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Want Your Kid to Become a Champion in the Pool?

By Competitive Advantage, 03/11/19, 12:00PM PDT

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Most of the Olympian's I've talked to or worked with over the years have had parents who were incredibly supportive and unobtrusive.

Yo! Mom and Dad!!! Want your kid to become a champion in the pool? IF YOU DO, THEN YOU SHOULDN'T COACH!!! 

I listened to his Dad frantically outlining all kinds of last minute race instructions. "This is a big race son. Don't forget to streamline out of your start and turns…and remember, no breathing into the turns. You've got to make sure you get a good start…and build the race in the second 100. You've got to make sure you don't back off like you did the last time….blah…blah…blah." His 13-year old son silently stood there, head down, looking at his toes. I could only imagine what he was thinking.