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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Money and willingness to pay $$ for year round teams and private lessons.   Not genetics.   [/quote]

Definitely not the case.  We’ve got a number of year round swimmers on our summer team and they are not particularly good (some don’t even make A meets).  I’m sure they are better than they would be without swimming year round, but they still are not good.

It’s mostly about general athleticism, height and body type, particularly at younger ages.  As you get older, you have to also train hard.[/quote]

We've got a boy at our pool who used to swim year round, but dropped it in favor of lacrosse in middle school. He's still challenging pool records five years later because he's just a freak athlete. [/quote]

We’ve got 10 year old girl who only swims during the summer.  She beats every other 9-10 girl on our team (including 2 club swimmers) in every stroke and usually places first at A meets.[/quote]

We’ve got one of those at our pool.  But it’s just that she grew early and is at least a head taller than everyone else. [/quote]

That’s what people mean by genetics.[/quote]

Uh, no - if this girl grew early and is a head taller, she probably just had early puberty and is done growing. All the others will catch up and then pass her. Early puberty for most athletes is advantageous for a few years then the effect is reversed, as they hit their peak at an earlier age and typically end up shorter when others grow, continue to improve, and pass them in both size and speed. [/quote]

Or the kid who was a head taller in K will end up being 5'11. Either is possible [/quote]

There was a girl in my daughter’s pre-K class who was a whole head taller.  She just kept growing.  She hit puberty early and was 5’6”ish in 3rd or 4th grade.  One could have said this about her, but she wasn’t done growing.  She’s 6’4”, like her mom now.  She’s 17 so, I hope for her sake she’s done growing.  She plays volleyball, always has.  Her dad was a volleyball player, mom was a runway model.[/quote]

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