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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nothing about this story makes sense.

Other kids who suck at basketball in his local rec league (you said he's running circles around them with no basketball experience, right?) are also bullying him to say swimming is lame and basketball is cool?   So kids are harassing him to play basketball with them, a sport they aren't good at and play at a low level?

I have a swimmer.  You can fit in a low key basketball rec league without super uptight attendance expectations no problem.  One practice a week and one game a weekend.  My son did it for years.  Our county provides the league through 12th grade.  Which is common.

And agree you calling it travel swim is weird.  No one ever calls it that.

#bullshit[/quote]

Thanks for chiming in, Columbo. I think the pressure against swimming is coming from boys at school and friends he plays the online video games with, not the basketball team. And basketball seems fun because he believes he's really good without really any practice. While swimming is tons of practices to become as good as he's become. But he's not good at basketball, he only THINKS he's good. He is exceptional at swimming because of the practices and his body type.[/quote]

The OPs son is in MIDDLE SCHOOL. Google how extremely common it is for 8-12 year old kids to dominate swim and seem like they have the perfect body type - only to hit puberty and realize they have zero chance at D1. The Parent is completely delusional. And swimming is expensive - so save your money and pay cash for college if "college scholarship is the end goal"[/quote]

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