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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many 12 year olds are swimming 5-6 days a week….[/quote] And burnt out and hate swimming when they reach their puberty… [/quote] I know 2 fast swimmers in the 15-18 age group who both have vertebral fractures from swim. Apparently it’s a common overuse injury. Can you imagine having that at age 16-17? Lordy. These kids are overworked. They’re great kids and swimmers but they’re not going to swim D1 or anything. I just don’t see the point of swimming that much, even if you love it, and risking such injury. [/quote] I feel terrible for those kids but there is inherent risk with anything. The world is so much more connected so we all know of anecdotes of bad stuff happening and it ends up making us risk averse. I would never want people to do stuff known to be harmful but I also would hate for kids to be too scared of doing something they love because they might get hurt. [/quote]
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