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[quote=Anonymous]One person's "weird" is another's unique. Swim culture offers all the things described above and for many of those involved, it creates a community that doesn't exist in any othe sport. This is a community where an 8 year old boy regularly plays soccer with middle schoolers he looks up to and has already become the "big guy" at 8 & under practice that the 7 year olds look up to. The mixed age group experience of summer swim teams is unique and so valuable to my kids. The young kids are exposed to some odd traditions that have appeal to the 15-18 crowd. It's harmless fun at our pool and the community relationships that by far outweign any "weirdness." I was a college swimmer and the monotonous of hours of swimming does seem to be broken up by a serious dose of silliness--mostly by the men's team I think. . . In our case it was the 100 100s on New Years Day--the last 10 of which were always naked. Girls were not present.[/quote]
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