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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So far no one has mentioned they regretted having their kids in club swimming..I have a 9 year old in club swimming so good to hear! Although the time commitment gets pretty brutal by the teen years, no one regrets it?[/quote]
I second the other posters comments in so far as club swimming is what you make it. You can join a low key club and swim 2-3 times a week and only do a meet here and there, or you can increase the practice time and intensity and swim more meets. The swimmer (and their parents) have the ability to choose what works best for them because there are so many different club options in the DMV. The other thing that sets swimming apart is that it’s a timed individual sport. The clock doesn’t lie, everyone knows who the fastest kids are. You don’t get selected for the cut time meets because your dad coaches or whatever, you earn it through the times you have in each event. Every swimmer participates in the meets they attend too, you don’t spend a weekend in Timbucktu only to have your kid never see the field or the court. If your kid doesn’t qualify for a big travel meet, you don’t have to spend the money and time on it. [/quote]

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