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[quote=Anonymous]Our kids have done club soccer, crew, basketball (more rec level than club) and swimming. I like the culture of club swimming the best. High school swimming is also great. Club soccer has crazy parents everyone knows about. The number of emails I received over the years, cautioning parents not to verbally abuse refs numbered in the dozens. Every year there was some scandal about an altercation on the field. The crew kids were close, but there was a lot of rivalry to get into first boat or a better position and often, things got snide. I drove in the carpool for all three sports and the crew kids immediately would start bashing their teammates’ abilities as soon as they got into the car. So and so slacks off, so and so is weak, so and so doesn’t belong in the stroke seat. The soccer kids would complain about each other, the refs and how every single call was against them. Swim kids were generally positive and did not make fun of slower swimmers.

I like that swimming is coed and mixed age. The older kids help the younger ones and everyone supports each other. My kids are friends with their rivals on other swim teams and that was not the case when they played soccer.  [/quote]

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