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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Asa tryouts have passed and they are a small club without space.  Unless your 8 year old is winning all their A meet races they won’t take you

And like PP said, winter swim is a different beast than summer.  It’s not fun for kids or parents.  You do it to improve and to crush summer swim and maybe swim in high school.  But just because  your child likes A meets doesn’t mean winter swim is for them  [/quote]
I hate when people spew this nonsense. Winter swim is not for everyone, just like volleyball or lacrosse or basketball isn’t for everyone, but there are plenty of kids that love club swim because they love the sport. A stroke program can be good for kids new to swimming, but if part of what your kid likes about swimming is the competition, a stroke class probably isn’t what you’re looking for. There are plenty of clubs in this area for kids of all abilities that also participate in meets. So much is dependent on what your kid likes about swimming and what they want to do with it. [/quote]

PP was right though. We saw lots of kids join club swimming bc of how fun summer swimming is. Our summer team: has meet themes (dress up), social events (pancake breakfast, decorate the pool before home meets, potluck dinners, game nights, team outings like to the movies), team cheers, team sponsored body paint (all kids can participate on the team), a team photographer, a team slide show, etc. our club team does none of that.

My kids love swim BUT they don’t in any way have the same “fun” that summer swim provides. Over the years, we’ve seen lots of kids join and quit club swim bc it is not the fun they thought swim was.

OP should know this.[/quote]
My kid loves winter swim, her best friends are her swim teammates, they are together outside the pool all the time, they have team bonding activities, etc. Practice for a club sport, no matter what it is, is not “fun”. Yes, there are elements of fun worked in, but the whole point is working hard to get better. You think an AAU basketball practice when they are doing sprints, etc. is “fun”? Sure, people should know winter swim is a club sport vs. the rec league that summer swim is and they differ the same way rec and club do in other sports, but the PPs statement that kids don’t have fun doing winter swim is actually just not true. [/quote]

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