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[quote=Anonymous]When I was age 9-12 I was lucky to have a club swim coach who was big on camaraderie and fun. I remember there being team dinners and parties at the pool. We even had an all night party one year where we slept in sleeping bags in the multi purpose room and played in the pool in the middle of the night. It was so fun and I’m sure it was a factor in sticking with swim through the early years and creating that bridge to the later years where it gets more serious. Clubs should really be more focused on retention than results before age 12, but most of them have it backwards. Being a 9 year old superstar should not be the goal. A 9 year old who is average can become an amazing 18 year old swimmer if you can keep them in the sport. But not if you lose them by 12 because it’s so boring and not social. [/quote]
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