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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It isn’t fair but that’s the rule. I’m sure those who think it’s fair also think it’s fair when newly 19 year old division 1 swimmers finish a full year of college training, and then return home to swim against kids who were 14 years old a few weeks ago.

Clearly, that’s fair, too. [/quote]

It -is- fair, because everyone is following the written rules.  Those D1 college swimmers probably dominated in the previous summer, anyway, or they wouldn't be swimming D1 now.

One of the benefits of summer age-grouping is learning to enjoy the up seasons and to get through (and still enjoy) the down ones.  The change from 8U to 9-10 is often a really big hit - and a great opportunity to teach patience, self-improvement, team spirit, and a lot of other things.

I have one DC with a good summer swim birthday and one with a disastrous one.  Both of them have had moments of success and moments of disappointment.  But they are learning to plan ahead for aging up, to look forward to having different friends in their age group, and to think through the race predictions to guess who will do well and cheer on - everyone -, regardless.  We never blame anything on birthdays, and just revel in the up years when they come.[/quote]

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