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[quote=Anonymous]I am on the board of our (low ranked/noncompetitive) summer team and we have a small winter swim component. Like yours, it is once a week for an hour and about 20m from our neighborhood (closest pool that has lane availability and doesn't close every other weekend for club meets.)

The point of winter swim is really just to get kids who don't swim year round back in the water and start some light conditioning. Our winter swim is almost all 11 and unders and they do laps, maybe some relays, some dives, maybe work on turns. I know it seems like a waste, but your child is benefitting from being in the water vs the other kids who last swam a lap in July. Plus, she might enjoy seeing her summer swim friends/coach. I know this is a draw for our winter kids.

Ours has been disorganized in the past because our coach is a college student and had many cancellations, so we were scrambling for someone to coach that week. Hopefully, this year is better as a parent (former college swimmer) has agreed to do it since he will be there with his child.  But yes, it is typically not as organized as summer when you have a lot of volunteers.

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