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[quote=Anonymous]My opinion as a former D1 swimmer is that doing club on top of summer team at age 10 is a recipe for burnout. The kids who can make All Stars at 10 and under have a lot of natural talent and/or are bigger and stronger than other kids. If a kid is on the bubble and hopes to make it the following year, then club/winter swim is the time to put in the work. It might pay off the following summer, or maybe the year after. Swimming is a long game. 10 going on 11 is the earliest I would talk about long term goal setting in this way. Before that is just too young for most kids. It should just be fun before then. So much will change between 10 and 14 and you really can’t predict which kids will stay on an elite path, which will fall off, and which will emerge as they get older. True enjoyment of the sport is the foundation and hard work is the bricks. Some of the fast young kids do not love it and they will eventually get passed by the kids with above average talent who are willing to put in the work because they love the sport.[/quote]

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