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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, unfortunately these cutoffs hurt kids the most at 8-9,10-11 the most,  just when some kids need some "external" motivation to stay with swimming.  It is true that once kids hit 15 or so it all dramatically evens out.

I have one kid who is a decent enough swimmer but her birthday is the week before PV LC champs.  Her times would get her in there as the age she was, but not in the age she will be.  So yes, if your kid has a "bad birthday" they usually only get 1 attempt at some big meets unless they're truly exceptional and can make the cuts for the next age group almost before they're into that age group.[/quote]

Add 11-12 to that - arguably the worst age up for bad swim birthdays. A kid 7 days into 11 swims against kids 7 days before 13 ….for the championship meets of the season. [/quote]

Yep! Brutal.

If they are going to have huge championship meets that are the season focus they should not handle age-ups this way. There should be some sort of cutoff that if your birthday is after x date (maybe Jan. 1, since you have been training with your age group the whole regular season), you compete in that age for SC champs. If meets were equally important throughout the year that would be a different story. Honestly I think the best solution is to not have all-important champs at a single time of year for age groupers. It changes as they get older and performance is not so age- dependent. [/quote]

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