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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The chances of your son being an elite swimmer are very small. If you want him to be happy and confident about swimming, you have to accept that that’s not a reasonable goal for all the time, every meet, or even every season. Long term pursuits don’t work that way. Your job is to validate what he’s feeling and experiencing and help him take the long view. The long view is not “you will be elite again when you get to the top of the next age group.” The long view is having hard conversations about why we do the things we do and why he is doing swimming and what he wants to get out of it. And the nature of progress, which is not linear or without long winters. [/quote] This is excellent advice. This is the time to dig into the “why” behind the effort. If hers coming up short on answers, then it’s time to find things that are more fulfilling while swimming takes a backseat.[/quote] This!! [/quote]
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