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[quote=Anonymous]8U I think is a bit of a crapshoot

Kids I know who were the fastest 8Us were (1) generally athletic, (2) started swimming young and, in some cases, spent a lot of time in the pool, and (3) were just 'naturals' in terms of form.

Looking at my high school swimmers and their friends, there are a couple kids who were 8U superstars and continue to rock it, a number of kids who were 8U super stars but focused on other things and now are mediocre, and a number of kids who were unremarkable as 8Us but that changed at puberty and they now rock it (or got really good for a few years when they grew early, and now are pretty mediocre).

One of my kids was the later (mediocre, then really fast, then plateaued). The other was a natural at breast stroke and blew other kids away as a 6 year old pretty. He was also really focused, so learned things like starts pretty easily. He's matured into one of the fastest kids on his high school team -- but his 8U magic breaststroke talent is long gone (it's now his worst stroke) and I think most of his later success is due to competitive drive and dedication. [/quote]

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