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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Swimming is pretty expensive! At senior levels it can be about $4k for winter swim. Plus extra for any summer training, summer swim, meet fees, tech suits and travel (air and hotels). Swimming costs more than playing on the top travel soccer teams at a big club in the DMV.[/quote]

I don't disagree with you but also a swimmer is not required to do summer swim and many don't at a certain point because it's not that competitive and not doing it means they get an off season where they will still train but will have more time to focus on technical improvements and rest their bodies. Similar with summer training. Yes you might pay for this or for private coaching, in particular if the swimmer has specific things to work on that were identified during the season. But it's not required. Go to the pool. Get your laps in. Do your dry land training. Work with other swimmers and time each other and offer feedback. Swimming actually is a sport where off season training does not need to be some boondoggle of $$$.

Not saying swimming is cheap, especially at the upper levels. Of course it is not. Especially in this area where it's quite competitive and the best coaches can charge a lot of clinics and privates. But it's good for sports parents to remember you actually are not required to do every single thing, and it's worth it to start thinking about whether every different league, clinic, training opp, etc. is worth it. First it can lead to burn out. But even if it doesn't, it may simply not be worth it. If the goal is to be the best possible swimmer and maybe get a spot on a college team, something like summer swim league is not actually centrally important to that and should only be done if it's fun (also summer swim is not very expensive, but I know this all adds up).[/quote]

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