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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On the whole the number of days you swim depends on several factors.  MOST kids should swim two days a week (or less) until age 10.  This is when you move up to three days a week and in some clubs four days.

Most reputable clubs will not allow a kid under the age of 13 to swim more than that.  Yes, some kids want to but they would be better served by cross training the other days.  The reason for this is overuse injuries. There is a strong correlation of early intense training and shoulder injuries with swimmers.

You will see certain clubs push kids into more training way to early. Clubs that benefit significantly on the days in the water you are signed up for - push too early. Besides injuries there is more chance of burnout.

Swimming should be considered a life long sport with intense training starting in high school.  
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This is NOT true.[/quote]

Fwiw, the “reputable” clubs in the area absolutely push the faster kids into 5 practices a week at 11/12.  Either 6th or 7th grade, and sometimes late 5th.  I can’t think of one club that has kids compete at JOs who doesn’t do this.  [/quote]

York doesn't have a single practice group for kids under 13 that is five days a week.  This year, the most you could swim is 3 days a week under 13.  Next year they are adding 1 4 day a week practice gropu for 11-14 year olds. https://www.teamunify.com/RegGroupSelectOne.jsp?showonly=1&regid=80262[/quote]

York is a good club.  Look at Marlins, Machine ans NCAP as clubs who don’t care about kid well being.  They have ten year olds practicing six days a week. [/quote]

Not true for Marlins. Max for 10 is 4 days/wk. My 10 year old does 2 and no one pressures for more.[/quote]

I know a Marlin that has been doing 6 days a week starting at nine.  She improved tremendously with the extra practices (JOs, Sectionals) but she also is probably going to look at some injuries and damaged shoulders in the next few years.[/quote]

Or she’ll stay healthy, have a huge growth spurt, and go to the Olympics. You just don’t know. [/quote]

Why not both? She could be the next Missy Franklin [/quote]

Yes it is a possibility.  A small one.  There is a higher likelihood of puberty hitting and the body not developing the way it should.  The next most likely outcome is overuse injury, which is become more prevalent in young athletes and then later life pain (trust me I know - you pay for all of those injuries later in life), and then there is just plain old burn out.

No child should be practicing one sport that much that young. They should be playing other sports on those other days.  In the end they will be better athletes.

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I don’t disagree with any of this. But the truth of the matter is that if your child wants to be the top of their sport, they have to do this in this area.

My kid who has continued to do multiple sports cannot keep up with the kids who focus on one sport year round. Sure, some of them have injuries, some of them burn out, but a lot of them are still great and take the spots on the rosters. [/quote]

I have two swimmers (11 and 12). They are both top for several events in their age group for their club (if you run virtual meet).  One swims two days a week and one swims three. They have friends that swim for other clubs that are the same age and have been swimming 5 to 6 days a week. They are not any faster in most events and slightly faster in some. But that kid will not improve as much as mine when they go through puberty and mine will probably make marked improvements that far surpass their kid.  The difference is that mine are less likely to be injured and due to other sports they will be in better condition.  After 13ish, a kid has to commit to a sport and focus on it.  At that point they can log more hours and get the spot on the roster.  What most are saying here is that kids are being pushed into over training way too early.  And the early push has diminishing returns.[/quote]

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