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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, no parent ever thinks their club spends as  much time as they should on technique. And for the younger swimmers, they are not strong enough or coordinated enough to have the same technique that the senior swimmers have. Coaches know that they will improve their technique with endurance work, improving their feel for the water, and getting stronger. They aren’t as worried about a weird breastroke kick at age 7 as we are. They could spend the whole practice working on technique and it wouldn’t stick at race pace. It’s weird, but that seems to be how swim works. I have two kids who have been in club swim for 6 and 4 years. [/quote]

PP. Not sure if this was asked, but if anyone wants to know, “why do they spend so much time on freestyle and not the other strokes?”, it’s because freestyle is the stroke that can be swum for long sets and is the best at developing the level of endurance and kick strength that swimmers need. Young swimmers cannot do long sets of 200/400 breast, fly or even back, that can develop endurance. [/quote]

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