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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Swimming A meets looks different depending on the size and prowess of your team. For example, our team is so deep, my 9 year old — who is the top of the ladder in a few events on our team in her gender/age bracket — would not make the A meet in 50 free. The better measure is look at the top summer league (let’s say 50, but even 100) in your child’s age bracket and gender to see where your child’s times compare. If your child will be 11 very soon, look at the age 11-12 too. If they are close to some of the times, they are probably ready for 3 hours per week. If they we not, start with 2 hours with the option to move into a 3 hour/week group. Also, many practice groups are very different in terms of hours in the pool. Some NCAP sites are 3 days/week but only 1 hour per practice. Some Machine sites are 1.15 or 1.5 hours/practice, which may amount to the same amount of time in water, as compared with NCAP, even if your child only goes 2 days/week.[/quote]

Adding on: the hardest change for summer league swimmers who start club is the endurance factor. Often the warm up is 200 free out of the gate. Last night, I watched my child’s club practice, which included all 8-12 swimmers since it was an optional practice. My child (age 9) started with 200 free, then swam two 200 IMs, then moved to a 500 free, then did some 100 kicks, then some breaststroke/fly kick drills, then ended with 50 sprints off the blocks. They did not use fins the whole practice, and the practice was only 1 hour.

It takes a few months for new club swimmers to build to this level of stamina, and some summer swimmers never learn to love it. My child loves practice; she’s go every day if she could, and the more yardage, the better for her; she loathes summer league practices because they are too easy. When I was little, however, I hated the endurance stuff of club swim and relished summer league sprints. Everyone is different.[/quote]

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