Not Good Enough for Swim Teams

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any update OP

Not yet!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tollefson - Team TOLL.

Full.

Just stroke and turn and endurance available.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t think of any swim team willing to have a new swimmer practice 4 or more times per week if he doesn’t have an impressive track record in at least summer swim. However, look for a team willing to move him up as soon as he gets excellent times in strokes that don’t require “technique” like freestyle and backstroke. At 12, he should aim to swim 100s fast because in one year, that’s the only option other than 50 free. The difference between AG3 and bronze in Sea Devils is the swimmer age. Since he is 12, he will be placed in Age Group. Sea Devils like other teams is hit or miss with coaches. Look for the good ones. Continue stroke instruction privately, if possible. Most stroke clinics are not useful despite the prestige name behind them. It all depends on who is teaching the swimmers. Place him in early morning schedule because the amount of swimmers is much smaller. He will get more lane space and attention from coach. There are excellent small teams in VA like Fairfax Foxes and Dragon but that may be too far. There have to be others in MD.

Signed swim parent and PVS official

Dragon is currently best and fastest age group in PVS, but they are maxed at 60 swimmers and won’t add to nearest Tyson site, unless there are several AA times record and established relationship with the coach. They might add him to informal ABC class in Dulles or Claud Moore on weekends. That class alone combined with FISH stroke clinic for summer swimmers would be better than any juniors in Maryland.

Ok, well, according to USA Swimming, NCAP is the best club in America and Dragons didn't make the list. So, I think Maryland swimmers have excellent options. The best, apparently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t think of any swim team willing to have a new swimmer practice 4 or more times per week if he doesn’t have an impressive track record in at least summer swim. However, look for a team willing to move him up as soon as he gets excellent times in strokes that don’t require “technique” like freestyle and backstroke. At 12, he should aim to swim 100s fast because in one year, that’s the only option other than 50 free. The difference between AG3 and bronze in Sea Devils is the swimmer age. Since he is 12, he will be placed in Age Group. Sea Devils like other teams is hit or miss with coaches. Look for the good ones. Continue stroke instruction privately, if possible. Most stroke clinics are not useful despite the prestige name behind them. It all depends on who is teaching the swimmers. Place him in early morning schedule because the amount of swimmers is much smaller. He will get more lane space and attention from coach. There are excellent small teams in VA like Fairfax Foxes and Dragon but that may be too far. There have to be others in MD.

Signed swim parent and PVS official

Dragon is currently best and fastest age group in PVS, but they are maxed at 60 swimmers and won’t add to nearest Tyson site, unless there are several AA times record and established relationship with the coach. They might add him to informal ABC class in Dulles or Claud Moore on weekends. That class alone combined with FISH stroke clinic for summer swimmers would be better than any juniors in Maryland.

Ok, well, according to USA Swimming, NCAP is the best club in America and Dragons didn't make the list. So, I think Maryland swimmers have excellent options. The best, apparently.

Age groups are being discussed here, not the best clubs. The fastest age group in PVS is currently dragons, according to swimfaster recently released information (the highest ratio of top 10 ranked nationally swims). But it doesn’t really matter - all teams have their field and no one is trying to challenge ncap here.