By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern
Swim coaches have a grueling and often unappreciated job. If you’re walking onto the pool deck at 5:50 in the morning for a 6:00 practice, you can bet your bottom dollar your coach has been there since 5:30. While you’re busy getting yourself ready for your first 400 IM of the season, your coach is probably very busy looking at all of the heat sheets, making a mental picture of when and where all of your teammates are swimming. And while you’re freaking out about how you’re supposed to fit all of your suits, caps, goggles, towels, and clothes into a carry-on bag for that four-day travel meet, your coach is definitely working extremely hard to make sure that everyone not only has a ticket for the plane, but transportation to the airport. It’s a thankless job most of the time, which is why it’s important to remind ourselves to show our coaches how much we appreciate them.
This seems obvious, but it’s something that isn’t said enough. Simply saying “thank you” after a workout, a bit of advice, or a post-race chat is the simplest way of showing your coach that you appreciate him or her. You know when you were little and your mom or dad would drop you off at a friend’s house and as you were getting out of the car or walking up to the front door they would sternly remind you to “use your manners, say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’, follow the rules” etc.? This advice still applies today, whether we’re age-groupers or collegiate swimmers. Let’s use our manners and verbally thank our coaches for all the time and energy the put into us, because it’s a lot.
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