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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our team doesn’t structure swim groups around ages. Kids train with the correct group for them. It sounds like you are in an odd program. Your kid should be trying for the correct cuts throughout the season. [/quote]

Our swim team strictly has kids practice with their age group. There are different levels/speeds within each age group, but even a very fast 10 year old will not practice with 11-12s. This is for both physical and emotional developmental reasons. I definitely don’t think that makes it an “odd” program. [/quote]

What club?  We have been with two clubs and age groups have ranges. So my 12 year old has some 10 years old and a few 13 year olds. [/quote]

My kid swims with a smaller team and her group has 11-15 year olds.  I know of a large team in another state that does the levels by age and differentiates it further by times with an A time needed for the fast group.

Success shouldn't just be defined with achieving a cutoff time.  Maybe success that season was improving starts or improving the worst stroke or trying new events or any number of things.  A young age group swimmer focused solely on cutoff times may not have the mental fortitude to overcome a slump or even a bad race.  Last year I saw a kid miss a cutoff time in the last qualifying meet.  He started punching the pool wall in anger.  [/quote]

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