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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t focus on times or dropping time. Don’t worry about AAAA or B times. Really none of that matters at all. It’s all about the love of swimming. If your kid loves swimming, keep him swimming. Talk to the coach and ask them to not talk about times with kids. This is not the right age to be focusing on times. [/quote]
If a swimmer was at AAAA times as a 10U and is training with the highest training group for their age, the cat is already out of the bag with regard to times. No coach of high level 11-14 year olds is just not talking about times. [/quote]

No way should a 10 year old be training with the highest group. If that’s true, that is definitely a problem.

A fast 10 year old should be fast because he’s fast, not because he trains all the time. If you are fast because you train all the time, everyone else is going to catch up and surpass you when they start training hard too. Obviously not always the case, but true in a lot of cases. [/quote]
The post you’re responding to said highest group for their age. OPs kid is no longer a 10U, at our club there is a training group for 9-12 year olds, and once the fast 10 year olds turn 11 they advance the following season to a training group which has kids that are 11-14. There are overlaps in the ages of the 2 groups to allow the faster kids to get a higher level of training as they get older. There are no 10 year olds in the 11-14 group. [/quote]

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