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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would say IME 90% no - those who start out on top do not end on top.  Had two swimmers spread out who swam in college so saw a lot over the years.  The 10U kids who were very good tended to be those who grew early or learned how to swim on the early side.  But the generally were caught by the rest of the kids by the time they were 12 or so.  There is one exception I can think of where the kid was very fast as 10U, receded a bit relative to the competition and then ended up on top at the end and is swimming in college.  [/quote]

So what do you do if you've been doing swim team since age 6 or 7 and then suddenly (or maybe gradually over the past couple of years) you're no longer near the top at age 11 or 12? Switch to a completely different sport? What sport can you take up and be competitive at at that point?[/quote]

Does the kid even care? All things being equal in terms of technique and fitness, kids go through different phases of growth and that’s just reality. Maybe you notice other kids catching up now, but what happens years later who knows and for what reason.

This area can be brutal for youth sports precisely bc there are a high performing kids in their respective sports by the time they’re in their early teens. On the flip side, a reason why there aren’t as many stories of late blooming success bc it takes some luck and resilience to persist through those teen years when self-comparison is such a thing.

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