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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At my nearest public swimming pool there is the slow lane which is for anyone who takes over 2 mins to swim 50m. The time for the medium lane is 1-2 min and fast is under 1 min. That is a very logical breakdown which allows for pretty much any adult amateur to train at the level they are at.

Couldn’t schools have a class of team that has standardised benchmarks instead of tryouts! Say for basketball they have to sprint 10 laps of the court while dribbling the ball under a certain time and any kid that meets that standard is allowed. That would create a high bar of performance without the cut throat competition. [/quote]

So if 50 kids meet that threshold…what do you do?
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You answered your own question. Create an intramural league of 10 x 5 person teams. [/quote]

Who is coaching all of these inclusive teams and where are they finding space?[/quote]

It's intramural at the school.  There are no coaches.  Yes, some kids had to take the initiative to lobby the principal to let them use the gym at lunch for January and February, and they also had to lobby some teachers to agree to ref / oversee...but the kids were motivated and got it done.

There is no minimum ability level.  Friends just form their own teams of up to 15 players each and sign up (though most teams are like 8-10).  The only rule is that nobody who is on the real basketball team is allowed to play because they don't want ringers...and the official basketball coach probably wouldn't be a fan either.[/quote]

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