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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Legit question.  Is there a point to going to the 14 and under NCSAs?  Other than to say your kid was there?  I get taking them out of school and the expense of the trip in high school but why don’t do it beforehand?  Just for the experience of a big meet?  My kid qualifies every year but we haven’t gone and I’m wondering if we should?[/quote]
I will say there is value to a kid getting to experience a meet like this, learning what it is like to travel and maintain training and nutrition routines, learning to manage prelims and finals against higher level competition, etc. My swimmer had a rough experience the first time they went, it was a lot of swimming (even without making finals and being in relays at the young end of the age group), they were in an unfamiliar place (the meet is huge and exceptionally loud) and caught between is this vacation or is this business. The 2nd time they went was a night and day difference, they knew what to expect, they treated it like business, they scheduled themselves wisely and the results spoke for themselves (made finals every night, dropped time between prelims and finals in every event they finaled in, swam on every relay at night). I would rather my kid have gotten that experience so that when they show up to the higher level travel meets in HS they go into it knowing the expectations and what they need to do to perform their best. [/quote]

All of this.  It was an incredible learning experience for my kid. Plane travel, staying in a strange place, having your routine thrown off.  All very important. [/quote]

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