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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not all pools are the same. Some of the less competitive pools have so few fast swimmers, that a swimmer who swims each 25 thirty seconds faster than the other kids in their age group literally can’t swim if they stay in their same age practice. They just get stuck. Now make that a 50. They have nowhere to go. This isn’t true for the faster pools who have a range of kids at each age group, but it is for others. Broad brush generalizations are never helpful because each pool is going to have different dynamics going on. If a few kids get moved one age group, you have the choice whether to see that as a team-wrecking, fun-wrecking decision or to stay positive and keep summer swim fun. I would hope you wouldn’t let what the coach and another swimmer decide wreck your or your swimmer’s experience.[/quote]
These are short races. There's no reason a fast 8U kid can't go first in their lane and finish a 25 or 50 without running into other kids.  This is just supposed to be for fun. They're not training for the Olympics.

I'm the parent of a 12 yo kid with a summer birthday who was very happy to be bumped up so that she could be with friends in her grade, which is the what matters to her as a middle achooler. It really has nothing to do with her speed.  But I don't know any 8Us who get bumped up because the 9-12 age group is too crowded already.[/quote]

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