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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Frankly I think coaches should require at least two practices a week with the summer team in order to do A meet that week unless you are on vacation.

My DD swims year round but she splits the difference between summer and year round practices since she has both teams. [/quote]
I disagree with this as well. We are a large team (over 200 swimmers) and it would be really difficult to accommodate practice for all of the kids. The fact that the year round swimmers aren’t taking up lanes and coaching time makes it a better experience for the summer swim only kids, not to mention the fact that the year round swimmers aren’t getting anything out of a practice that is geared to level of the kids that don’t swim year round. The year round and summer only kids are all still friendly and hang out together at the social events, etc., so it’s not as if the year round swimmers distance themselves from the rest of the team and don’t participate in team activities. They just don’t take up practice lanes and practice time. [/quote]

At my pool the year round swimmers who swim with the summer team tend to have better summer seasons than those who go to club every day [/quote]
You must have a small team and an excellent coach because our summer team practices are a free for all with very little attention paid to to the year round swimmers. They get put in a lane together and they swim laps and have some fun together. My club swimmer goes to summer practice once a week just because it’s fun and she gets to hang out with her friends, but she gets no instruction from her summer club coach. [/quote]

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