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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD (7) is doing club swim for the second year. The first year she did the stroke development focused group for under 8s. They placed her in the 7 and up group this year. They are supposed to be working on technique but my observation is that they are really focused on conditioning and doing laps without a ton of feedback on their strokes.

Is this something I need to be getting for her in private lessons or is it worth talking to the coach about whether she is in the right group? She is keeping up and wants to be in this group (with a friend) but I feel like the practice is a lot for a little kid to begin with. [/quote]

I would give it a couple weeks. At this point in the season - esp with the younger groups - the coaches are just trying to get a sense for who’s where so that they can divide up the lanes appropriately and plan the practices. Any decent club should be focused on technique over yardage at that age. It may not always show up in individual feedback but via the drills and focus of the set and the accompanying group instruction and correction. [/quote]

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