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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does she swim year round yet? I get the sense she isn’t. If not, you really don’t know if she’s good. I mean, she may be amazing for summer swim but you don’t know if she’s a good swimmer overall. Summer swim has no dive blocks, no flip turns (for an 8 year old), and all events are very short. This is why some kids (including older ones) make it to all stars with NVSL and they don’t even swim club. They have great swimmer bodies and they know the strokes. A boy on my son’s varsity team swims summer swim. He went to all stars this year as a 13-14 year old (really 15 years old) in 2 strokes. Clearly a strong summer swimmer. On the varsity swim team, however, his failure to swim club is evident. He’s a very mediocre swimmer, since all but the 50 free are longer events.

You sound excited at the prospect and that’s where I’d suggest you put the brakes on a bit. She’s competitive and fast- which is great. She loves swimming - even better. Club swimming is completely different than summer swim. Try it first and see if she still likes it. [/quote]

Oh, I'm aware summer swim is it's own thing. This was our first year and it was an education. Agree club swim is next step, just looking for ways to talk to her about it that encourage without setting her up for a big disappointment if, for instance, she does club swim and hates it or discovers she has to work harder than she wants to be successful. Just looking to set the right tone. I'm excited for my kid to have a thing she loves; I actually feel a lot of trepidation about the idea of her competing at a high level in such an intense sport.[/quote]

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