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Why does my son/daughter swim in "exhibition" races? I'm not sure how "exhibition" works. Former Head Coach Derrick's RESPONSE:
"The biggest reason that many swimmers are in exhibition events is because of the sheer numbers of swimmers that we have in some of our age groups. We want everyone to swim in a meet!
There are only three "regulation swimmers" allowed to swim in each event (that is usually the first "heat" of swimmers). These are the only swimmers that "count" as far as the score for the meet goes.
That does not mean, however, that the swimmers in the "exhibition heats" that follow don't count for anything! They just do not score any points toward the overall score for that meet.
The more important element to exhibition events is the individual time that each swimmer records in whatever event he or she swims.
Coaches depend heavily on those times to determine the line-up for upcoming meets.
Quite often, the time a swimmer records for an "exhibition heat" can earn that swimmer a spot in the "regulation heat" of that event (in perhaps the next meet) based simply on the fact that his/her time was within the top three fastest times for that event.
Personally, I often move swimmers around so that all swimmers have an opportunity to prove themselves and swim in a regulation heat, if their time is good enough, and they are competitive in that event.
I also use those times to put together relays that are going to give our team the biggest advantage or opportunity to score points.
Sometimes, I might want to get a time on a swimmer that doesn't normally swim a particular event. In such cases, I put them in exhibition until I can get an official time in an exhibition heat.
The times in the exhibition heats in any event are official, meaning that the time counts.
The other possible situation some swimmers may experience is "swimming up" in age groups higher than the one that there age normally determines.
This is done simply to score points!
A swimmer may swim up one age group in individual events and two age groups for relays.
I often do this to put together more possible relays, and occasionally, I will put a swimmer in a higher age group if we are lacking in swimmers for that age group.
We do this simply to try to score points and hopefully win the meet -- working towards winning our Division!
Why does practice consist of so much "freestyle"? COACH DERRICK'S RESPONSE:
In the beginning of the season, practices consist of long kicking sets to condition those muscles.
Once practices are held every night, we start our stroke drills. Certain nights of the week may then become "stroke drill nights" Fridays we focus on starts and turns.
Later on we'll start "speed work".
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