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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a high level swimmer and she does a spring sport through school plus club swim. It’s a lot, she would not be able to do a school sport each season plus club swim because it would burn her out. She’s committed to swimming though, so it was not an option for her to go to a lower level in order to play other sports.[/quote]

This is exactly what my son did in HS.  Club swim before school year round and a spring sport.  He also did HS swim (winter sport) but since he was swimming club only had to go to one practice a week after school.  [/quote]

This is what my son is doing as a freshman and it’s a lot. He’s supposed to swim 6 days a week but has been going to more like 4 during the HS sport season, which thankfully is relatively short. His swim coach has been understanding but it’s stressing him out and he’s exhausted. Not sure he can pull it off next year.

For us, it’s been more of an issue of level of swim than age. There are options both my kids can do that are less intense but they both have wanted to be in the top group they qualify for. My soon to be eight grader is likely going to have to choose soon between giving up his fav sport and/or dropping back to a rec team and moving up to the top swim group. Not sure what he’ll choose. [/quote]

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