RMSC Tryouts

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The ASA 8 and unders competition team is called Age Group 1. (AG 1)

I dint know about the team since covid, but AG1 used to practice 2-3 times/week with a meet almost every month.

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Anonymous wrote:They used to have them twice a year but the. Reduced it to once over the summer. They reduced the team size per Covid so it’s unclear if they will have them this summer. If they do, generally there are few slots that age as someone has to drop out. Go to a private team for now.

Not OP, but my 9 yo is looking for a club team to join for the upcoming season too. If the clubs are taking new kids I would think there would be slots in the 8-10 groups because they didn’t take any new swimmers last year and there would be kids moving up to the next age group. Am I missing something that would make it harder for kids in that age group to join this year?

There is generally not an 8-10 age group. Most groups have 8 and under and then 9/10 and then 11 and up (though fast kids move early).

NCAP doesn’t appear to have an 8 and under group, their youngest competitive team is 8-10. Are these under 8 swimmers people are mentioning participating in the non competitive learn to swim type programs through these clubs?

Maybe NCAP doesn’t take littler kids, though I believe they take 7 year olds with summer swim experience if they are good enough. All the teams I know have a competition 8 and under age group - I see them at meets all the time.

They do take younger kids. Just send an email to the coach.

[Anonymous]

NCAP has 8 and under, at least at the AU location. It is called Bronze 2.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The ASA 8 and unders competition team is called Age Group 1. (AG 1)

I dint know about the team since covid, but AG1 used to practice 2-3 times/week with a meet almost every month.

It is still the same

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Anonymous wrote:NCAP has 8 and under, at least at the AU location. It is called Bronze 2.

It looks like it varies by location. The GP location has 8-10 as its lowest age group, also called Bronze 2.

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Anonymous wrote:NCAP has 8 and under, at least at the AU location. It is called Bronze 2.

It looks like it varies by location. The GP location has 8-10 as its lowest age group, also called Bronze 2.

If you are interested in the GP location and you have a younger child, just send them an email.

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When will your child turn 9? Piece of advice, steer clear of the RMSC Rockville location for the 8 and under group. The coach routinely yells and belittles swimmers in front of their peers which leads to a culture of children talking trash about each other. I regret not moving my child earlier.

RMSC parent of a mini in Rockville and I will note this is outdated information. The coach is amazing and very communicative with the parents. Her son swims on the team too and they do a lot of social activities. Perhaps they had a different coach in three years ago.

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When will your child turn 9? Piece of advice, steer clear of the RMSC Rockville location for the 8 and under group. The coach routinely yells and belittles swimmers in front of their peers which leads to a culture of children talking trash about each other. I regret not moving my child earlier.

RMSC parent of a mini in Rockville and I will note this is outdated information. The coach is amazing and very communicative with the parents. Her son swims on the team too and they do a lot of social activities. Perhaps they had a different coach in three years ago.

Yes, I have heard the same thing from other parents, that the Rockville RMSC minis coach is really good.

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When will your child turn 9? Piece of advice, steer clear of the RMSC Rockville location for the 8 and under group. The coach routinely yells and belittles swimmers in front of their peers which leads to a culture of children talking trash about each other. I regret not moving my child earlier.

RMSC parent of a mini in Rockville and I will note this is outdated information. The coach is amazing and very communicative with the parents. Her son swims on the team too and they do a lot of social activities. Perhaps they had a different coach in three years ago.

Yes, I have heard the same thing from other parents, that the Rockville RMSC minis coach is really good.

We used to swim with ISS (Rockville mini) when Jeri was not yet the head coach (she worked with lane 1/2). Our swimmer likes her very much and she is very encouraging even when we had summer team meet against hers. Glad to know she is ISS head coach now. But many ISS swimmers switched sites/clubs after graduating from ISS due to their abhorrent junior group schedules (see the other 4:30 AM practice thread)

[Anonymous]

current minis coach at Rockville is great. it was the old coach (who coaches another group) that used yelling as her style of coaching. rmsc Rockville has a few good coaches, but also some of the worst at all rmsc as well. maybe the worst at all of rmsc is the Seniors coach

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When will your child turn 9? Piece of advice, steer clear of the RMSC Rockville location for the 8 and under group. The coach routinely yells and belittles swimmers in front of their peers which leads to a culture of children talking trash about each other. I regret not moving my child earlier.

RMSC parent of a mini in Rockville and I will note this is outdated information. The coach is amazing and very communicative with the parents. Her son swims on the team too and they do a lot of social activities. Perhaps they had a different coach in three years ago.

Yes, I have heard the same thing from other parents, that the Rockville RMSC minis coach is really good.

Different poster, but if the RMSC website is up to date, I agree with the PP that advised taking your child elsewhere. The coach is aggressive, mean spirited and favors swimmers from the same ethnic background as herself. Wish I had pulled my kid earlier.

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Anonymous wrote:current minis coach at Rockville is great. it was the old coach (who coaches another group) that used yelling as her style of coaching. rmsc Rockville has a few good coaches, but also some of the worst at all rmsc as well. maybe the worst at all of rmsc is the Seniors coach

WL is no longer the head ISS coach?

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Anonymous wrote:current minis coach at Rockville is great. it was the old coach (who coaches another group) that used yelling as her style of coaching. rmsc Rockville has a few good coaches, but also some of the worst at all rmsc as well. maybe the worst at all of rmsc is the Seniors coach

WL is no longer the head ISS coach?

Nope. Website is out of date

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Anonymous wrote:current minis coach at Rockville is great. it was the old coach (who coaches another group) that used yelling as her style of coaching. rmsc Rockville has a few good coaches, but also some of the worst at all rmsc as well. maybe the worst at all of rmsc is the Seniors coach

WL is no longer the head ISS coach?

Is Wendy the former ISS coach who yells a lot? The current coach is Jeri and she’s great!

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This is the current list of head coaches at Rockville: https://www.rockvillemd.gov/DocumentCenter/View/42190/RMSC---Rockville-Fall23-Winter24-Registration-Packet