IM Xtreme Games-NE in Hampton, VA

[Anonymous]

IMX is a great coaching tool for age group swimmers as it forces a kid to compete in all strokes at the high distance in each event (except free, caps out at 500). My experience has been kid’s favorite stroke has changed over time so a program that incentivizes improving all strokes is good. You don’t want an age group swimmer going a year without swimming all strokes at a meet, even if they heavily favor a few.

Truly elite swimmers will be good enough in every stroke to have a very high IMX score but IMX highlights well-roundedness as opposed to true elite status in a particular stroke. So, say the best breast striker in the country try hates back. IMX score will be good, no doubt, bc breaststroke will be worth close to 1000 points (and they are likely decent at everything. If that good at one stroke) but it won’t reflect how dominant the kid is at breast stroke if only passable at back. IM swimmers may be exception (IMX score will reflect dominance bc their sweet spot is being exceptionally good at all strokes).

Most college recruiting happens around best event(s) that need to be true stand out times. A college coach doesn’t need a kid to swim everything so having a weak stroke is generally not an issue. The breaststroker above is never going to swim back in college. Their “power index ranking” which is compared against other high school swimmers (out of 60 and want low score) is more helpful. Age group swimmers do not have this power index yet (unless 14 yo who is freshmen in HS).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IMX is a great coaching tool for age group swimmers as it forces a kid to compete in all strokes at the high distance in each event (except free, caps out at 500). My experience has been kid’s favorite stroke has changed over time so a program that incentivizes improving all strokes is good. You don’t want an age group swimmer going a year without swimming all strokes at a meet, even if they heavily favor a few.

Truly elite swimmers will be good enough in every stroke to have a very high IMX score but IMX highlights well-roundedness as opposed to true elite status in a particular stroke. So, say the best breast striker in the country try hates back. IMX score will be good, no doubt, bc breaststroke will be worth close to 1000 points (and they are likely decent at everything. If that good at one stroke) but it won’t reflect how dominant the kid is at breast stroke if only passable at back. IM swimmers may be exception (IMX score will reflect dominance bc their sweet spot is being exceptionally good at all strokes).

Most college recruiting happens around best event(s) that need to be true stand out times. A college coach doesn’t need a kid to swim everything so having a weak stroke is generally not an issue. The breaststroker above is never going to swim back in college. Their “power index ranking” which is compared against other high school swimmers (out of 60 and want low score) is more helpful. Age group swimmers do not have this power index yet (unless 14 yo who is freshmen in HS).

+1 - although the power index goes up to 100.

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Anonymous wrote:How does one calculate their swimmer's score to know if they have 1800 points? How many events are included in that combined score?

The USA Swimming website keeps a list of all kids’ IMX scores for the season who have swam the necessary events (which varies by age group, they are listed on the site). I honestly didn’t know anything about it until this thread because our club doesn’t talk about it (we’re in VA), but I wish they did because I just found out my 11 year old’s score is almost 3900. This seems like a pretty cool meet.

Ummm upthread a PP posted the PVS scores for the 11-12 year olds and no 11 year old boy or girl has 3900 points. There are some 11 year old girls approaching that number but they are all with clubs that would absolutely know about this meet (NCAP, RMSC, Machine, ASA). There are also some 11 year old boys from the same clubs approaching that number. 3900 is a ridiculous IMX score, I find it hard to believe a kid with anywhere near that number wouldn’t know about this meet.

My swimmer has over 3900 and has never attended the IMX meet.

If your swimmer is 13 or over, there is a sixth event for that age group, and so it's a LOT easier to get higher scores.

Do you still need 1800 as a teen?

The USA Swimming IMX meet is only for 14 and under, but yes, the 13-14 year olds still only need 1800 even though they have an extra event.

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Anonymous wrote:How does one calculate their swimmer's score to know if they have 1800 points? How many events are included in that combined score?

The USA Swimming website keeps a list of all kids’ IMX scores for the season who have swam the necessary events (which varies by age group, they are listed on the site). I honestly didn’t know anything about it until this thread because our club doesn’t talk about it (we’re in VA), but I wish they did because I just found out my 11 year old’s score is almost 3900. This seems like a pretty cool meet.

Ummm upthread a PP posted the PVS scores for the 11-12 year olds and no 11 year old boy or girl has 3900 points. There are some 11 year old girls approaching that number but they are all with clubs that would absolutely know about this meet (NCAP, RMSC, Machine, ASA). There are also some 11 year old boys from the same clubs approaching that number. 3900 is a ridiculous IMX score, I find it hard to believe a kid with anywhere near that number wouldn’t know about this meet.

My swimmer has over 3900 and has never attended the IMX meet.

If your swimmer is 13 or over, there is a sixth event for that age group, and so it's a LOT easier to get higher scores.

But they are much harder events....

[Anonymous]

Any tips on mentally preparing a young kid who can get overwhelmed by noise and crowds for swimming IMX?

Not looking for fastest swims or the like; just want to ensure it’s a fun time for all of us!

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So a spin off - I thought the IMX score was a 14&U creation to push kids at the younger ages to develop all of their strokes. Once they reach HS level they start specializing in certain events and by college they need to be strong in three events to be competitive.

But looking at this it shows older kids in the criteria.

https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/ezmaslsc/page/imx#:~:text=The%20overall%20IMX%20score%2C%20as,IMX%20score%20is%20automatically%20updated.

Your Composite or Power index is comparable to an IMX score with sprints thrown in. So it actually translates pretty well.