Are we too late?

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Anonymous wrote:Look at NCAP Holton/AU. Still pretty close to Bethesda

NCAP Holton is full.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d advise against Bethesda Pool, Potomac Swim and Tennis, and Tilden Wood.

Why?

I don't know about the other two but Bethesda is perfectly fine and actually a great public option if you are just interested in summer swim for your kids and don't want/need to overhead and extra expense of club membership - like people who spend time overseas or traveling extensively over the summer, for example.

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Anonymous wrote:Found out end of July we would be moving to DC or Bethesda area. My 10 yo loves being a part of swim team and I'd love for him to join a team for the winter to help him make some new friends as well as keep up with something he loves. I looked at the teams listed on here and it looks like we will have missed tryouts since we just moved to our new house this week! Do any have waitlists in case kids drop out? Any still offering tryouts? Suggestions?

Could you try NCAP Tyson’s, York at Yorktown, Machine at Tuckahoe — could you live in McLean instead of Bethesda? If you are on the Virginia side, my hunch is there are still spots available. (We are at an NCAP location with a robust national team and there are still spots even in the 9U and 9-12 practice groups.)

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Found out end of July we would be moving to DC or Bethesda area. My 10 yo loves being a part of swim team and I'd love for him to join a team for the winter to help him make some new friends as well as keep up with something he loves. I looked at the teams listed on here and it looks like we will have missed tryouts since we just moved to our new house this week! Do any have waitlists in case kids drop out? Any still offering tryouts? Suggestions?

No one should choose where they live based on swim clubs.

Could you try NCAP Tyson’s, York at Yorktown, Machine at Tuckahoe — could you live in McLean instead of Bethesda? If you are on the Virginia side, my hunch is there are still spots available. (We are at an NCAP location with a robust national team and there are still spots even in the 9U and 9-12 practice groups.)

[Anonymous]

You could try the YMCA. We did the Silver Spring Y a number of years ago. It wasn't amazing, but it will carry you until next year.

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Is VA too far? York has their last evaluations Sept 8. There are some practice locations with openings it looks like.

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VA is a better to place to live if you have swimmers vs. MD/DC where the demand is greater than the supply. But, as someone else said, try The Capitol Sea Devils...they may have some space. They have sites in both MD and DC.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d advise against Bethesda Pool, Potomac Swim and Tennis, and Tilden Wood.

Why?

I don't know about the other two but Bethesda is perfectly fine and actually a great public option if you are just interested in summer swim for your kids and don't want/need to overhead and extra expense of club membership - like people who spend time overseas or traveling extensively over the summer, for example.

Teams are win at all cost. Lack team spirit. Mostly just ringers who show up on Saturdays. Not the fun swim team communities you can find elsewhere

[Anonymous]

Consider stroke and turn with Tollefson.

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OP if you are new to the area and aren’t aware of what traffic is like here, I would definitely not consider traveling from Bethesda to a VA club. It is not worth it. If you end up having to do a little driving it’s easier to go from Bethesda to Gaithersburg (Tiburones or the new Quince Orchard Swim Academy) or Bethesda to College Park/Fairland (Machine).

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Seasoned PVS swim parent here with kids now swimming in college. Given your situation, I would try to get on any available PVS team in MD close to where you live. Even if you don't intend to stay, you at least one DC to keep swimming. Then you can always switch in the spring when change-ups happen.

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks everyone. My son swam for our club and the coaches do not know any here. I was hoping they did! He was a decent swimmer but not setting records fast. I think his 50 free was 41.23 seconds. I called Tollefson and All Star Aquatics and both didn't even ask questions but just said they're full. What about the dolphins? One of the teams I called mentioned them. I looked up dolphins and a few teams come up. Anyone have info on that team?

That club was Joe Flaherty’s Dolphins and probably would have been a great fit, but I don’t think they have a competitive age group program this year. There was a shake-up with the club and many of the coaches went to a new club called Quince Orchard Swim Academy which is in Gaithersburg. Try to reach out to Sea Devils, it’s a more low key club that I can’t imagine being full to the point that they would reject a kid with club experience.

Didn’t the team just fold?

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Anonymous wrote:You could try the YMCA. We did the Silver Spring Y a number of years ago. It wasn't amazing, but it will carry you until next year.

Silver Spring Y is doing team tryouts in mid September when I contacted the coach. We considered it but picked another option.

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JFD with no competitive meets is swimming at Georgetown Prep.
https://www.jfdolphins.com/page/home

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You could try the YMCA. We did the Silver Spring Y a number of years ago. It wasn't amazing, but it will carry you until next year.

Silver Spring Y is doing team tryouts in mid September when I contacted the coach. We considered it but picked another option.

Silver Spring Y coach has a sign up circulating for its tryouts