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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for the responses. I agree there are two different things to consider -- fun activities during the actual practice and the overall attitude/culture of the coaches and club. My DC's personality is such that they just really eat up the fun and silly things even if they're little things. It doesn't have to be sharks and minnows at practice... just something like the coach dressing up occasionally or doing fun team building things outside the pool would probably be enough to make it feel fun for them. Something like the chase 25s during practice would also probably be up their alley... that sounds like a good example of how to make something fun while still doing work.

I think part of the problem with the summer team program is lack of lane space and the fact that there aren't a lot of kids my child's age doing the program for some reason. None of their summer team buddies are there. It's a lot of older kids who don't want to swim club. DC is too advanced for the youngest lane of kids who are barely getting across the pool, but then they're being put in a lane with kids up to 3 years older who are just newer to swimming. My thinking is that DC might enjoy the "mini" group at a club where they can be in a lane with kids that all similar in terms of age and maturity level. DC is very social when around kids their own age, so just having more kids to talk to would make it more fun.

It sounds like York would be our best bet if DC were to try club swim. I'll see how the rest of this winter and next summer goes, and keep that one in mind.[/quote]

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