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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The whole system is offensive. Mine were A meet kids and year round swimmers. But if they are all on the same team, they should all be able to swim at the same meet. Otherwise, why pay 200-300$ (or more ?) over your membership to have your kid attend packed, chaotic practices? Then get sent to the "B Meet" if your team is even "lucky" enough to have any.[/quote]

I agree, they just need lane timers.  The stratified practices are pretty annoying.  Our club sets aside a couple lanes for the faster kids.  Thirteen to eighteen kids per lanes in some instances or age groups.

I am ready for summer league to be over.[/quote]

Stratified practices can be necessary if kids are literally running into each other, which happens with the club swimmers on our summer team. The coaches sometimes have them practice up an age group so they fit in better.  It's not like they're prodigies - it's just that they've chosen to work on this thing year-round while other kids have been getting good at other, different stuff.  So stratified practices become a solution that offers both (some) challenge and (perhaps a bit more) safety, to cut down on collisions. [/quote]

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