knowles
>would we have a long shot at making an Olympic relay
>final. I don't see it any other way.
>
>7 to 11 years is long time and we have every
>oportunity to do something about it. We can develop a
>few world class athletes in that time. But we need
>more swimmers in the pool in which to choose from.
>
>BSF please focus more of your efforts on Learn to
>Swim, help the clubs with development programs, help
>them buy equipment, help them with advertising, help
>them get more youths in the water, help them get more
>parents involved. If the BSF is only about
>officiating meets, selecting National Teams and
>changing rules we are headed in the wrong direction.
>As I said in a previous post only one 6 and under girl
>and four 6 and under boys competed in the last Dolphin
>meet. Its obvious to me we need more swimmers.

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Grip these ....: Proof is in the Statistics -- OldTimer, Sunday March 27 2005
- In addition -- OldTimer, Sunday March 27 2005