7 Ways That Swim Parents Drive Swim Coaches Crazy
7 Ways That Swim Parents Drive Swim Coaches Crazy
At its best, swimming is a straight-forward set of roles. Coaches do the coaching. Swimmers do the swimming. And the parents do the parenting.
But when the lines get blurred problems inevitably arise.
These kind of articles always get defensive reactions from some swim parents. And I totally understand why. There are some swim coaches out there who stink. I’ve had a couple myself during my swim career.
But the majority of them are hard working, caring, and great at what they do.
This list isn’t a slag on swim parents. After all, when parents do cross over to “helicopter parent” status it’s from love.
They want the best for their children. It’s well-meaning.
At the end of the day, the sport needs swim parents that are involved.
Competitions, officiating, fundraising, budgeting and all of the other thankless tasks that go into making the sport go round are almost all done by swim parents who want nothing more than to see kids get a chance to swim and compete.
I get it—how can you ask someone who invests so much of their time and money (they do pay the club dues, after all) to back off when it comes to their child’s swimming?
Here are 7 ways that swim parents are drive their kid’s coach a little bit crazy:
