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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Summer swim (and swimming in general) definitely isn't for everyone. You kind of have to drink the Kool Aid, and have the bandwidth for all the volunteering, in order to enjoy it. We love it but completely understand why others don't. But I really wish we didn't have the A meet/B meet thing here. Where I grew up, all of the meets were scored. IM was a regular event for age 11-12 and up, and each age group had a free relay. I'm pretty sure each kid could swim 2 individual events + 1 relay. Each team could enter 3 relays per age group, so everyone got in the lineup somehow even if it was just on a C free relay. It allowed everyone to feel like they were potentially contributing to scoring points for the team. There was so much more cheering and spirit because every team member felt valued. Wednesday night meets were electric... sometimes literally with lightning! If a storm ended the meet early and the score was close, we would go back and finish the meet the next night. Summer swim here feels way less inclusive. The DC area has a knack for making things less fun.[/quote]

I think my kid prefers swimming fly and free in a B meet to swimming one leg of a C relay in an A meet. Is being that kid and watching other kids have two swims plus a relay really better than just going to a B meet where they're an equal part of the team [/quote]

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