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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have two summer birthday kids and I can tell you that summer swim is literally the only world in which that is an advantageous birthdate. It sucks for everything else.

Read Malcolm Gladwell’s book - outliers - for some perspective. It’s not just summer swim.

In short, move on. Summer swim is like this nationwide. [/quote]

As a parent of a summer birthday kid who was not redshirted for school, I agree.

Serious swimmers are not getting college scholarships based on NVSL times where there are no starting blocks and volunteers with stopwatches for timing.

For young kids, I think it’s pretty harsh to expect a 9yr old to switch from swimming 25s to 50s (with flip turns) in the middle of a 6 week season. Unlike club team where they know it’s coming and have been training for the transition.

I know of 0 other sports or activities where my child is advantaged by a July BD where he will graduate from HS at age 17. Beyond sports, every year there are camps his friends go to that he cannot because of the minimum age. There will be a summer when all his friends will be able to get jobs and earn money when he cannot. I had a late May BD in a district with a June 1 cutoff, so I know about being the youngest. I didn’t hold my kid back because he was ready and he runs circles around his grade level peers academically. Summer swim is short and fun. Let the June/July birthday kids have this one thing where they can feel like winners for a few Saturdays a year. [/quote]

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