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[quote=Anonymous]As with so much else, kids get out of summer swim what they put into it.  If they only attend a couple of practices every week and don't join in the social events, they won't get to know as many of the other swimmers and won't have as full an experience - and they will also miss out on a certain amount (note: YMMV in this category depending on your vision of child swimming) of conditioning and skills development that they are still essentially paying for.  For a new 8U, I'd recommend starting off with an abstract goal of (nearly) once-daily practice ( = about 4 days per week), all of the B meets for which you do not have conflicts, and as many of the social events as fit your family's schedule and tastes.  Once you get to know the activity, the team, and DD's feelings (which should only take a couple of weeks), you can either dial it up or ramp it back accordingly.

That having been said, I'm totally willing to out myself here as an MCSL believer.  My family joined totally green (parents who never swam anything competitively, young first DC), and we are now all in: my kids do 9 practices + 2 meets per week plus nearly every social event, and we choose to organize travel to miss a minimum amount of summer swim.  The coaches and reps are incredibly generous and genuine people, the older kids on the team are great role models, we have wonderful friends in the group, and we don't need summer camp because we have the pool (and the work schedules to take advantage of it).

Obviously, not everyone will feel the same way or have the same team experience as we have.  But you'll never know what it could be if you don't try.  Totally agree with PP here: welcome to summer swim, OP!  I hope it will be a great adventure for DD and a little bit of fun for you, too.[/quote]

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