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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there are different things being discussed- are they plenty of area clubs that will happily take swimmers who want to swim somewhere between 2-3 days a week?  Yes, absolutely.   Can those same swimmers make JO cuts?  eh- maybe, probably not especially as they get older.  If your goal is to have a JO cut as a 10 or 12 year old, then go all in and swim 4-5 days a week.  If your goal is to have a happy well rounded kid, who enjoys swimming and also enjoys other things? Then swim 2 days a week, do other things too- let the kid decide when they want to start swimming more.  [b]There is plenty of research to show that swimming performance before puberty doesn't tell you much about what will happen post puberty.[/quote][/b]

This is true.  Watching this right now at our club.  A phenom swimmer at 10-12, is losing the phenom.  Still good, but all the kids going through puberty are now right there as well when there used to be a huge difference.  What I don't know is that a lot of the girls have gone through puberty and although tall now for their age look like that they will all be 5'4" and under.  Meanwhile there is a group of swimmers that are the same age and almost as fast/faster than the current giants.  Do the current short ones end up surpassing their peers once they hit puberty?  Puberty not only adds height but muscle and strength.[/quote]

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