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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DH is a former elite swimmer and people are forgetting a couple of aspects (aside from genetics and talent):

When kids are young, motivation definitely counts. Some natural competitiveness and likely younger siblings wanting to do what their older siblings are doing. I don't know about other people, but if my kids aren't interested and motivated, it doesn't matter whether they have the right genetics.

Once you reach high school and college, you are surrounded by kids with good genetics and talent. But the truly great swimmers also have a strong work ethic--a commitment to hours and hours of practice and training (often to the exclusion of many other things!)

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I agree with this.  My son has the perfect build for swimming and is a good athlete but doesn't really care beyond it being fun enough and it shows.  He keeps up swimming in the winter (1-2x a week and misses weeks) but does other things and it's not at all his priority.  He competes near the top of our summer team but could be way better and never will be and who cares.  He will sometimes get beat by a small, chubby scrappy kid.  And there are kids who are on his summer team who just work harder than him and want it more with less physical attributes on their side.

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