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"SWIM
PARENTS ARE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE"
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Compiled by Late Shri Sandeep Divgikar
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You work ten hours a day at swim meets, then want to know where the team party is! | |||
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You cheer for lots of athletes who are not your own. | ||||
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You drive carpools on routes that would make a cab driver dizzy. | ||||
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You ask your age grouper "What did coach say?" | ||||
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You say "What did you learn?" to the ten and under who just got disqualified on four consecutive swims. | ||||
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You under stand that only the fastest four can be on a relay. | ||||
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You "play-up" the importance of team things, like relays. | ||||
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You help new swim parents gain perspective on the sport. | ||||
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You offer to have the Senior team to your house for breakfast after the first A.M. workout of summer. | ||||
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You organize the drive for full team uniforms. | ||||
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You recognize that in swimming, that the parent's role is to comfort and applaud and the coaches' to offer constructive criticism. | ||||
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You make a bigger "to-do" about Arjun's buddy's best time than about Arjun's. | ||||
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You realize that no one swim is that important, and it's the whole picture that matters | ||||
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You realize that the greatest thing Arjun is getting from swimming has nothing to do with anything physical | ||||
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You remind your children that talent is God given. Effort is your own. | ||||
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You know that there is nothing heavier to carry than 'a great potential'. | ||||
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You bring the coach a cup of coffee at 5.30 A.M. workout in January! | ||||
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You realize that coaches, like you, make mistakes (and feel badly about them!) | ||||
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When you officiate a meet … and have to DQ your own child. | ||||
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You realize that every child can be a winner. (If you know that winning is doing your best.) | ||||
