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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It depends on the event in swimming too. Sprinters, especially sprint freestyle swimmers, can be pure athletes and don't require nearly as must practice or history in the sport. My spouse didn't even swim for a club until before senior year of high school and then ended up a conference champion in college.[/quote]

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I mentioned my kids like this and then a different poster told me to “shut up”.  It’s true some kids can literally just walk into a sport after casually participating and do really well.  My husband was a great college swimmer so when the kids were little he made sure they knew the technique for all 4 strokes.  They only started to compete at 12 years old and not highly competitive at that.  The older one was 14 and the little one was 15 before they really decided to start “trying” at the meets.  Older one is entering senior year and my guess is she will swim in college like her dad.  I don’t think she’s come close to displaying her potential yet, but she is definitely getting some attention.  And trust me when I say, we did not spend tons of money or time on swimming.  We live in the south where swim team is like a cult - one that totally repulsed me - so we were definitely not part of that bandwagon.[/quote]

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