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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am looking for feedback on Glenmont Gators and Bethesda Barracudas swim teams. Is one more organized or have better coaches than the other. This will be our first experience with swim team. I am looking for a friendly setting where DS can improve on swimming skills. We are looking to ease DS into the meet/competition experience and think he will mostly participate in the B meets.

TIA[/quote]

Bethesda is not much of a team. They recruit the best area club swimmers who only show up on saturdays. Last year polled a group of their top swimmers and they stepped foot at their home pool twice last year (just for their 2 home A meets).

Coach is a bit incompetent and not very spirited. If money is an issue than swim for one of these public pools but the experience is 3rd rate compared to swimming at a decently spirited or a very spirited private pool team. Not much fun happening in Bethesda and even if you kid is somewhat successful they’ll just recruit over you[/quote]

Very little cheering at bethesda. the coach barely knows the swimmers names. this team is just for people chasing glory. make lifelong friends at your neighborhood pool[/quote]

Your neighborhood pool probably has restrictive membership criteria and a very high fee to join and continue membership.  The Barracudas are open to all for a much lower price point.  [/quote]'

But the pool is merely there for lap swimming besides saturday mornings. No one hangs out at the pool. There are no team events. The team practices are token events with minimal attendance. So yes the barracudas are a cheap option, but it only sort of provides a pool membership and only sort of provides a team experience. If you look year after year they lose masses of younger kids to other pools because families join, learn how lame it is, and then move on to a neighborhood pool with their friends and classmates. [/quote]

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