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Canadian Heritage committee I am not sure if this is true, but I would say that the schedule is also a factor. Head coaches have a really difficult schedule, especially for older kids. Usually, they have training every morning from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. or from 5:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. and every evening from 4 p.m
March 4th, 2013Committee meeting
Matt Showers
Canadian Heritage committee I can say as a coach that this is the sort of career that you push for the kids, knowing that swimming is not a sport in which they're going to make thousands or millions of dollars and be able to continue it as a career. There is one swimmer in the history of swimming who has do
March 4th, 2013Committee meeting
Matt Showers
Canadian Heritage committee Usually, there are a lot more girls than boys. I don't know why. I would say about 80 or 90 girls and 60 or 70 boys.
March 4th, 2013Committee meeting
Matt Showers
Canadian Heritage committee Between 6 and 18 or 19 years old.
March 4th, 2013Committee meeting
Matt Showers
March 4th, 2013Committee meeting
Matt Showers
Canadian Heritage committee No, it's the other way around.
March 4th, 2013Committee meeting
Matt Showers
Canadian Heritage committee Honestly, I think it is just our club. In other clubs, even in the same sector, the ratio is more or less equal. I don't know why, but our club practically has men only.
March 4th, 2013Committee meeting
Matt Showers
March 4th, 2013Committee meeting
Matt Showers
March 4th, 2013Committee meeting
Matt Showers
Canadian Heritage committee Where we are, it's pretty standard for kids who are already involved in the pool to be coming up. Swimming is pretty big in Quebec. We get a lot of kids who come through the swimming program, either in the summer or the winter. Usually those kids will end up becoming lifeguards,
March 4th, 2013Committee meeting
Matt Showers
Canadian Heritage committee We are, as far as I know.
March 4th, 2013Committee meeting
Matt Showers
Canadian Heritage committee I don't?
March 4th, 2013Committee meeting
Matt Showers
Canadian Heritage committee Can we start with Tim?
March 4th, 2013Committee meeting
Matt Showers
Canadian Heritage committee All right, there we go.
March 4th, 2013Committee meeting
Matt Showers
Canadian Heritage committee I wanted to see what Tim was going to say. He covered a lot of it. As he said, it's a family-run organization. Bluefins is not the only club I've coached at. Some of the clubs in the area are run a little differently. They have a city influence and are city-run clubs. We have
March 4th, 2013Committee meeting
Matt Showers