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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need to apply for several and the one your child gets into is best.  Its very hard to get in just because there are so many kids and so few slots.

For 11-12 its very hard as someone has to drop out and it depends on how many mini's move up.

It took us multiple tryouts to get a spot.[/quote]

What kind of times would you need to get in at this level?  Would a swimmer with lots of AA and a few AAA be in pretty easily?[/quote]

PP was right in indicating that the issue may not be times, it may be spaces.  At any given site, there may not be any vacancies _at all_ in your swimmer's age bracket (even though some of the practice groups overlap in age ranges).  Even continuing swimmers who are overqualified for the next practice group up have to wait until slots are open.

That is why you definitely want to schedule two tryouts.  There are usually two big tryout dates in July.  Occasional other tryout opportunities sometimes are mentioned, but never at our site--we're not at Rockville, and I think sometimes they might have an off-cycle tryout.  Others can correct me.[/quote]

Does that mean they retain kids from year to year who are already there even if they are significantly slower than potential newcomers?[/quote]

Yes.  But at the same time the kids who don't improve eventually can't keep up happily enough to enjoy what they are doing, so there is a kind of natural attrition when they move on to other activities instead.  This in turn opens up a few spots for new swimmers, but it does indeed become harder to "break in" with every passing year.[/quote]

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