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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This sounds like too much for 9. There may not be shoulder issues now, but there very well might be in a few years at which time your son will only be 12 years old... not even puberty yet which is when a lot of things change. I wouldn't be allowing more than 3-4 practices per week at that age and I would be mixing in one other sport at a time of your son is interested (e.g. a team sport that doesn't have to be treated as the primary sport but is good for cross training and preventing overuse injuries). I would also be making sure that the practices spend a lot of time on stroke technique as opposed to yardage.

Swimming is a grind. I can't imagine practicing 5+ days a week from age 9 onward. Sounds like a recipe for burnout.[/quote]

PP here. I should add that I swam all the way through college (D1). I saw many many young swimmers burn out from training so hard at a younger age. I had just joined a winter team that practiced one or two times per week at 9.[/quote]

OP here. Those are good thoughts. I think we'll scale him back. He's definitely going to burn himself out. He typically does the soccer/baseball/basketball rotation too and will naturally drop some swim practices to accommodate it. We're just overdoing it for the summer.[/quote]

If your son truly loves swimming, having him scale back now for long term injury prevention will not kill his love for it. But overtraining young may force him out of the sport early. [/quote]

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