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[quote=Anonymous]Welcome to the area! In the DMV, there are a couple primary types of swim teams for younger swimmers: summer league and club swim. I don’t know anything about the main Maryland summer league (MCSL), but summer swim typically runs Memorial Day - July. While some teams are more competitive than others, summer swim is known for fun, team spirit, donuts, etc. The kids compete as a team against other pools in the league. It’s not affiliated with USA Swimming and at least in the main VA league (NVSL), you need to belong to the pool to participate. Usually you need to be able to get across the pool to be on the team and then they’ll help teach the strokes.

Club swim is the year round swim team option, with varying levels of intensity depending on ability. Swimmers join private clubs that are governed by USA Swimming. There are a lot of options in the DMV for kids ranging from 6ish on up.  Kids practice according to age and ability and complete in ~monthly meets. They are competing as individuals, not as a team. Club swim is typically not a learn to swim program. A swimmer needs proficiency in at least a couple strokes and does have to try out (again, typically). It varies by club, but the vibe is usually very different than summer swim. Oftentimes, a kid will enjoy summer swim and then decide to pursue club swim to continue to improve.

Note that summer and club aren’t mutually exclusive. Many, many club swimmers also compete for a summer team. Many swimmers will often compete with their club team in parallel with their high school teams as they get older.

If you don’t belong to a summer pool and don’t want to, I’m sure many people on this forum will have suggestions for club teams local to Bethesda and the eligibility requirements.

Good luck! [/quote]

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