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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mid Division here with an allstar/pv champs kid. We have been approached to switch to a [b]top tier d1-d3 [/b]pool by a couple parents and a swimmer who needs my kid to remain competitive at ASR. So that does happen.

We loosely asked about waitlists and were told pool has a long one and they don't do line cuts for fast swimmers. We have pride in getting what we can from the middling division range, and repping our immediate neighborhood.

We also knew moving pools would create some awkward situations with classmates, friends whose kids would get bumped if we rolled over to their pool and frankly weren't sure it would be an all-around welcome.

Would have been fun to feel rush of being a big dog for sure ... especially because the B meet swimmers at that pool mock our kids for their significantly lower division standing.

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Why do people feel the need to say top tier d1-d3, when really they mean d3?  The d1 teams don't need this nonsense and have sufficient depth across the age groups they dont need your all star kid to be competitive.[/quote]

(Fellow NVSL D1 parent here): That’s really only true for Tuckahoe, and maybe Chesterbrook in [i]some[/i] age groups. I’m certain the other D1 teams would welcome new pool members whose kids are also excellent teammates and swimmers. I mean, per above, OKM lost 6 of their fastest kids to military or other moves just this year, and Oakton has huge age group gaps. The only thing holding these teams back from gaining new teammates is a waitlist (except OKM, which has no waitlist but is significantly farther away from the other 5 teams).[/quote]

This wasn't about whether d1 pools (even Chesterbrook and Tuckahoe) would welcome new swimmers who are "good teammates and swimmers."  The point was that d1 teams don't need to try to convince d7 parents that their All Star Champs swimmer should join their club to make it more competitive.  There is a huge difference between D3 and D1 in depth across age groups, as OKM has experienced first hand, and D1 already gets enough criticism (some of it rightly deserved) without a parent from a mid-division trying to lump their d3 pipe dream in with the d1 drama.[/quote]

You seem like you're real fun around the dive well [/quote]

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