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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does "starting swim team" mean"? I'm not in the DMV anymore but we have a lot of young swimmers, too. My kid only takes lessons once a week and in his level they still work on freestyle (front crawl), backstroke, breaststroke, and treading. Instructors are not in the water with them.[/quote]

^ I meant to be more explicit here - which strokes are they expected to know to join summer or winter swim team at these young ages? I guess at this age I assume it was more a social club scene and we didn't bother to join since we usually visit family during the summer.[/quote]

For summer swim, the bar is lower - the typical "requirement" is that they are comfortable in the water, and can at least front crawl one length(25 meters).

For winter swim it's likely going to be a higher bar.  You are not in the DMV so unless you are in an area w/ a similar swim culture intensity, the requirements may be lower/less demanding but around here they typically increase with age with a 6yo only needing to be passable in maybe free and back but a 8, 9, 10yo might be expected to be able to do all four strokes.  This will vary by club with the more competitive clubs having a higher standard due to supply/demand; smaller clubs/less competitive clubs may be more accommodating.

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