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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]would it make people feel better if instead of the category being named 11-12, it was, say, "age 11 or 12 as of June 1 of this year" or even "born between June 1, 2010 and May 31, 2012"?[/quote]

It would make people feel better if summer swim worked like year round swim. [/quote]

[The vast majority of people doing summer swim don't do year round swim.  [/b]Kids who do already have huge advantages.  Why would we change a system that works to accommodate them?

Frankly, I think it would be great if summer swim worked like many other sports.  If you do club you can't do rec. You have to choose. [/quote]

We just had all stars. Almost everyone at all stars is a club swimmer. So you have club swimmers above the age bracket dominating club swimmers who are within the age bracket. [/quote]

Except they are not above the age bracket. Unless you don’t understand his rules work. Like someone much earlier said, hockey has a similar rule. The age cutoff is January but the spring tournament season goes though March. No one complains there that 11 year olds play in a 10u tournament even.  And that’s a 3 month gap.

Because most people know how rules work. Just because NVSL and MCSl and every other summer swim league calls their level 9-10, the rules clearly specify that includes kids with birthdays until early June. If you can’t read the rules and understand how they work, no one can help you. [/quote]

Except that’s now how swimming works in the entirety of the swim community and across the country. [/quote]

Except every summer league in this area has the same rule. Can you find one that ages kids up on their birthday? All of the local leagues rules are available. There was even a post on this board last year with a link to all of them.

[b]How would aging up on their birthday work for kids who turn 9 the week before divisionals? Tough luck for them? What about between divisionals and all stars? How does a team handle kids who turn 9 between meets and don't have any times in 50s? The coach just gets to decide who is faster? The kids just have to wait a few weeks and swim B meets to get times?[/b]

Please explain how it would work for kids who would age up between divisional relays and all star relays? They just don't get to swim? Those teams get dropped?

You've clearly never been a team rep if you think this would no cause a massive amount of work, complaining, and problems.[/quote]

Kids who age up before JOs - swim their correct age.  Kids who age up before Zones - swim their correct age.

Many swim teams let kids swim up to get times in the 50s and 100 IM.  That's why the top times list breaks those 9/10 50 and 100 IM times out separately.

Kids age up, they get replaced on the relay.  Same way they do in winter swim.  Same way they get replaced if they go on vacation, which many do.

You're reaching for logistical reasons that summer swim in this area magically can't work like the rest of swimming works EVERYWHERE ELSE.

Just admit you want your kid to be advantaged. [/quote]

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