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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The practices being described must make for a really weird atmosphere during meets and a 2-tier culture of athletes. I swam at a HS where club swimmers pause their club workouts during Hs season. HS season (and practices!) was intensely competitive and challenging and the teams were more closely bonded than any other sport at school because of it.

V[b]A teams sound like summer league, where some kids stroll in just for the meet, other kids show up whenever, and a few kids are at every practice and meet.[/b] [/quote]

This is the case for Fairfax County.  I do not know if it is the same for Arlington High Schools, since they have their own pools it might be more inclusive.  There is just not enough pools to make it happen in Fairfax.  Also, a lot of the HS coaches are not necessarily club coaches.  They are just teachers willing to coach and do their best (this is the case for Dive as well).  The good coaches know that their best swimmers need to be able to get decent practices in and they can do that at club.  Some kids will swim morning with club and then swim in the afternoons with their HS team (for fun, since it is not hard).

But if you have one rec center and three HS teams running practice at the same time, it is limited space.[/quote]

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