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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]General athleticism. They're falling off now that they're older and don't do club swim, but it was enough when they were younger to medal in divisionals and be on the cusp of all stars (made it twice) [/quote]
I'm fairly certain that neither of my kids are born naturals, but I have seen them both improve quickly with good instruction.

For instance my 7 yo had never swam breast at the beginning of last season--she had only had county swim lessons and had only learned free and back.  Her summer team (while pretty good) happened to have a gap in girl 8u breast stroke and her coach decided to put her in Divisionals for breast stroke.  Coaches worked with her for about two weeks during practice and she went from not knowing the stroke at all to winning her heat at Divisionals.  She wasn't close to winning overall, but did very respectably for a 7 yo.  It's still her best stroke.  I wish they'd do the same with her other strokes and give her explicit instruction, but I know that's too much to ask of a summer swim team with many kids.  I think both my kids are coachable.  They just need direct instruction.  [/quote]

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