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[quote=Anonymous]If you can swim the logistics and have a good local pool, swim team can be great source of fun, exercise, mental and physical growth, inter-age friendships and community for the whole family. It’s been one of my kids favorite parts of childhood (they are middle and high school age now) and similar in some ways to my childhood summer camp experiences and it’s also been part of how DH and I have expanded our community.

Our team operates a lot like what PP described. Pre-team is a few times a week, coached by the swim team coaches but with older kids in the pool as helpers. It’s a great way to get started. Most kids join the actual team at 7 or 8 but there are some 5 and 6 year olds who are already proficient swimmers.

The first season can be a challenge for some kids (it can be chaotic, the water is cold, and they’re being asked to do hard things) but I honestly credit swim team for teaching my kid how to struggle through something and come out the other side stronger, which has been a huge life lesson. And the other aspects were so fun that the struggle was all worth it in their eyes. It’s one of the few activities 18 year olds snd 8 year olds can do together, and listening to the senior speeches at our team banquet the other night I was in tears.

Also, there’s lots of junk food involved.

(Note, this post all applies to the MCLS version of swim team. The country club swim team I suffered through as a child offered few of the same benefits)[/quote]

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