One more practice until our first meet!
Meets are a great learning experience and this will be a major one for both our new and experienced swimmers. We've had little practice time but we will do our best.

Swimmers - this is one meet out of a whole season, it is the least important meet. Do your best, pay attention to the details like the starts, turns and finishes. You might get disqualified in one or more races. We'll figure out exactly why and the coaches will help you not to let it happen in the future. All swimmers get disqualified, some in the Olympics.

Parents - Really, disqualifications are not a big deal. They are a learning experience. Please don't expect that your child will stop getting disqualified at some point in their swimming career. We want them energetic on the start, sometimes that results in a false start. We want them pushing themselves, sometimes that results in mistakes.