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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It feels way too crowded and there are 7-8 kids in one lane. Also, they take everyone. There are 3 5-6 year-olds who can barely swim 10 meter and they are there and still take up an entire lane. I thought the requirement is to be able to swim 25m?

What are my other options? Kid is 8. FINS?[/quote]

What location is this?  If this is MoCo, they do pro-rated refunds until Dec so that might be something to consider.

I had a 5yo go through this and although he could go 25m w/o stopping, that was only 1 or 2 lengths in the beginning of practice/session and then he'd be grabbing the wall or rope for breaks or bobbing off the bottom to propel himself using the rope to propel himself, etc, he figured out all the "tricks".  Although he was comfortable in the "big pool", he just didn't have the endurance at that age.  This gradually went away and by the time he was 7 he didn't do it anymore.

In my experience, these younger/weaker swimmers would be in the lane closest to the wall and wouldn't be in a lane w/ a stronger 8yo swimmer like your DC so I'm not sure why this would be an issue unless they aren't running the session this way in which case you should raise this with the coach - lane grouping by age/ability is common practice and they should be doing this.
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I think OP is saying the younger kids that shouldn’t be there are in a lane to themselves, which is then forcing the other lanes to be overcrowded. OP, my kid got more out of FINS than stroke and turn for similar reasons. They did a year of FINS (age 8) and then moved to a club the following year.

Parents, please stop over-estimating your kids’ abilities or throwing them into something like a stroke and turn clinic knowing full well they aren’t ready for it. It ruins the experience for everyone else who is appropriately there because they are constantly having to adjust the session for the kids that aren’t ready to be there. [/quote]
I would stop expecting parents to have any idea about what level is appropriate.  They are parents not swimming experts.

I didn't grow up around swim and do my best to place my kids in the right programs, but it's always a gamble that I got it right.  I try to get advice, but it can be hit or miss.  If I get it wrong, I expect someone on the coaching staff to tell me and discuss options.[/quote]
Are you saying that before you put your kid in stroke and turn [b]you didn’t know that he didn’t have the endurance to do more than a few 25s at the beginning of practice[/b]? It never occurred to you that, before putting your 5 year old in something where the age range of participants is up to 18, maybe you should talk to someone with the program about what it entailed and whether it would be appropriate for your 5 year old? Please, give me a break, you do not need swim savvy to be able to do that.[/quote]

You've just made up a requirement for stroke and turn that doesn't currently exist.  Maybe this could be the basis for a new program that you are in charge of.[/quote]
I mean it’s common sense that a 1 hour long class with participants up to age 18 is not designed for a kid who after more than 1 25 is hanging on the lane lines, grabbing the wall, etc. [/quote]
I don't think that's true.  Lots of developmental programs are 1 hr long.  In addition to breaks to rest, they'll use fins and kickboards to keep kids swimming while working on skills.[/quote]

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