nletmom wrote:
Well I guess all I can say is WOW and WOW! I came here for help on the build for a lap pool and never not one time asked anyone opinion my MY daughter's swim practice schedule. To everyone who has an opinion on this, thanks, I guess. My 12 YO will be 13 in Feb. but I am guessing that won't be enough to stop any of these rude and off topic comments that I never asked for. She will have to start 2 a days at the end of this school year because she will start highschool at that time. It is not at all uncommon for kids at this age, and even younger, to be doing swim twice a day. As for a local pool- if there was one, we would have done that. AGAIN- we are doing this because we do not want to take an opportunity away from her AND we do not want to get up at 4 am to get her there. That is not fair to her, or us. If she quits, then so be it. I can assure you all that you have wasted the same amount of money on your kids just maybe not in one lump sum, or on your own vices. We choose to spend this and invest in our daughter and will love her regardless. I will not reply to not one more rude misplaced comment about this. If you do not have something to add to my build please keep scrolling and no- I am not a troll!! I guess when you lose 12 babies and have to do fertility treatments to have a child, you stop at nothing to help their dreams come true. So troll- no, kick a@@ mom, heck yes! I will die for this child!
To the poster who mentioned the block- thank you for giving good and reasonable comments! I did not think about the fact that I really will not be able to help her with this technique wise and she is going to the club pool in the afternoons so you are right- a block is not needed more than likely- do you think it would be harmful though- I mean in terms of the part of the set where they jump from the block and she is timed- won't she need that for the time to be accurate?
As for her coach- I need to clarify- we have our club coach then we have an Olympic coach. The Olympic coach is from Egypt and is the one who suggested a 25 meter pool versus yard. Our club coach is just giddy we are even considering this.
Now maybe this will help me get the feedback needed which is why I posted. To all who are giving me good things to consider- please keep it coming. This is why I came and I appreciate you!
I noticed you're brand new here (signed up Dec 17th) Welcome. I still feel like a newcomer myself as a female even having signed up back in 2015. ST is notorious for having very opinionated responses at times. Many folks have been here for decades. It's a triathlete forum with many strong personalities and egos. I just think some of us are a bit overly passionate at times. It's forum for discussion and as one of the few regular female triathlete posters, I try to not take things too personally. It can be a bit rough and tumble here at times lol. It is just the culture here whether right or wrong.
I didn't find any comments requiring our moderators to intervene, but if you are going to share the information that you plan to have your 12 yr old doing double sessions every day, you will get some feedback and opinions whether you want it or not. Just focus on the information you need for your pool and weed through the rest. That being said, many people here have decades of experience in all matters swim/bike/run. So I would just keep things in mind and try not to be offended. Again I think it's great you are doing this for your daughter. And again, welcome. Always nice to have other women on the forum. Hopefully you stick around and are not just here for pool building advice.
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