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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The cost of pool rental and insurance for starters is very $$$[/quote]
Came here to say the same. Clubs rent space per lane per hour, which isn’t cheap given the high cost to operate an aquatic facility. Then there’s coach and any other employee compensation. Then whatever fees the club I assume has to pay to the LSC and USA Swimming. Then insurance (which is high for anything pool-related), technology platforms, etc. [/quote]

It doesn't add up though, compared to what you pay to use lap lanes there are way more kids per lane.  Usually, six to eight but way more if it's a popular summer league.  Even crowded public lap lanes are seldom that full and general admission is way cheaper per person the expensive private pools usually just one or two people per lane.

I think it is more driven by the cost of the meets and swim coaches.

IMO, they should make it way cheaper for kids to swim together on swim teams so as to keep the kids from splashing the old ladies in deep-water running lanes.

People take that sport way too seriously for what it is and what the kids get out of it.[/quote]

Well what you “think” isn’t actually true and it very much comes down to the cost of lane space.

I used this is example in another thread but the cost to rent a lane in Fairfax County is $29.87/hour so an 11 month group that practices 5x/week for 2hrs and has 8 lanes of space has a lane rental cost of ~$115,000 for the season which means you need 29 swimmers paying $4000 a year just to cover pool rental costs and not even coaching.[/quote]

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