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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Breaststroke is easier for uncoordinated kids who can't handle the asymmetry of crawl and don't feel extremely dominant on one side of their body.

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No, breaststroke done legally isn't easier for the vast majority of kids.  I've been a stroke and turn judge and referee for more than a decade for our team in the middle of the range of NVSL divisions and it is rare to have a meet without a DQ of 8 and under breaststroke.

What looks like breaststroke to non-swimmer parents is relatively easy, but learning not to put your hands past your hipline except on the pull out, and turning your feet outward during the propulsive part of the kick is really hard for the majority of kids.  [/quote]

Sure, freestyle won't DQ, but half-drowning for over minute on a 25m freestyle crawl isn't really better. 
And illegal breaststroke is legal freestyle, so the kid can race freestyle while learning breaststroke. [/quote]
This doesn’t really make a lot of sense. If you are half drowning doing a 25m race you actually should be on the pre-team and not competing at meets. Every year I am amazed by the parents that put their kids on the team and insist that they participate in meets despite looking like they might drown. You also don’t want to encourage a kid to do an illegal breaststroke just so they can complete a 25 freestyle race. Do a year of pre-team and join the team next year after drowning is no longer a concern. [/quote]Our swim team doesn't have a pre-team.[/quote]I'll add that the coaches decide who swims in races.  It's not up to parents.[/quote]
Lol if you think the summer swim coach is going to get into it with a parent who has signed their kid up for swim team knowing their kid can’t swim well enough to actually compete. You know what the response is going to be if the coach says we can’t put Larlo in a meet yet, the oblivious parent says just put him in the freestyle event.[/quote]
You think a parent is going to fight a coach to get their barely swimming kid into a race?  To what end?  It's not like the kid is going to do well.

More likely scenario:  the parent wanted the kid to improve their swimming.  The kid passes the swim team evaluation.  The parent signs the kid up for the team so they can go to daily practices.  From there, the coach decides if my kid swims in races.  As a parent with a job, my nanny takes the kids to practice so I have no idea if the kid is legal or ready to compete in a stroke.[/quote]
You are very fortunate to have apparently not met some of the swim parents in this area. I have seen parents over the years do exactly this.[/quote]

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