2026 Summer Swim Crazy - Word on the Street

[Anonymous]

We have not had time trials yet and parents are already upset that their kids will not be be swimming in A meets.

[Anonymous]

I had a parent talking to me about the best combination in his kids age group for Relay Carnival. We also have not even had time trials at this point. Probably jumping the gun a bit.

[Anonymous]

All of this for times that don't even matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I had a parent talking to me about the best combination in his kids age group for Relay Carnival. We also have not even had time trials at this point. Probably jumping the gun a bit.

AI can do this for you now. All you need is last year's times, number of days each kid swam during the winter, which club they swam for, and how many calories they consumed per day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I had a parent talking to me about the best combination in his kids age group for Relay Carnival. We also have not even had time trials at this point. Probably jumping the gun a bit.

AI can do this for you now. All you need is last year's times, number of days each kid swam during the winter, which club they swam for, and how many calories they consumed per day.

I prefer to rely on the gossip on DCUM for that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of this for times that don't even matter.

Ha! I think your definition of matter is different than mine...they very much matter to my kids. Which is all I care about??

[Anonymous]

They aren't official times for USA swimming so perhaps that's what this person meant. Our son is 16 and swims NVSL for fun and the social aspect, nothing more than that. To each his/her own.

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Anonymous wrote:All of this for times that don't even matter.

Ha! I think your definition of matter is different than mine...they very much matter to my kids. Which is all I care about??

[Anonymous]

We’ve already had a family quit in a huff and complain to the pool board when they found out their wildly differently-aged kids couldn’t attend the same practice. We have a huge team full of siblings; practice HAS to be by age group.

[Anonymous]

This thread makes me so thankful my kids left swim team. Life is way too short for this kind of drama and politics. It's been incredibly refreshing to reclaim the pool as a place for fun, relaxation, and simply enjoying being there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They aren't official times for USA swimming so perhaps that's what this person meant. Our son is 16 and swims NVSL for fun and the social aspect, nothing more than that. To each his/her own.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of this for times that don't even matter.

Ha! I think your definition of matter is different than mine...they very much matter to my kids. Which is all I care about??

Totally- it is for fun, but my kids do care about their times (even though they aren't USA swimming official). My point is that to say that the "times don't matter" is to be missing the point of summer swim!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’ve already had a family quit in a huff and complain to the pool board when they found out their wildly differently-aged kids couldn’t attend the same practice. We have a huge team full of siblings; practice HAS to be by age group.

I think we can all understand the challenge of their situation. It's hard to make 2 or practice times, there are other things going on in life etc. If they are new to the team (sounds like they are) then they don't have a carpool situation figured out etc.

I'm also going to guess your Board said "Ok thanks for letting us know" and promptly moved forward with no change to anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’ve already had a family quit in a huff and complain to the pool board when they found out their wildly differently-aged kids couldn’t attend the same practice. We have a huge team full of siblings; practice HAS to be by age group.

I think we can all understand the challenge of their situation. It's hard to make 2 or practice times, there are other things going on in life etc. If they are new to the team (sounds like they are) then they don't have a carpool situation figured out etc.

I'm also going to guess your Board said "Ok thanks for letting us know" and promptly moved forward with no change to anything.

What would you have the Board do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’ve already had a family quit in a huff and complain to the pool board when they found out their wildly differently-aged kids couldn’t attend the same practice. We have a huge team full of siblings; practice HAS to be by age group.

OMG. That is absolutely hilarious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They aren't official times for USA swimming so perhaps that's what this person meant. Our son is 16 and swims NVSL for fun and the social aspect, nothing more than that. To each his/her own.

Ha! I think your definition of matter is different than mine...they very much matter to my kids. Which is all I care about??

I think that high school kids in general get more chill about summer swim. They have friends, activities, jobs, beach week, etc. that starts also taking up time and being quite fun. So summer swim is not the only game in town anymore. I think it is a sign of a well adjusted kid. There is a reason that kids grow out of summer swim - it starts at 15 and is over by graduation.

[Anonymous]

We had multiple families try to join our team based on their club times and get upset that they would have to get on the pool's waitlist. They thought there was a cut the line policy for fast kids.