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[quote=Anonymous]Do you mean like back to racing times they were doing at the end of LC season or back to practicing at the same pace as before they started tapering for end of LC season meets? Those are two different things. The winter season is generally built around tapering for the end of season meets in March or April. Coaches don’t expect kid to hit their best times on the fall. Fall and winter are for hard training where you essentially break the muscle fibers down, so they can get built back up during taper time. If your kid is younger, hitting best times is more random throughout the season and not worth worrying about as a parent. If your child is older enough to be a really serious swimmer they need to trust their coach’s plan and not get down on themselves if they aren’t swimming really fast at meets in fall and winter. If they’re training hard they are broken down. Swimming involves training for months in order to peak at one or two meets in the spring. It’s more about getting good training in and making intervals at practice that they weren’t able to make last year (and improving technique of course). [/quote]

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