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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The AU is absolutely freestyle and distance site. The top NCAP breaststrokers are currently in Virginia. Also draftee with distance free messing up breast. Many breaststrokers specialize in distance free as second event,  as they have excellent lungs (in breast you spend a lot of time underwater, basically). My son was always improving breast when training distance and vice versa. [/quote]

Ncap AU very underrated. Tim Kelly is not a self promoter but he gets results. His past swimmers have gone on to great success but ncap prep gets a lot more attention because they market themselves as the premier site. People often deceived by this [/quote]

How many ncap swimmers go on to swim in college? For those who don’t, or don’t want too, what motivates them to practice with such intensity throughout the year? Is the ultimate goal just to compete throughout high school and end their swimming careers? I’m not trying to be snarky. It’s just just a huge financial and time commitment and I’m trying to understand where the motivation comes from if you’re not a swimmer destined for college swimming. [/quote]

It really varies. Some kids love swimming and are passionate about it. Id say in the top ncap groups about 1/3rd swim D3, 1/3 D1 and 1/3 quit upon finishing but I don’t have exact #s. If you really love the sport that’s great but there is a lot of sacrifice for all those hours of practice and early mornings that kids might wish to have back later. I think in the future we see a move to more sophisticated swimming in youth circles. 2-3 hr practices produce very little marginal return above say a 90 min practice with a Warmup, kick set, endurance set, speed set and then technique set and warm down. Coaches refuse to train smarter and prefer to go longer and harder and really could read up on some Stephen Seiler [/quote]

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