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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The people I know whos kids swim for the in house St James team do it for convenience. they like that they can participate in 3 month increments vs committing to a full 9 months. However, I have not been impressed with any of the kid I have seen who swim there. Their technique is pretty bad. Not sure it that is because of poor coaching or because these kids just aren't that committed. [/quote]

For as small as their team might be they have a few kids that are the top swimmers in PVS at the championship meets. [/quote]
Why do people talk out of their @sses with stuff like this? There were a grand total of 2 St. James swimmers in the the 3 PVS champs meets this summer and neither of them made finals. They were better represented in the spring 14 and Under SC champs meet, 12 swimmers, but only 3 of them made any finals, none of them placed first, and it appears they have 2 female age groupers who are strong breaststrokers. That does not equal “top swimmers in PVS at the championship meets”.[/quote]

I think that if you look at NCAP and how large they are it makes sense how many swimmers they have at the top levels.  St. James is like a team of 250 or so.  It is really small.  The Marlins is like 400 some kids.  Size of the team matters.[/quote]
That is definitely a part of it. For the large clubs like NCAP, Machine, RMSC, who have multiple sites, it makes more sense to look at them site by site. If you’re looking for a program for a 12 and under, look at the individual sites to see which site produces the top swimmers, if that’s what you are interested in. Part of the benefit you get from being at a big club is that there are so many kids at varying levels that you are pretty much assured of being in a training group that fits your level. At some of these smaller clubs, they may have 1 or 2 standouts but when those swimmers don’t have a training cohort that can train at their level it becomes a detriment. [/quote]

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