Ten Ways for the Swim Parent to Sabotage Their Child's Swimming Career

After thirty-three full years of observation, it has occurred to me that some parents must internally delight in the idea of sabotaging their child's swim career. They must for some perverse reason WANT to do this, since they work so incredibly hard at it and are so remarkably successful. Hereafter, my top ten list of means and methods of how swimmers' parents can sabotage their swimmer's career. (And more seriously, some clear examples on positive alternatives) . (John Leonard, ASCA)