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[quote=Anonymous][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. [b]The coaches sometimes have them practice up an age group so they fit in better.[/b]  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]

This definitely happens where a kid has a late birthday after summer swim season.  Our coaches also know that the best swimmers are practicing with their club teams and are fine with them just showing up to A meets.[/quote]

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