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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How tall do you expect him to get?[/quote]

Doctor’s calculator estimated 6’0-6’2 final height. Right now he is only about 5’4.5 and very thin and boyish (no apparent physical changes though I know the first signs aren’t necessarily outwardly visible). He’s about 100 pounds. [/quote]

So he sounds like my swimmer.  Dad is 6'4" and I am 5'8" - so generally you average parents height for a wild guess on height and then plus or minus 2 inches in either direction.  Likely my son will be 6iish BUT dad and I were both late bloomers and with men that can mean growing and filling out through college.  Not ideal for swimmers.

I am actually encouraging running.  Because physically your boy and my boy can excel. Stop focusing on the competition.  My kid is 15 and still swimming but it is tenuous with boys.  Make sure he has a really good group of friends in his lane that he likes hanging out with in practice and out of practice, if you want him to continue to swim.  If he doesn't have that, he will quit by 16.

I know you didn't like the other posters answer about having fun -but that is what the focus should be if you want him to continue.  Swim should be something he does for the social, that it makes him feel better, and he loves to go.  If that is not primary, he will quit when he is not keeping up or not making time drops.[/quote]

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