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[quote=Anonymous]This advice is a little late for you, OP, but may help others. If you are relocating with a swimmer, email some clubs and give the names of your swimmers, their times (BB, A etc), and age. Some clubs don’t require tryouts from swimmers from other USA swimming clubs. Even if they do, they may waive that.

We moved to nyc with a swimmer and I emailed a club when we found out about the move. This was in December, and tryouts had already happened in September. Manhattan is in an even denser situation than dmv with a scarcity of pools, most of which were decrepit and located in buildings that you wouldn’t not be surprised to see a “condemned” sign on. This club was walking distance, had a brand new pool, and had tryouts once a year. If you weren’t on your laptop right when it opened, you couldn’t even get a slot to try out. The club waived the tryout and invited my kid to a practice, and afterward he was able to join. He had BB times, nothing spectacular.

My point is that, a friendly email, perhaps with your kid’s current coach cc’d, can sometimes work. You never know. Since there are multiple practices a week, there usually isn’t a hard cap on numbers, unlike a soccer roster. Even if the club says they are full, ask if your kid can join a practice so he can see if he wants to come to the next tryout. Explain your situation about the move and see what happens. That can parlay itself into an offer to join, might as well try. I’m not overly pushy, but the the fact that this location is WALKABLE would make me try harder to find a way in. Because our club was walkable, we literally saved hundreds of dollars a month in Ubers/sitters/subway fare, not to mention time. Taking a swimmer from another club is much easier than a kid that is brand new to club swim. They already understand the drills and are used to the rigor. [/quote]

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