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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks all.  I sounded unclear about summer vs club swim because I was/am unclear.  We have never done any kind of swim team before, just lessons, so I'm still trying to understand what the options are in order to figure out what might work for us.

It sounds like if we want to start with something low-key and fun, we should just wait for next summer and see how she likes it, is that right?  In an ideal world we'd start sooner but I don't want to turn her off the whole idea if the school-year options aren't the best starting point.

And then you basically have to join a private pool to get the summer swim team experience, is that right?  (Or would the summer options at the Silver Spring YMCA or the public pools still be fun?)  Any suggestions for SS/Wheaton area pools that have no wait list, evening practices, aren't picky about kids attending every practice, and have a fun swim team atmosphere for an 8 year old joining as a newbie?  (The pool where most of the neighborhood kids go has a huge waitlist so that's out.)[/quote]

There are five public teams in the summer Montgomery County Swim League (MCSL). They are the Bethesda Barracudas, Germantown Torpedoes, Glenmont Gators, Long Branch Water Wizards, Poolesville Piranhas and the Upper County Dolphins. Choose the one that's closest to you. Toward the end of the school year, they will all post on their websites information about practice times, tryouts, expectations, and meets. Summer swim is entirely what you make of it. Your kids can go to every practice or one practice. They don't have to compete in a single meet if they don't want to. But as other posters have mentioned, it is great fun for the kids and families. My son is a year-round club swimmer, and he enjoys it. But he absolutely loves his summer team, the Bethesda Barracudas.[/quote]

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