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[quote=Anonymous]My thinking as a former swimmer and parent of a 9 year old: at most of these clubs there are too many kids in the lane for coaches to be giving a ton of individual feedback. If you're lucky the coaches will have a good progression of drills that the kids work on and they will give your kid some individual tips from time to time. This age should still be very heavily skewed toward stroke drills and practicing turns, with just a little bit of endurance work so they can swim a 100 at a meet without struggling too hard.

Another thing to consider is that there is a lot of variability in the extent to which kids will receive feedback and want to or be able to implement it. I was the kind of kid who was super conscientious and tried really hard to do drills exactly the right way. I am the same way now at the gym. I want to do the exercise exactly the way the instructor shows it and I take pride in getting complimented for good form.

My 9 year old did not seem to inherit that tendency. He will sort of try to do a drill the right way but ultimately doesn't care too much if he isn't quite doing it correctly. I don't see him becoming any kind of elite or even fast swimmer because he just doesn't approach it with the intent to master what is being taught, and he isn't naturally talented enough to just do it right the first time. I think you either need one or the other in swimming and any other technical sport.[/quote]

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