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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 11 year old son does baseball and swimming - with baseball as his #1.  My husband asked our former UVA swimmer friend about it - and he said he thinks as long as our son swims 1 day a week in the fall and spring to still get the feel for the water, and more in the winter when he doesn't have baseball - it should be fine.

I am a former D1 runner, and I didn't specialize in XC / track until HS.  I am a firm believer in this oldie but goodie article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/11/opinion/sports-should-be-childs-play.html#:~:text=Children%20are%20playing%20sports%20in,ultimate%20level%20of%20athletic%20success

FWIW he's not swimming JOs and that's fine with me.[/quote]

the article is behind a paywall but I think it probably deals with specialization too early and sports injuries being seen at earlier and earlier ages because of that specialization.

I worry about that with my kids and tend to hold them a bit longer than their peers in moving up in groups.  My one kid is very good and her closest peer friend is at another club.  My kid's coach and group are pretty laid back and although offered 5 days a week, we go 3 most weeks.  Her peer swims 5-6 days and also gets private coaching, dryland and weight lifting.  They are 11.  I think that is way too much.[/quote]

Yes - OP here - sorry about the paywall, but yes, that's the premise of the article.  And I know of kids with swimming overuse injuries before high school age, too.[/quote]

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