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[quote=Anonymous]Hi - Mom of experienced diver here. My DC really loves it.

There are two aspects to diving: summer dive leagues and then year round indoor diving.

Most kids start with summer (and may only ever do summer). These are laid back teams at local pools. Generally any and all are welcome, even if they have not dived before. You have to be a member of the pool to be on the team. They're great socially too.

Then, if kids really like it, some choose to do indoor diving year round. In MoCo, your only choice is really through Montgomery Dive Club (MDC), which uses the county pools. For beginners, it will be classes called "Human Springs." Your child would just do Level 1. These are one night a week at either the Kennedy Shriver pool or Germantown pool.

You can certainly start with indoor diving, but typically kids do a summer or two, really like it and then move on to indoor diving. But, if the interest is now, perhaps sign up for a spring Human Springs class.

It's in the Montgomery County Recreation Catalog. I think cost is about $300 per session.

I will say this: if your child tries indoor but doesn't like it, I'd encourage him to still try summer/outdoor, because they are different experiences. I have two kids. Both do diving in the summer, but one just doesn't like indoor.

Good luck![/quote]

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